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All Hawaii public schools closed Monday, Aug. 17, following Lala

All Hawaii public schools and state Department of Education offices will be closed Monday, Aug. 17, as officials assess damage and other impacts from Hurricane Lala. Students should not report to their campuses. Only department employees supporting safety assessments and preparations for reopening should report to work sites. Supervisors will contact employees who need to report. The closure will give crews additional time to complete campus safety assessments, restore utilities where necessary and address other storm-related impacts, according to the department. Education officials ...

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Council committee meetings canceled, legislative offices closed Monday

Maui County Council committee meetings scheduled for Monday, Aug. 17, have been canceled, and county legislative offices will be closed as employees and residents deal with the aftermath of Tropical Storm Lala. The Water Authority, Social Services and Parks Committee was scheduled to meet at 10 a.m., followed by the Water and Infrastructure Committee at 1:30 p.m. The Office of the County Auditor, Office of the County Clerk and Office of Council Services also will be closed Monday. Council Chair Alice Lee said officials hope to reschedule the meetings soon. Committee meetings scheduled ...

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.