East Maui Water Authority invites residents to rescheduled board meeting Tuesday, Oct. 13, in Kula

Center for Tomorrow’s Leaders project reveals shared fears about affordability, quality of life and more.

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs today announced three finalists for the position of Administrator/Chief Executive Officer, marking a significant milestone in the search for the organization’s next executive leader. The three finalists are Todd Apo, Kaulana Park and Summer Sylva.

The County of Maui Department of Finance Accounts Division was recently recognized for excellence in financial reporting by the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada.

Maui Food Bank has named Maui native Kaleena Wakamatsu Fryer as Chief Operating Officer, bringing more than 16 years of retail and operations leadership experience to the organization. In her new role, Fryer leads Maui Food Bank’s food strategy across sourcing, operations, programs and agency relations, helping connect food donors and local growers with the network of partner agencies serving communities across Maui, Molokaʻi and Lānaʻi.

Qualifying hosts can receive $500 per displaced person each month, up to a maximum of $2,000 per host household per month. This short-term assistance will be available as funding allows to help ease the financial burden on households providing a safe place for displaced friends and family to stay.

The County of Maui East Maui Water Authority (EMWA) invites residents to participate in a meeting of its governing board, the ‘Aha Wai O Maui Hikina Board, from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, at the Von Tempsky (Kula) Community Center. The meeting, which was rescheduled from Aug. 17, 2026, due to weather, will include a community conversation on Upcountry water history.

On Sept. 30, as flames, spatter and lava flows erupted from the north and south vents at the summit of Kīlauea, magma was also making a new path below the surface of the caldera.

The Department of Veterans Affairs awarded $2,183,905 in grants to three grantees for Hawaiʻi community organizations that provide suicide prevention services to Veterans in Hawaiʻi.

Medicare beneficiaries can get help from AARP Hawaiʻi and the Hawaiʻi State Health Insurance Assistance Program to evaluate changes in their Medicare coverage in 2027 and assistance in selecting the plan that best meets their needs during Medicare Open Enrollment.

DAB is partnering with Leeward Community College’s Office of Workforce Development in accepting the first ever students into the Biosecurity Academy. Up to 20 hopefuls will be selected to attend the academy, starting in November and ending in March.

The Polynesian Cultural Center marked a new chapter for its Hawaiʻi Village on Sunday, Oct. 3, with a groundbreaking ceremony for the Hawaiʻi Kauhale Project, an initiative designed to deepen guests’ understanding of traditional Hawaiian ways of life, agriculture and the enduring relationship between people and ʻāina, or land.

The resolution celebrates Filipino Americans’ rich history and the many contributions they have made to the United States, including as members of the US Armed Forces, officials in federal and state governments, and leaders of labor movements.