Tropical Depression 15-E forecast to near major hurricane strength as it nears Hawaiʻi Island late Friday or Saturday as Nolo

In the opinion, the court upheld Hawaiʻi’s requirements establishing a 30-day period to use a permit to acquire a handgun and requiring certain newly acquired firearms to be brought to a police station for inspection.

United States Attorney Ken Sorenson announced that Bernadette Acaso, 20, a Filipino national residing in Honolulu, Oʻahu and Kahului, Maui, pleaded guilty on Sept. 18, 2026, to unlawfully voting as an alien.

The Institute for Educational Advancement (IEA) has named Haʻikū eighth grader Luana Fitch, a Caroline D. Bradley Scholar, earning her a prestigious four-year scholarship that covers full tuition at a high school or through an individualized education plan tailored to her educational needs.

Upcountry Rotary announced two outstanding students recognized as its Students of the Month for September: Isabel Hartman and Joseph “Junya Boi” Braceros.

The County of Maui Office of Economic Development (OED) and Maui County Workforce Development Board (MCWDB) convened education, industry, workforce, government and community leaders on Friday, Sept. 18 for Project Pilina, a countywide workforce initiative designed to turn shared challenges into coordinated action and greater opportunity for Maui County residents.

The Maui County Fair and the County Department of Transportation are offering free parking and shuttle service to the 99th Maui County Fair during the weekend of Oct. 3–4, 2026, at the Wailuku Garage, located at 30 N. Church St. The free parking and shuttle service are designed to support volunteers, workers and all fairgoers.

Maui County Council members spent all Monday and half of Tuesday working through the South Maui Community Plan update, getting a legal opinion on the plan’s fiscal estimates, hearing more public testimony and moving to strengthen the plan’s emergency evacuation provisions.

Tropical Depression 15-E is forecast to be near major hurricane strength when it nears the Big Island of Hawaiʻi late Friday or Saturday as named cyclone, Nolo.

The Oʻahu Hawaiian Canoe Racing Association has made the difficult decision to cancel the 2026 Nā Wahine O Ke Kai, scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 27, due to the potential wind, ocean and community impacts associated with the developing tropical weather system approaching Hawaiʻi.

The Maui Police Department requests the public’s assistance with any information regarding the whereabouts of Josh Jordan, 45, of Kahului.

The National Weather Service says heavy rain on the north side of a developing tropical system (the future Nolo) should develop Wednesday afternoon. Windward and southeast Big Island and windward Maui are the most likely to experience heavy rain.

Hisako Film Lab and Fuzz Box Productions are inviting high school students in grades 9–12 to apply for the Fall Film Lab, a free afterschool filmmaking program running Oct. 6 to Dec. 12, 2026 meeting at Fuzz Box headquarters in Lahaina.