Hawaiian Electric issues public safety power shutoff watch for Maui County and Hawaiʻi Island through Sunday

Reggae-rock band Iration will perform at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center’s A&B Amphitheater on Saturday, Dec. 5, and discounted general admission tickets are on sale through Tuesday. The $32 general admission price expires at 11:30 p.m. Tuesday Prices increase on the day of the show. Gates open at 5 p.m., and the concert begins […]

This adventure for the whole family features 39 Maui Prep performers from grades 6 through 12.

Central Maui Rep. Tyson Miyake will remain a majority whip in the Hawaiʻi House of Representatives under the leadership team House Speaker Nadine Nakamura announced Friday for the 34th Legislature. Miyake, a Democrat, is one of three majority whips named to the team. The others are Reps. Lisa Kitagawa and Tina Nakada Grandinetti, according to […]

The Kekaulike High School Foundation will host the Upcountry Winter Fest from 3 to 8 p.m. Nov. 28 at the King Kekaulike High School campus in Pukalani, with free admission and parking, according to an announcement. The event will include a holiday craft fair, a farmers market, food trucks and booths run by school organizations. […]

The Maui Emergency Management Agency will begin a wildfire risk reduction project Monday on about 115 acres of county-owned land at Kapūʻali, also known as “Cut Mountain,” in Launiupoko. From February 2024 through this past September, firefighters have responded to a dozen blazes at the property, near the intersection of Honoapiʻilani Highway and the Lahaina […]

“The Navigator,” a new feature-length documentary presented by Patagonia Films, made its world premiere at the Hawaiʻi International Film Festival (HIFF) to a sold-out audience.

The US Small Business Administration is reminding private nonprofit organizations in Maui County that the deadline to apply for federal physical damage disaster loans tied to Hurricane Lala is Dec. 7. Tthe loans are available to eligible private nonprofits and faith-based organizations affected by the hurricane, which struck Aug. 14-16. Besides Maui County, the SBA’s […]

Hawaiian Electric issued a public safety power shutoff watch today, keeping it in effect through Sunday for Maui County and Hawaiʻi Island as the company monitors high winds and dry conditions. A watch means the utility may proactively shut off power in communities with high exposure to wildfire risk if weather conditions intensify over the […]

Mālama Maui Nui’s Talking ʻŌpala seminar series will host a free public talk on the coconut rhinoceros beetle from 5 to 6 p.m. Dec. 9 at the Four Seasons Resort Maui ballroom in Wailea.

Daniel Chen and Zachariah Smith made history by becoming the first pair from the same Hawaiʻi public school to be named U.S. Presidential Scholars in a single year.

The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation notifies road users to use caution as the Harbor to Harbor 15K and relay will be run from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 8.

The Department of Land and Natural Resources has been notified that the Department of the Navy and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have chosen to withdraw their Final Environmental Impact Statement on the Pacific Missile Range Facilityand Kōkeʻe Park Geophysical Observatory.