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Rotary Club to host presentation on acupuncture, family wellness

Maluhia Maui Rotary Club will host a presentation by licensed acupuncturist and Chinese herbalist Jill Stevens at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at South Maui Gardens in Kihei. Stevens will discuss acupuncture, holistic medicine and their potential roles in individual and family wellness. Stevens founded Whole Family Wellness Center in 2007 and moved her practice from the San Francisco Bay Area to Maui in 2022. Her areas of focus include family wellness, women’s health and pregnancy, pediatrics, pain and complex health concerns. The free presentation is open to the public and will take place ...

About 7,000 Maui County customers without power Sunday night

Approximately 7,000 Maui County customers remained without power as of 7 p.m. Sunday while Hawaiian Electric crews continued damage assessments and repairs following Tropical Storm Lala. The outages were concentrated in Kula, Haiku, Olinda and Piiholo, where large fallen trees and debris damaged electrical infrastructure. A few isolated outages remained in West, Central and South Maui. Hawaiian Electric said crews made significant progress Sunday after assessing damage and repairing transmission lines, allowing power to be restored to most affected customers in West and South ...

All Maui County office closed Monday due to storm

At the direction of Gov. Josh Green, county offices are closed statewide on Monday, Aug. 17. All emergency and recovery operations associated with this weather event will continue. All Maui County offices on Maui, Molokai and Lanaʻi are closed Monday. Only essential personnel were asked to report to work. For state closures Monday, such as state Department of Education schools and parks, visit https://portal.ehawaii.gov/. For general County of Maui information, visit www.mauicounty.gov.

Thousands remain without power in Maui County following Lala

The effects of Tropical Storm Lala continued to be felt across Maui County on Monday after the powerful storm brought heavy rain and punishing winds to the Hawaiian Islands over the weekend. On Saturday, Lala’s wind gusts were measured at 85 mph in Olowalu and 82 mph in Ukumehame, and ...

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