County of Maui, HUD sign $1.6B grant agreement for disaster relief

Independence Day trips for Pacific Region residents are up 2.3% over last year and up 9.1% compared to 2019, according to the latest projections by AAA Hawaiʻi.

The Hawaiʻi State Board of Education has unanimously approved appointments of Leila Maeda-Kobayashi as complex area superintendent overseeing schools in the Kapaʻa-Kauaʻi-Waimea Complex Area and Kasie Kaleohano as complex area superintendent overseeing schools in the Hilo-Waiākea Complex Area. Maeda-Kobayashi has served since March as the deputy complex area superintendent of the Kapaʻa-Kauaʻi-Waimea Complex Area. Her experience within the […]

Maui County Federal Credit Union is teaming up once again with The Salvation Army for its annual Adopt a Backpack program to help local keiki head back to school with confidence and the supplies they need to succeed.

The annual Nā Kamehameha Commemorative Pāʻū Parade and Hōʻolauleʻa returned to Central Maui on Saturday, June 21, 2025, with a vibrant celebration honoring aliʻi, culture and community. The celebration began with a parade that made its way down Kaʻahumanu Avenue from Mahalani Street to Kahului Beach Road, drawing crowds of spectators waving flags and lei.

Hui Noʻeau Visual Arts Center will host the celebration of its first Ka Ulana ʻIe Maui Junior Cohort Hō‘ike and panel discussion from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 28. The culminating event honors the center’s pilot program dedicated to the practice and perpetuation of ulana ʻie — a sacred Hawaiian tradition of weaving with […]

The Teran James Young Foundation is accepting nominations for the 2025 Maui Peace Awards, which recognize Maui County residents who promote peace, resolve conflicts, spread compassion and uplift their communities.

The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa has once again earned recognition among the world’s leading institutions for academic and research excellence, according to the 2026 QS World University Rankings released June 19 by global higher education analyst Quacquarelli Symonds.

Public comments are due Aug. 7 on a draft environmental impact statement for the use of state lands on Kauaʻi for the Navy’s 8,172-acre Pacific Missile Range Facility and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s 23-acre Kōkeʻe Park Geophysical Observatory. The schedule of in-person public meetings follows: Tuesday, July 15Kauaʻi Veterans Center3215 Kauaʻi Veterans Memorial […]

Makai Farm, Harrison Cannon, James McNeil and Jacob Jacinto completed the 12-week training program. Cannon was given the award for the Best Overall Recruit. The “Surf 50” award, created in memory of fallen Ocean Safety Officer Randy Hillen, was given to Jacinto.

A grant agreement authorizing approximately $1.6 billion in Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds to support Maui wildfire recovery efforts was finalized Friday by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development and the County of Maui.

Radio personality Kathy Collins and Lahaina Honolua Senior Citizens Club President Hedy Udarbe will be honored as Kupuna Advocates of the Year at the 53rd annual Kupuna Aloha Luncheon on July 26. The event is sponsored by the Maui County Planning & Coordinating Council, an umbrella organization made up of kupuna club officers countywide, with assistance […]

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs and the Native Hawaiian Cultural Working Group are speaking out in opposition to the renewed push to open the Papahānaumokuākea National Marine Sanctuary to commercial fishing, following a presidential executive order (EO14276) and the Western Pacific Regional Fishing Management Council reaffirming its position to allow commercial fishing in the Northwest Hawaiian Islands.