Long-awaited Waikapū development prepares to break ground as county moves forward with wastewater treatment plant

Gov. Josh Green, chair of the Western Governors’ Association and a member of the National Governors Association. Executive Committee, will travel to New Mexico and Utah Nov. 14–20, 2026. Chief of Staff Brooke Wilson will join him in Utah for the NGA New Governors Conference.

Kahului Airport on Maui is adjusting to impacts from yesterday’s nationwide ground stoppage of flights.

ʻOhana Fuels has reopened its Lower Main location in Wailuku under new management, featuring renovated facilities, upgraded equipment, and a chance for customers to enter a $500 fuel credit giveaway.

The Maui Police Department requests the public’s assistance in locating Kaimaile Makekau, 43, of Nāpili. A concerned acquaintance reported Makekau missing on Friday, Nov. 13, 2026, after she was last heard from at approximately 4:30 p.m. via cell phone.

Older adults, caregivers and families are encouraged to attend the 53rd Annual Maui County Senior Fair on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2026, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the J. Walter Cameron Center in Wailuku, announced the County of Maui Department of Human Concerns Office on Aging.

Lahaina community members are encouraged to attend a County of Maui Department of Housing meeting on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2026, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. in Lahaina to hear about updated designs for rebuilding Komohana Hale, an affordable rental housing complex destroyed by the 2023 Maui Wildfires.

A Maui holiday tradition returns to the Historic ʻĪao Theater this December as Momentum Dance Maui and Maui OnStage present the sixth annual “Nutcracker Sweets.” Featuring more than 50 ballet dancers and actors, the production offers six performances beginning Saturday, Dec. 12.

Today, the state Board of Land and Natural Resources voted to authorize the transfer of 318.25 acres of state lands in the Waiākea area of Hilo on Hawaiʻi Island from the Department of Land and Natural Resources to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands.

This November, Queen Kaʻahumanu Center is hosting holiday pop-up shops featuring 2BDesired, Health Korea, Get Nutz Wear, and the Hometown Holiday Mākeke hosted by AimeeV Designs and Happy Galo Creates,

KTA Super Stores is celebrating its 110th anniversary, marking more than a century of serving Hawaiʻi Island and the generations of families and communities who have helped shape the locally-owned and operated company since 1916.

The Maui Hotel & Lodging Association will have a first-ever four-person chairmanship for the Annual Visitor Industry Charity Walk taking place on Saturday, May 15, 2027 at the War Memorial Complex in Wailuku.

Department of Hawaiian Home Lands director and chairperson of the Hawaiian Homes Commission, Kali Watson announces he will not seek reappointment following four-year term.