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Preliminary results from this year’s Charity Walk show an impressive total of $1.62 million raised in Maui County to directly benefit more than 74 Maui County nonprofit organizations. This “day-of” total broke last year’s record, however, funding is still being accepted until May 31.

For the first time since the Lahaina fires, Cinco de Mayo celebrations are returning to the Front Street area—bringing a sense of joy, culture and community back to West Maui. Lahaina Cannery is proud to partner with Sergio’s Cantina to host a vibrant, all-day Cinco de Mayo celebration on Tuesday, May 5, 2026.

Maui United Way aims to tee up community support at its upcoming Golf Tournament set for Saturday, May 2. All proceeds from the tournament will support Maui United Way’s programs including disaster recovery efforts, youth services, and community resilience programs.

The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa School of Travel Industry Management is celebrating its 60th anniversary with plans to continue teaching future leaders in travel and hospitality.

Eric Yeaman has been selected by the state Probate Court as the newest member of Ke Kula ʻo Kamehameha’s Board of Trustees. He will fill the vacancy created upon the closing of Robert K.W.H. Nobriga’s term, which ended on June 30, 2025.

First Hawaiian, Inc. announced today that Alan Arizumi, vice chairman of First Hawaiian, Inc. and First Hawaiian Bank, will retire effective April 3, 2026, following more than 40 years of service. Executive Vice President Michael Tottori will assume responsibility for the Wealth Management Group and join the Senior Management Committee.

First Hawaiian Bank has promoted four bank executives and hired a new one, according to bank Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Bob Harrison.

First Hawaiian Bank today announced that employees and retirees have made a major impact this holiday season by contributing a donation of $886,449 to 36 charities in Hawai‘i, Guam, and Saipan as part of its annual Kōkua Mai employee giving campaign.

Kamehameha Maui had 11 senior starters play their final high school game on Friday, including the school’s all-time leading rusher Zedekaiah Campbell, college-football-bound offensive lineman Pa’u Spencer, and defensive leader Kolt Kaho’ohanohano.

To cap the night, Zedekaiah Campbell scored his 22nd touchdown of the season on a 16-yard run that put him over the 1,000-yard mark for rushing on the season and broke the school record that he set last year.

Together, one of the most prolific running back tandems in the state led the Warriors to a 37-18 win over sister school Kamehameha Hawai’i in a semifinal of the First Hawaiian Bank/HHSAA Division II tournament on Saturday night.

Iapani “Poncho” Laloulu and Fa’anu Ma’o were always close growing up, Laloulu on O’ahu and Ma’o on Maui, but they grew closer as Ma’o’s mother, Failagi Laloulu Ma’o, battled breast cancer that first hit her in 2017 when Fa’anu was 9 years old and Poncho was 13.

Habitat for Humanity Maui announced this week that its 2025 Disaster Recovery Fundraiser, held Oct. 4 at Old Lahaina Luau, raised more than $165,000 to support ongoing wildfire recovery and rebuilding efforts across Maui. The event brought together community members, sponsors and partners for an evening of connection and live entertainment. Guests heard from partner families who […]

The grand opening and blessing of Kaiāulu o Kūku‘ia Thursday morning marked an emotional milestone in West Maui’s recovery, becoming the first newly built, permanent multifamily affordable housing project to open for local families since the August 2023 wildfires. The complex includes Hawai‘i’s first Bezos Academy preschool.

First Hawaiian Bank held the blessing and opening of its new branch at Lahaina Cannery Mall on Friday.

The league will use the eight-game, two-round system to determine Division I and Division II state tournament berths after two seasons of unbalanced schedules were needed due to the Aug. 8, 2023, fires and the expansion to a six-team league that included Moloka’i in 2024. 

Maui County Council members are set to consider accepting two parcels of land in Lānaʻi City that had been the site of First Hawaiian Bank’s Lānaʻi branch for a century before it closed at the end of June last year. Ready for consideration on the Council’s July 8 agenda, resolution 25-122 would authorize the acceptance […]

This year’s Maui Visitor Industry Charity Walk drew nearly 1,900 volunteers who pounded 2.5 miles of pavement along Kaʻahumanu Avenue Saturday to raise $1.56 million for 68 Maui County nonprofit beneficiaries. “We are extremely grateful to our friends and colleagues in the hospitality industry for coming out today to support the community and this worthy […]

Nā Hale O Maui raised more than $56,000 at its 9th annual golf tournament fundraiser on April 6 to support affordable housing construction in Kahului.

Tetsuji Yamazaki, general manager of Sheraton Maui Resort and Spa, was inducted into the TIM Alumni Hall of Honor on Wednesday.