Displaced Lahaina fire survivors eager to rebuild with help from $1.6 billion federal grant

Get ready for the return of Wailuku First Friday’s hottest event, Uptown Getdown 11, happening Friday, Aug. 1, 2025, from 6 to 9 p.m. This free, family-friendly street festival delivers an exciting blend of music, culture, food and community.

Due to payment preservation work, one lane of Makawao Avenue — between Baldwin Avenue and the raised crosswalk before St. Joseph’s Church — will be closed from 7:45 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, July 30-31, according to the Maui County Department of Public Works Highways Division. Keʻe Road will serve as a detour. […]

Eleven students graduated from the Hawaiʻi Carpenters Apprenticeship & Training Fund’s Career Connections summer internship program at the HCATF facility in Kapolei.  

Hawai‘i Public Radio took in nearly half a million dollars in a two-day emergency fundraiser that concluded Thursday night. The campaign followed last week’s loss of $1.1 billion in congressional funding to public media. On Wednesday and Thursday, more than 1,400 supporters contributed just over $461,000, setting new records for the nonprofit statewide broadcaster. HPR’s […]

Registration is open for First Tee Hawaiʻi sessions on Maui and Kauaʻi. First Tee Hawaiʻi is a youth development organization that helps kids and teens build strength of character through golf.

Lahaina Cannery will host a grand opening celebration on Friday, Aug. 1, for The Dining Lot — billed as Maui’s first indoor food truck dining experience.

The annual Maui Calls, Maui Arts & Cultural Center’s signature benefit gala and Maui’s premier food and wine tasting event, returns from 6 to 10 p.m. Aug. 16. This year’s “Under The Swaying Palms” theme promises to again provide a special, uniquely Hawaiian personality to the evening, a Maui Calls tradition. The theme “evokes the gentle rhythm of […]

Award-winning journalist and Hawaiʻi News Now anchor Stephanie Lum will return as emcee for the Maui Economic Development Board’s Ke Alahele Education Fund Benefit Dinner and Auction on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025, at the Hyatt Regency Maui Resort and Spa in Kā‘anapali.

After a multi-year pause due to the COVID-19 pandemic and 2023 wildfires, the Maui Native Hawaiian Chamber of Commerce will relaunch its signature conference and awards gala this fall under a new name: Holomua 2025.

Hawai‘i is gearing up to host the Fourth Annual Hawai‘i AI and Cloud Innovation Summit: Presented by Google from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 10 at the Hawai‘i Convention Center on Oʻahu. The event is being hosted by the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism in partnership with Google Public Sector and the TRUE Initiative. […]

The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa has earned national and international recognition for its innovative efforts in securing funding for sustainability. In the 2025 World University Rankings for Innovation, UH Mānoa was ranked No. 4 in the United States and No. 28 globally in the “Funding for Sustainability” category, which recognizes universities that adopt a variety of innovative strategies to secure long-term […]

With a statewide regional kitchen master plan now in motion, the Hawai‘i Department of Education is turning its attention to transforming school menus to feature more locally grown and produced foods.