Koa Waena affordable housing project proposed in North Kīhei

In the wake of Mainland owners of Maui County’s only daily newspaper attempting to cut pay and outsource work, the company has been hit with a federal unfair labor practice charge. One of Ogden’s leaders, Bob Nutting, also owns the Pittsburg Pirates. An online petition with more than 60,000 signatures is pressuring MLB to force Nutting to sell the Pirates, alleging the team’s losing streak is tied to its greedy ownership.

Dedicated paddlers and supporters will be making a 22-mile, round-trip open ocean journey from North Kīhei around Molokini and back to benefit the Pacific Cancer Foundation, Oct. 8-9, 2022.

Under the new National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure program, the Hawai’i Department of Transportation will install 11 electric charging stations on six islands with federal funding.

Ticket sales for the 28th Annual Made in Hawaii Festival presented by Mahi Pono will launch on Saturday, Oct. 1. The state’s longest-running showcase of made-in-Hawai‘i products returns to Ala Moana Center over the Veteran’s Day Holiday Weekend, Nov. 11 – 13, 2022. Two-hour, timed entry passes are $13 and all-day passes for in and out access are $35 and will be available online. Attendees can receive $1 off timed entry tickets or all-day passes with code MIHF22, available until Oct. 15.

Koa Waena will be available to current Maui Residents only, with no outside investors allowed. Savio is selling at cost with a limit of developers profit of no more than 5%.

Costumed keiki and their families are invited to the second annual Keiki Halloween Festival to be held on Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022 at the Will Smith Imua Discovery Garden in Wailuku.

Launch events are planned for a new book about West Maui Place Names. The book ʻOhuʻohu nā Mauna o ʻEʻeka, Place Names of Maui Komohana, is authored by Kumu Hula and award winning recording artist Cody Kapueolaʻākeanui Pata. 

Applicants are being sought from residents willing to provide public service on various Maui County boards, commissions, councils and committees. 

Minimum wage workers prepare for Oct 1. Increase to wage. Plus information on the upcoming increase and how the “tip penalty” works in practice.

Motorists are advised of a single lane closure, and intermittent closures of both lanes of Honoapiʻilani Highway near Mile 9, in the vicinity of Papawai Point, on Sunday, Oct. 16, from 6 a.m. to 11 a.m.

In August 2022, there were 265,410 visitors to Maui, which is just 3% less than the pre-pandemic numbers in August 2019, but they spent $68 million more.

Small food entrepreneurs looking to grow their business will receive helpful information during two webinars in October on food safety and labeling, presented by Maui Food Technology Center.

In the wake of Mainland owners of Maui County’s only daily newspaper attempting to cut pay and outsource work, the company has been hit with a federal unfair labor practice charge. One of Ogden’s leaders, Bob Nutting, also owns the Pittsburg Pirates. An online petition with more than 60,000 signatures is pressuring MLB to force Nutting to sell the Pirates, alleging the team’s losing streak is tied to its greedy ownership.

Ticket sales for the 28th Annual Made in Hawaii Festival presented by Mahi Pono will launch on Saturday, Oct. 1. The state’s longest-running showcase of made-in-Hawai‘i products returns to Ala Moana Center over the Veteran’s Day Holiday Weekend, Nov. 11 – 13, 2022. Two-hour, timed entry passes are $13 and all-day passes for in and out access are $35 and will be available online. Attendees can receive $1 off timed entry tickets or all-day passes with code MIHF22, available until Oct. 15.

Minimum wage workers prepare for Oct 1. Increase to wage. Plus information on the upcoming increase and how the “tip penalty” works in practice.

In August 2022, there were 265,410 visitors to Maui, which is just 3% less than the pre-pandemic numbers in August 2019, but they spent $68 million more.

The Kaua‘i County Committee on the Status of Women, or KCCSW, will illuminate the Historic County Building and the Mo‘ikeha Building Rotunda in pink lights for Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation will be closing the northbound lane of Rice Street starting Oct. 12 to assess how its closure would impact the area.

A Grand Jury on Thursday indicted Lopaka Santos-Dasalia, 20, of Kōloa, with two counts of terroristic threatening in the first degree and one count of harassment for an incident involving a bomb threat made against Kōloa Elementary School on Sept. 26.

Kauaʻi County Mayor Derek S. K. Kawakami signed a bill on Monday that updates the county's Agricultural Dedication program to provide increased benefits to farmers and lessen the burdensome red tape.

Parts of two Kōloa roadways will be closed in October because of road resurfacing work, weather permitting.

A bail reduction request for a man charged with attempted murder was denied on Thursday.

Dr. Darah Wallsten, a psychologist at the Kaiser Permanente clinic in Hilo, said research shows an intersection between mental and physical health. If left untreated, according to Dr. Rachel Kaya, a psychologist at the Kaier Maui Lani clinic, mental health issues can also wreak havoc in other areas.

The brush fire burning in the Hāmākua District has scorched 46.6 acres and is now 60% contained.

A cold front approaching the Hawaiian Islands from the far north will weaken the high pressure ridge over the region and decrease trade winds over the state...

Crater filling at Kīlauea is sometimes like pouring liquid into a mug, but more often it is like injecting haupia crème into a crispy malasada.