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48th Visitor Industry Charity Walk announces 4-chair Maui committee from Andaz Maui at Wailea Resort
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.
DHHL Director Kali Watson will not seek reappointment after four-year term ends
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.
FAA issues nationwide ground stop until further notice
(Update: 1:05 p.m., Nov. 13, 2026): Hawaiian/Alaska Airlines have confirmed all west coast flights will resume. All inter island flights remain active. Travelers should continue to check with their air carrier for further updates.
Hawaiʻi DOH: vaccination gaps leave schools increasingly vulnerable to disease outbreaks
The Hawaiʻi State Department of Health’s 2025–26 report shows an increase in religious exemptions for kindergarten and seventh-grade students, alongside rising rates of kindergarteners missing required vaccines and over half of seventh graders remaining not up to date.
Maui Council set to vote on top legal appointments: Mimi Desjardins and Andrew Martin
Maui County Council members are set to vote today on two resolutions to confirm Mayor Richard Bissen’s appointments for the county’s top two lawyers — Mimi Desjardins as corporation counsel and Andrew Martin as prosecuting attorney.
Applicants sought for District and District Family Court per diem judges statewide
The Hawaiʻi State Judiciary is currently accepting applications from qualified attorneys interested in serving as per diem judges in the District and District Family Courts statewide.
Hui No‘eau celebrates the holiday season with Hui Holidays 2026 at Kaluanui Estate
The holiday season is coming to Kaluanui Estate! Hui No‘eau Visual Arts Center invites the Maui community to celebrate Hui Holidays 2026, a series of festive events featuring local artists and makers, holiday shopping, and family-friendly activities throughout November and December.
UH Maui College Annual Thanksgiving Pie Sale
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First Broadway-style musical drawn from a Hawaiian moʻolelo, ‘The Epic Tale of Hiʻiaka: The Hawaiian Goddess,’ opens Dec. 5 at Ko Olina
For the first time, a Hawaiian moʻolelo is coming to the stage as a full-scale, Broadway-style musical, with its home here in Hawaiʻi. The Epic Tale of Hiʻiaka: The Hawaiian Goddess is a new stage musical drawn from the moʻolelo of Hiʻiakaikapoliopele, produced by Hawaiian Council and WitzEnd Productions at Ocean’s Edge at Ko Olina on Oʻahu.
Shops at Wailea to host Santa parade, free events and Kalani Peʻa concert Nov. 27
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Hawai‘i airports affected by FAA ground stop of all flights nationwide following ‘communication issue’
Hawaiian/Alaska Airlines has confirmed that all west coast flights will resume; and all inter island flights remain active, according to the state Department of Transportation.
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Healthcare Association of Hawaiʻi releases new workforce report as construction begins on health learning lab at Big Island's Waiākea High School.
Big Island father charged with manslaughter in death of his 3-month-old son
The 20-year-old dad told police he was playing a video game when he tried to get his son to stop crying, which led to him aggressively rocking the infant in a bouncer and causing fatal injuries, according to a court document.
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$750K grant helps veterans build farming businesses through training from University of Hawaiʻi GoFarm Hawaiʻi, partners
The 3-year training project will provide agricultural and farm business education and support to 600 aspiring veteran farmers as well as help start, maintain or improve 25 veteran-operated farms.
FAA issues ground stop for flights nationwide, including Hawaiʻi, following ‘communication issue’
But around 1 p.m, Hawaiian/Alaska Airlines confirmed that all of its west coast flights would resume, and that all interisland flights were running as usual, according to the state Department of Transportation.
Nāpōwawāʻenakaulua, the oldest compact quasar pair in universe, discovered with help from Big Island telescope
Gemini North telescope atop Mauna Kea and James Webb Space Telescope observed the pair of rapidly feeding supermassive black holes just 900 million years after the Big Bang in period known as cosmic dawn.
Volcano Watch: Beneath the boardwalk; the scientific legacy of Haʻakulamanu
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists since 1922 have tracked gas chemistry from wells at Haʻakulamanu (Sulphur Banks) in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park on the Big Island, and although the original well heads have long since disintegrated, hot gases continue to seep from the place where observatory founder and volcanologist Thomas Jaggar conducted some of his first experiments at Kīlauea.












