After finishing first in the mayoral primary, Bissen outpaces Sugimura in fundraising

The Maui County Fair Parade kicked off the 99th Fair on Thursday, with crowds lining sidewalks along the parade route and thousands filling the fairgrounds on opening night.

Island Grocery Depot is holding a month-long 40th anniversary celebration in October at its Kahului and Lahaina stores, the company announced.

October is National Archives Month, a yearly celebration of the value of historical documents and the work archivists do to keep the public memory. The Hawaiʻi State Archives, a division of the Department of Accounting and General Services (DAGS), has chosen to mark the occasion this year by honoring the past, present and future of Waikīkī.

Alaska Airlines will begin flying three daily Boeing 737 flights between Honolulu and Kahului on Saturday, and Hawaiian Airlines is asking all Neighbor Island travelers to check in and drop bags at least 50 minutes before departure, up from 30 minutes.

Hawaiʻi gas prices remain elevated, with drivers paying some of the highest gas prices in the nation, according to the AAA Hawaiʻi Weekend Gas Watch.

The Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism has released the 2025 edition of the State of Hawai‘i Data Book, marking the 58th edition of its long-standing series.

It was the largest graduating recruit class of deputies of Hawai‘i Department of Law Enforcement since it became a separate state agency nearly 2 years ago. Two of the new deputy sheriffs include father and son Edgarinio and Ethan Ugale, respectively.

Attorney General Anne Lopez today announced a settlement with Monsanto Company and its affiliates, Solutia, Inc. and Pharmacia LLC, resolving Hawaiʻi’s claims against these companies for contamination caused by polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in Hawaiʻi’s waterways and natural resources.

The application deadline has been extended to 5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 15, for County of Maui East Maui Water Authority grants for projects that support watershed restoration, education, research and/or cultural knowledge-sharing that benefit the watershed and communities of Huelo, Honomanū, Keʻanae and Nāhiku.

The Maui County Council approved on first reading a bill authorizing an agreement with the state Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to develop three water wells in Waiʻōhuli, a project that could supply water for about 2,880 homes for Native Hawaiian beneficiaries. Bill 97, CD1 (2026), would let Mayor Richard Bissen enter an intergovernmental agreement […]

The revisions would be limited to the UH Master Plan and do not call for new land use or new development. No revisions to the Maunakea Comprehensive Management Plan are proposed. UH reports it remains committed to having no more than nine observatories after 2033 and to keeping the existing decommissioning process and plan unchanged.

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs will present a special statewide television premiere of “Held in Trust: The Future of Hawaiʻi’s Public Lands Beyond Military Leases,” a half-hour documentary examining the history of US military use of Hawaiʻi’s public trust lands and the consequential decisions approaching as longstanding military leases begin to expire.