Maui News

Maui Cancer Resources, a Maui-based nonprofit, is launching a new program, “Angels on Assignment” from a grant awarded from 100+ Women Who Care Maui on March 5, 2024.

The public is invited to the March installment of the free, monthly Hawaiian Music Series which will feature a special performance by Deason Baybayan. The free concert will be held  at 6 p.m. on March 28, at Hale Hoʻikeʻike at the Bailey House Museum in Wailuku.

The Maui Nui Marine Resource Council will host the April edition of its “Know Your Ocean Speaker Series” featuring Mark Hixon, professor of marine biology at the School of Life Sciences at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, on Wednesday, April 3 at 5:30 p.m. via Zoom.

In 2023 Hawaiʻi had 116 diagnosed cases of active TB, up from 100 cases in 2022. This increase parallels the global and mainland experience in the years following the COVID-19 pandemic.  In 2023 approximately 1.5 million people died from TB worldwide, with 16 of those deaths occurring in Hawai‘i.  

The team tasked with helping advance the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa as a Native Hawaiian Place of Learning has officially launched a two-year initiative immersing a diverse range of students and employees in Native Hawaiian values and traditions.

Elemental Excelerator and SubjectToClimate seek applicants for their second annual “Root for Innovation” professional learning course for teachers. The program aims to provide a basis for K-12 educators of all subjects to feel comfortable integrating climate change into their everyday lessons. 

Newly released College and Career Readiness Indicator report findings shed light on the accomplishments and unprecedented challenges faced by high school graduates who were in high school during pandemic shut down.

On Sunday, April 7, 2024, Hawaiʻi apparel company Reyn Spooner will donate 100% of the net proceeds from its iconic Lahaina Sailor collection to the Hawaiʻi Community Foundation’s Maui Strong Fund.

Maui County Council members moved quickly Friday morning to give the first of two approvals for the county to launch eminent domain condemnation proceedings in 2nd Circuit Court. The court action would help the county get legal access to a nearly 20-acre former quarry site for the final disposal of toxic ash and debris from the Lahaina wildfire.

The Maui Arts & Cultural Center presents a free community concert featuring the Kamehameha Schools Children’s Chorus on Friday, April 12, 2024 at 7:30 p.m. in the Castle Theater. The He Leo Aloha No Maui Concert will also feature guest performances by Kamaka Kukona and Hālau o Ka Hanu Lehua, Nāpua Silva and Hālau Nā Lei Kaumaka o Uka, and Ikaika Blackburn, Halehaku Seabury, and Keoni Souza of Nā Hoa.

Book Trust, a nonprofit organization co-founded by Maui residents, hosted an awareness-building and fundraising event to increase book access and ownership for keiki throughout Hawaiʻi. Thanks to the Maui community, the organization’s “Night Circus” event raised more than $90,000 on Feb. 25, 2024, and all funds will support increased book access and ownership for students in Hawaiʻi.

The Red Cross will conduct neighborhood visits for local families in Central Maui on Saturday, March 23 from 9 a.m. to noon.

This week, Hāna vocational training organization Ma Ka Hana Ka ʻIke was gifted $2 million by billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott’s Yield Giving, part of a $640 million donation campaign involving 361 small nonprofits.

Fourteen people were displaced after an early morning fire on Hopoe St. in Lahaina. The fire was reported at 4:05 a.m. on Friday, March 22.

Hawaiian Electric reports that power has been restored to all customers in Kula as of 6:40 p.m. The outage was due to a large tree on power lines.

Waihou Spring Forest Reserve and trail will reopen to residents and visitors on April 1, seven months after its emergency closure due to damage caused by the August 2023 wildfires and high winds.

Kaiser Permanente will close its mobile health vehicle site at the Royal Lahaina Resort today, and move all equipment to the new modular Lahaina clinic, which will open its doors to serve Kaiser Permanente members on Thursday, March 28.

The non-seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for Maui Island was 5.8% in February 2024, compared to 6.2% the previous month, and 2.9% at the same time in 2023. The data was included in a new report released today from the Hawaiʻi Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism. 

Queen Kaʻahumanu Center celebrates the grand opening of UpperKutz Barber Shop this Saturday, March 23, starting at 10 a.m., featuring music, desserts, exclusive discounts and exciting raffles. The new barber shop is located on the second floor across from Fun Factory and next to Hot Topic.

The US House today passed, on a bipartisan vote of 286-134, a $1.2 trillion measure to fund the government through September. The spending package was sent to the US Senate ahead of the midnight deadline and prevented a partial shutdown of the federal government.