Hawaiʻi AG gives update on implementation of Lahaina Wildfire Phase III report — “We are all part of the solution”

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. 

Produced by Maui Public Art Corps in collaboration with the County of Maui and kumu hula Sissy Lake-Farm of Hālau Makana Aloha O Ka Lauaʻe, the piece is one of three large-scale murals being unveiled in June through the Hui Mo‘olelo program, which pairs professional artists with community members to create place-based public art.

The event — a partnership between Hawai‘i US Sen. Mazie Hirono and and Chamber of Commerce Hawaiʻi — provides members of the Hawaiʻi business community the opportunity to meet directly with congressional leaders while also showcasing their products.

The Maui Metropolitan Planning Organization invites the Hāna community and the public to attend the final in-person community meeting for the Hāna Community Pathway Study on Monday, June 23, 6:30 p.m. at Helene Hall located at Kapueokahi Bay in Hāna.

Due to the closure of Kaʻahumanu Avenue on Saturday, June 21, 2025, for Nā Kamehameha Pāʻū Parade, Maui Bus service will be rerouted and some bus stops will not be in service, the County of Maui Department of Transportation announced. 

Joann Wiener, president of the West Maui Hospital Foundation, will give an update on the West Maui Hospital project during the Rotary Club of Lahaina Sunset’s meeting on Tuesday, July 1, 2025.

Hawaiʻi US Rep. Ed Case has introduced a bill to codify into law a federal program to expand energy resilience and reliability for some of the nation’s most vulnerable regions – isolated island, Native Hawaiian and Tribal communities. Residents of these regions often face common and unique energy obstacles, including limited energy infrastructure, high costs of imported […]

The entertainment lineup for Nā Kamehameha Commemorative Pāʻū Parade and Hōʻolauleʻa has been released. The Hōʻolauleʻa takes place at the Queen Ka‘ahumanu Center following the Pāʻū Parade on Saturday, June 21, 2025.

Motorists should plan to avoid Kaʻahumanu Avenue between Lunalilo Street and Kahului Beach Road on Saturday morning. The road will be closed in both directions from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. for the 2025 Nā Kamehameha Commemorative Pā‘ū Parade, according to the Department of Transportation.

Episode 26 of the ongoing Halemaʻumaʻu eruption began at approximately 1:40 a.m. HST on Friday, June 20, 2025, with lava fountains and flows erupting from the north vent. Within less than a half hour, at 2:10 a.m., lava fountains had reached heights of over 1,000 feet, according to a volcanic activity summary issued by the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. 

Pacific Whale Foundation, the Marine Mammal Research Program at the University of Hawaiʻi and Maui Ocean Center present the Hawaiʻi premiere of “Call of the Dolphins” — a new IMAX documentary narrated by Academy Award and Golden Globe-winning actress Mary Steenburgen and directed by Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Jonathan Bird.

Sabree Katherine Koch, 42, was reported missing by an acquaintance on Thursday, June 19, 2025, after she failed to return home.  Koch was last seen on Tuesday, June 17, 2025, at approximately 8:21 a.m., near Vineyard Street in Wailuku.