Home Page

Maui Walking Tours celebrates 150th free walking tour with special Kīhei cleanup event

7/2/2015 #kihei #volunteer #mauiwalkingtours From Maui Now 5/28/2025: To celebrate its 150th free walking tour, Maui Walking Tours LLC will host a special community cleanup event in Kīhei on Saturday, July 12, 2025. Residents and visitors are invited to participate in the one-hour event, which will focus on removing trash from sidewalks, beaches and parks in central Kīhei. Since its launch in early 2024, Maui Walking Tours has provided complimentary, research-driven walking tours through the...

Different reason for flooding closing So Kihei Rd (SKR) in No Kihei this week

6/26/25 #kihei Earlier this week SKR was closed for several hours between Uwapo and No Kihei Rd (NKR). While the increasingly  frequent mudfloods of stormwater raging down the mountain are the usual reason, this time the water came up onto the roadway from the Kai's king tides. For some history on the months long road closure to install this stream gulch crossing, SEE  https://gokihei.org/development-project-review/south-kihei-road-to-be-closed-again   Much of the community...

Completed Skilled Health Facility in Lipoa ( R & T Park) has not opened for years due to no one available to staff it?

6/24/25 #kihei At the Maui Planning Commission meeting this morning, Mr.  Andre Hurst of Regency Namakua  offered that in his communication with the current owner, Ohana Pacific Health, due to a severe shortage of qualified potential employees, they remain unable to open this facility.  There seems to be no estimation on when this matter would be rectified . The facility has been complete for years, but remains vacant.                ...

Will they construct and OPEN a new hotel in LIPOA (R & T Park)??

6/20/25   #kihei For most of the past decade we have watched a "mystery" unfold at the Maui Research & Technology Park (renamed Līpoa). Before there was a brewery and a high school, right in that same area, a sign announced: "Regency Maui Nursing and Rehabilitation Center". It remained there for years, but then construction began at 1347 Ninau St, and a series of interconnected structures were built. Landscaping was completed, a roadway encircled the buildings. parking...
Kihei Park Playground to be Closed February 3 until April 3

Kihei Park Playground to be Closed February 3 until April 3

1/12/19 #kihei The South Maui Community Park playground will be closed from February 3rd to April 3rd for construction of a playground shade structure, the Department of Parks and Recreation announced on Friday, January 10th. Officials plan to install a 60-foot by...

So the sand from South Maui will stay in South Maui

So the sand from South Maui will stay in South Maui

  12/31/19 #kihei As we understand it the State issued a contract for the dredging of the harbor at the Kihei Boat Ramp.(KBR). Some claim such dredging will need to be continuous, at least until sea level rise changes everything, but that is for another day. The...

COUNTY COUNCIL VOTES FOR LEE AS CHAIR IN 2020

COUNTY COUNCIL VOTES FOR LEE AS CHAIR IN 2020

  Historic Chair Change AFTER ONE YEAR stuns the community, and they tell the Council so at the meeting.   12/30/19 #kihei As this matter has already been extensively covered in the media, on Akaku (live & frequent replays) as well as print and...

Brown Water Advisory, Island of Maui

  UPDATE  12/30/19   DOH-CWB  advises The Brown Water Advisory for the Island of Maui has been canceled.  12/26/19 #kihei   A Brown Water Advisory has been issued for the Island of Maui. Heavy rain has resulted in stormwater...