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“Civil Beat” visits Kihei community at Saturday Morning Farmers’ Market

4/26/25 #kihei       Reporters from the online Hawai‘i news journal Civil Beat at a booth at Kō Mahi’ai Mākeke Market in Kīhei on April 26, 2025. The market "pops up" every Saturday morning at  8:00 AM  in the rear of Kukui Mall on So Kihei Rd, across from the Kihei Fire Station.       SEE https://gokihei.org/news/talk-to-civil-beat-about-south-maui-concerns-4-26-2025           

Hale O Pi’ikea Housing Applications

04/24/2025 #kihei #housing Aloha kamaʻāina families!! Applications are being processed NOW for affordable rental housing at the newly constructed Hale O Pi’ikea in Kihei (Pi’ikea Ave and Liloa Dr). The first units will be opening this summer. The applications are available here: https://mdihawaii.com/rentals/hale-o-piikea-phase-1/. This link also includes information on the rental prices and amenities. Interested residents who would like assistance in the application process can reach out to...

Phase 1 of Hale Pi’ikea 100% affordable rental project now accepting applications for move in this summer

4/24/25 #kihei   Applications for Hale O Pi'ikea - Phase I The affordable housing complex on Pi'ikea Avenue (Hale O Piikea) is scheduled to open this Summer. Applications are required for anyone who wishes to apply for a space in this new development. There will be a total of 90 units. About the Property Hale O Piʻikea Phase 1 is the first installment of a 100% affordable multi-family rental housing development located in the heart of Kīhei. As a key component of the larger Kihei Downtown...

No, Kaonoulu NOT closed; neither is the intersection @ S Kihei Rd , after heavy overnight downpour

4/23/25 kihei# For most of this century, when we had heavy rain, Kulanihako'i Stream overflowed onto Kaonoulu Street, usually closing this road and sometimes the intersection with SKR as well. County Public Work crews would be on the seen to clear the mud, muck and brown water. Sometimes the Fire Dept was called to rescue some guys trapped by the area flooding.   Granted we are unclear how much stormwater flowed down the mountain in this storm last night, which can have a major effect, so...
NO LEFT TURN  coming soon to Welakahao      Maui News report

NO LEFT TURN coming soon to Welakahao Maui News report

3/26/18 #kihei  Maui News report today  Work to close ‘tricky’ left-hand turn in Kihei to begin Monday Van driver’s left turn onto Piilani Highway led to a double-fatal crash   JUL 26, 2018 MELISSA TANJI Staff Writer mtanji@mauinews.com A handmade sign...

Sand removal- the good, needed kind- on SKR

Sand removal- the good, needed kind- on SKR

  7/26/18 #kihei If you ever drive, bike, walk, run, push a stroller, skateboard or move along on the northern portion of South Kihei Road (SKR) you know about the wind-blown sand on the roadway. It happens continuously and is unstoppable. It can be annoying...

ACTUAL preparation work on high school underway in Kihei

ACTUAL preparation work on high school underway in Kihei

7/25/18 #kihei Yes. It really has finally begun. We see actual equipment and workers at the site of the State Department of Education (DOE) high school!! If you are not familiar with the Kihei high school project, or perhaps since it has been going on for so long, you...

What’s New, Maui  Lu? Redo

What’s New, Maui Lu? Redo

What do these markers indicate along shoreline at Maui Lu? 7/24/18 #kihei  The mystery of the future of the Maui Lu, a former resort property in north Kihei near Kalepolepo park, continues. Comments of start days have gone on for years, but no action takes place....

Not Only South Maui Sees Great Need for High School  in Kihei

Not Only South Maui Sees Great Need for High School in Kihei

Maui High Principal Talks Overcrowding 7/21/18 #kihei #school #highschool As we see construction of the new Charter School up in the R & T Park ready to welcome students next month, the State Department of Education (DOE) fiasco on the same side of Pi'ilani Hwy...

Gridlock hits Kihei early Friday Afternoon

Gridlock hits Kihei early Friday Afternoon

Deadly vehicle collision closes Pi'ilani Highway UPDATE   Highway was open shortly after 5:00 PM 7/20/18 #kihei A motor vehicle crash at the intersection of Pi'ilani Highway and Welakahao Road shut down Pi'ilani Highway,...