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The County of Maui Department of Environmental Management has extended the deadline to Friday, April 5, for letters of inquiry for programs, projects and events aimed at promoting sustainability throughout Maui County for its fiscal year 2025 grant season.

Gov. Josh Green, M.D., has ordered that flags be lowered to honor the last Pearl Harbor survivor of the USS Arizona, Lou Conter, who died on Monday, April 1, 2024, at age 102. Conter and many of his 335 shipmates who survived the attack, distinguished themselves by rescuing many of their brethren and continued to serve the Navy with dignity and honor. The Dec. 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor took the lives of 1,177 Arizona crewmembers.

A bill to legalize personal adult use of cannabis will not be heard in the House Finance Committee, said Chair Kyle Yamashita, who represents Upcountry Maui.

The county division said it will repair the bike lane and shoulder area makai of South Kīhei Road near Kūlanihākoʻi bridge to make the roadway, bike lane and shoulder area safe for residents and visitors. 

A guest from Hawaiʻi is the lucky winner of a $1,172,262 progressive jackpot. The unnamed winner hit the jackpot on Saturday, March 30, while visiting the California Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas over the Easter weekend.

At the start of 2024, the state Department of Land and Natural Resources implemented an Ocean Stewardship Fee Program to help fund projects to protect marine resources. The Aloha I Ke Kai program collects a one dollar fee from passengers and customers that board boats with commercial use permits.

Citizens of the Freely Associated States, whose primary residences on Maui were affected by the August wildfires and high winds, may now apply for wildfire disaster assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. 

Maui Health will host a Maui Health Care Career Fair on Friday, April 5, 1-4 p.m., and Saturday, April 6, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Maui Memorial Medical Center in Wailuku. The career fair will help provide individualized guidance for anyone looking to start or expand a career in health care, including application assistance and on-the-spot interviews for qualified applicants.

Mana O Maui is now accepting scholarship applications from girls between the ages of 13-17 to attend an upcoming Teen Surf Camp, hosted by Maui Surfer Girls, June 5-15, 2024. Mana O Maui is a nonprofit organization that was launched in 2023 to provide empowerment programs through Hawaiian cultural education, adventure education, surf therapy and the healing arts.  

West Maui Little League has received $7,920 from Prudential Lighting and Pacific Electrical Sales Agency.

Maui Public Art Corps is introducing Little Free Art Galleries in Makawao town as a way to foster community through art. 

The American Civil Liberties Union of Hawai‘i announced a milestone in its lawsuit against Maui County aimed at the “houseless sweep” of the Pu‘uhonua o Kanahā encampment at Kanahā Beach Park in September 2021. 

Public school parents and students are invited to nominate an exceptional elementary school educator for the Teacher Appreciation Contest sponsored by Aloha Petroleum and Diamond Bakery.

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs announced today that veteran educator and Native Hawaiian community leader Hailama Farden has been named Senior Director of Hawaiian Cultural Affairs. The newly created position will be responsible for creating recommendations and institutionalizing OHA’s culture ensuring that a Hawaiian worldview and practices are incorporated into all lines of business. Farden comes […]

“April 1—April Fool’s Day—78 years ago a magnitude 8.6 earthquake from the Aleutian Islands generated a tsunami that took about four-and-a-half hours to hit our state,” said Laura Kong, Ph.D., director of International Tsunami Information Center. “By 6:30 a.m., waves that would reach 53 feet on the Big Island, 33 feet on Maui, 54 feet on Molokaʻi, 35 feet on Oʻahu and 45 feet on Kauaʻi, began to arrive.” The event resulted in $340 million in damage and the loss of nearly 159 people in the state, 96 in Hilo.

Hawaiian Electric kicked off a new framework Monday for customers to streamline their choices for participation in the utility’s rooftop solar energy programs.

Foodland Super Market today launched Project Keiki, a new monthlong statewide community giving program that will help provide lunches and meals to Hawai‘i’s children on days they don’t have access to school lunches. Support will go to the Hawai‘i food banks on four islands to fulfill this mission.

Volunteers counted a total of 855 whales throughout the state Saturday during the third coordinated event held this season. Similar counts held earlier this season resulted in a total of 2,124 whales observed on Jan. 27, and 2,141 whales observed on Feb. 24, 2024.

Maui Mompreneur celebrates its 11th year supporting the local community of shoppers and vendors during a spring event at the University of Hawaiʻi Maui College on April 26-28, 2024.  

Organizers say this reclamation of housing inventory would directly address the pressing need for homes and remedy the housing crisis in the community with 3,000 people still living in the hotels.