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Hawaiian Electric today submitted its Integrated Grid Planning Request for Proposals (IGP RFP), seeking plans for competitively priced renewable energy and storage for Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi Island and Maui to meet customers’ growing energy needs and modernize the generation fleet to drive down costs by reducing the use of oil for power generation.

Maui Health is proud to announce a new partnership with Mauliola Pharmacy to provide bedside prescription delivery services for patients being discharged from Maui Memorial Medical Center.

The County Building’s eighth floor, which includes the Council Chamber, will be closed to the public for the primary-election season to ensure ballot security, Chair Alice Lee announced Friday.

The County of Maui Department of Parks and Recreation will accept registration forms, Aug. 3-14, 2026, for its Menehune Basketball League that begins this fall on Maui.

The Construction Industry of Maui will hold its fourth annual golf tournament Sept. 19 at The Dunes at Maui Lani Golf Course, with proceeds benefiting construction and skilled trades education programs for Maui County residents.

Toastmasters District 49 has earned the prestigious Smedley Distinguished District designation for the 2025–2026 Toastmasters year, the highest level of recognition presented under Toastmasters International’s District Recognition Program. The Smedley Distinguished District award recognizes districts that achieve outstanding performance in membership growth, club growth, club quality and leadership development while meeting or exceeding rigorous international […]

Beginning with the 2026-27 school year, students from households with incomes at or below 300% of the federal poverty level are now eligible for one free breakfast and one free lunch each school day.

Local tenants and landlords are invited to attend a Renterʻs Rights Training on Sunday, July 26, from 5 to 7 p.m. This free, community-centered event will provide residents with vital information about housing rights, strategies for addressing housing issues and resources for navigating landlord-tenant challenges.

US Rep. Ed Case, who represents urban Oʻahu in Congress, has introduced a bipartisan bill intended to encourage more affordable housing construction in areas designated for transit-oriented development, an approach that could offer new financing tools for projects statewide, including Maui.

To maintain reliable service, Hawaiian Electric contractors are replacing three utility poles along Kula Highway between Pueo Drive and Lepelepe Place that will impact traffic on Monday, July 20 to Wednesday, July 22, from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily. No service interruption is expected.

A lane closure goes into effect on Kula Highway with intermittent traffic holds at the mauka intersection of Kula Highway and Ōmaʻopio Road, July 20-23, 2026, according to the Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation.

Bank of Hawaiʻi is the only Hawaiʻi-based company among 1,000 US businesses named to Newsweek’s “America’s Greatest Workplaces for Parents & Families 2026” list, the bank announced Friday.

Scott Hayashi has been promoted to chief operating officer of SSFM International, a Honolulu-based multidisciplinary engineering and planning firm with operations across Hawaiʻi, Guam, Okinawa and the Philippines, the company announced.

AARP Hawaiʻi is now accepting nominations for its 2026 Andrus Award for Community Service, which honors Hawaiʻi volunteers 50 and older who are sharing their experience, talent, and skills to enrich their communities. 

Following legislation and efforts led by Hawai‘i US Brian Schatz, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services at the US Department of Health and Human Services announced that it will begin the process to increase the amount that hospitals in Hawai‘i can be reimbursed by Medicare for outpatient care.

The easiest answer to the question of whether lava will flow out of the caldera is — it depends!

The US Fish and Wildlife Service is downlisting the aeʻo (Hawaiian stilt) from endangered to threatened under the Endangered Species Act. The aeʻo was originally listed as endangered in 1970 due to destruction and alteration of habitat, hunting, introduced predatory animals and nonnative birds, and diseases.   

Married Maui boat captains Chrissy Lovitt and Emma Nelson, who used their vessel to pull fire survivors from the water during the Aug. 8, 2023, Lahaina wildfire, are being featured as contestants on NBC’s game show “The Wall,” where they will share their story with a national audience while competing for a cash prize of up to $12 million.

A full week of Native Hawaiian culture, conversation, music and community begins today at the Neal S. Blaisdell Center with the 25th annual Native Hawaiian Convention, July 20–22, followed immediately by the Queen Liliʻuokalani Keiki Hula Competition & Festival, July 23–25.

Two programs are teaching new farmers how to grow and sell their products at a time when local agriculture is sorely needed.