ICE sightings, detentions reported on Maui amid nationwide wave of enforcement

The Navy has decided to move forward with a plan allowing continued use of its low-frequency sonar system for submarine detection training and testing in the Western and Central North Pacific and Eastern Indian oceans, including waters around Hawaiʻi. The decision, outlined in a record of decision tied to the Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System […]

Hawaiian Airlines presents the 32nd Annual Made in Hawai’i Festival will showcase Hawai‘i’s creativity and celebrate local innovations from across the state; offering attendees an opportunity to explore over 800 vendor booths spanning just under 300,000 square feet of an impressive array of made-in-Hawai‘i products while enjoying live entertainment, chef demos, fashion shows, tastings and more. 

Maui County officials are encouraging residents to prepare ahead of time for hurricane season, with a higher-than-average number of tropical cyclones predicted this storm season. Hurricane Fausto remains several days away and is expected to weaken to a tropical storm when it arrives in Hawaiian waters next week. There are no watches or warnings in […]

Maui County’s new Emergency Operations Center will begin operations in August, following a blessing ceremony held Friday in Wailuku that drew county, state and federal officials, first responders and other dignitaries. The 9,355-square-foot facility, run by the Maui Emergency Management Agency, can accommodate up to 198 people, according to the county — nearly four times […]

Residents and visitors are being urged to stay out of the ocean off of Molokaʻi’s south shore, near the remains of a koholā, or humpback whale, that died July 10, according to the state Department of Land and Natural Resources Division of Aquatic Resources. The now deceased whale and her calf spent more than two […]

The state Department of Health is advising residents and visitors of elevated levels of enterococci, a bacteria found in feces, at Hanakaʻōʻō Beach. Levels of 406 per 100 milliliter have been detected during routine beach monitoring, the department reported. The Department of Health Clean Water Branch provides beach monitoring and notification through its beach program. […]

An Oʻahu grand jury indicted Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke and four others on Friday in a sweeping public corruption case tied to the state’s COVID-19 community testing program. Hours later, Gov. Josh Green called for her formal resignation. “The lieutenant governor needs to consider formally resigning to address this matter and so that the state […]

University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Athletics Director Matt Elliott closed out his first year on the job June 30, a stretch that included two national and conference championships, a fundraising record and a shift to free statewide broadcasts that will expand access for fans on Maui and across the state.

Four Maui Nui organizations are among 30 statewide recipients of nearly $900,000 in cultural funding awarded by the Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority through its Kūkulu Ola program, the agency announced Thursday. The grants, which run through the end of the year, support community organizations that perpetuate Hawaiian cultural practices, offer educational programming, preserve cultural sites and […]

The Maui Pony Allstars 14U team will sell Fukushima hot dogs Friday from 6 to 9 p.m. at Azeka Mauka in Kīhei as part of Kīhei 4th Friday, with proceeds going toward the team’s trip to the Pony Regional Tournament in West Covina, Calif. The 12-member team earned the trip by winning the state tournament […]

Nearly 150 public charter school leaders, educators, governing board members and community partners gathered Friday for the Hawai‘i State Public Charter School Commission’s Third Annual Charter Summit, “I Mua Kākou: Navigating Forward Together,” to celebrate innovation, strengthen collaboration and explore the future of public education in Hawai‘i.

Hawaiʻi US Rep. Jill Tokuda voted against the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027, saying she opposed provisions in the bill unrelated to military policy, even as she credited the final version with excluding language that would have given the military authority to condemn and take Hawaiʻi lands. The House passed the bill […]