Reconstruction of Kahului Airport’s main runway down to 2 options — with drastic differences in price, resiliency

The Hawai’i Visitors and Convention Bureau has created a new executive position, chief brand and narrative officer, and named Travis Watanabe to fill it starting July 1.

The US Department of Justice’s Civil Division issued payments for about $17 million to 629 plaintiffs in two federal lawsuits stemming from the 2021 jet fuel leaks at the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility on Oʻahu.

Episode 50 of the ongoing Halemaʻumaʻu eruption ended abruptly at 5:10 p.m. after 7 hours of continuous lava fountaining.

Maui Christian Academy is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year, tracing its roots to a four-student home preschool founded in 1956 by missionaries Ed and Doris Todd.

Hui No‘eau Visual Arts Center has opened Impressions & Imprints, a juried exhibition of printmaking, metalsmithing and ceramics on view through July 24 at the center’s galleries on the Kaluanui Estate in Upcountry Makawao.

Hawaiʻi Gov. Josh Green will travel to Utah from Saturday evening through July 2 to attend the Western Governors’ Association annual meeting and take over as the organization’s chair, according to the Office of the Governor.

US Sens. Mazie Hirono of Hawaiʻi and Jon Ossoff of Georgia introduced the Right to Vote Act, which would create the first affirmative federal voting rights guarantee for all eligible citizens.

Professor Bruce Houghton retired in 2025 from University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa after 25 years as the Gordon A. Macdonald Chairperson of Volcanology, but although he retired and returned to New Zealand, his connections to volcanology in Hawaiʻi remain strong.

The Hawai‘i Community Foundation (HCF) is marking 25 years of impactful giving in Waimea with $500,000 in grants through its 2026 Richard Smart Fund. This year’s funding will benefit 29 community programs that are helping to advance culture, education, health and safety in Waimea on Hawaiʻi Island.

Department of Human Concerns officials will update Maui County Council members Monday morning on the status of a safe parking project aimed at providing homeless people a secure place to sleep in their vehicles overnight.

Signs at the UHMC Recycling Center saying that the much-used facility will be “permanently closing” Tuesday were met with concern from Central Maui residents and their representatives in government, Council Member Kauanoe Batangan said.

Gov. Josh Green today signed HB 1800, Act 175, Session Laws of Hawaiʻi 2026, the state’s supplemental budget bill, which amends Act 250, SLH 2025 and appropriates funds for Executive Branch operations and capital improvement projects.