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Routine water quality testing identified trace levels of selenium in the County of Maui Department of Water Supply (DWS) Wailuku water system, which serves the Māʻalaea, Kīhei, Wailea and Mākena areas.

The Lahaina O-Bon Festival will bring the community together for an evening of remembrance, tradition and celebration on Friday, Aug. 14, 2026, from 5 to 9 p.m. at Lahaina Jodo Mission, 12 Ala Moana Street.

A Georgia man was charged by criminal complaint with allegedly sending an interstate communication containing a threat to kill the husband of Tulsi Gabbard, the former Director of National Intelligence.

More than 300 members of the Hisako Film Lab ʻohana gathered at the Regal Maui Mall theater as Maui student filmmakers premiered their original short films on the big screen before “Spider-Man: Brand New Day.” One of the most powerful moments came when Baldwin High School graduate Emma Jane Roy shared how the program helped lead her from filmmaking on Maui to a post-production internship on the film.

Representatives with the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance have released a statement expressing sadness following an increase in honeycreeper deaths at the Maui Bird Conservation Center. The sudden and unexplained illness has impacted birds at the facility, primarily ʻakikiki.

Beginning Friday, Aug. 14, the Judiciary will mail out its annual juror questionnaires to Hawaiʻi residents for potential jury service in 2027. This includes questionnaires for 126,300 residents on Oʻahu, 77,200 in Maui County, 82,800 on Hawaiʻi Island, and 47,100 on Kauaʻi.

Hawaiian Electric today announced the Public Utilities Commission has approved the company’s Integrated Grid Planning Request for Proposals, which seeks competitively priced renewable energy and storage for Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island to meet customers’ growing energy needs, modernize power generation and drive down costs by reducing the use of oil.

The Hawaiʻi Intermediate Court of Appeals ordered the Maui Planning Commission Thursday to reconsider whether developers of the Honuaʻula master-planned community in South Maui—formerly known as Wailea 670—need to prepare a supplemental environmental impact statement, although the court upheld the commission on other points raised by groups challenging the project. In a summary disposition order […]

Museum plans series of presentations in honor of the group’s half-century and a recommitment to Aloha ʻĀina movement.

The nonprofit Maui County Veterans Council invites the community to its Second Annual Patriotic Community Luncheon on Saturday, August 15, 2026, at the Rainbow Ballroom at Maui Beach Hotel, 170 W. Kaʻahumanu Avenue in Kahului.

The community is invited to join in department-led Officer Suzanne O Sign Waving events in honor of her memory and to encourage the passage of the Officer Suzanne O Bill during the upcoming legislative session.

Maui Arts & Cultural Center’s Schaefer International Gallery will open “Keoni of Hawaiʻi: Art of the Aloha Shirt” on Tuesday, an exhibition tracing the early history of the aloha shirt through the work of designer John “Keoni” Meigs.

Maui police have launched a second degree murder investigation into the death of a 71-year-old man in Kahului, Thursday night.

Two people died as a result of a rollover accident involving a Polaris utility terrain vehicle (UTV) near Hālawa Valley Park on Molokaʻi, Saturday. The incident occurred on at around 10:57 p.m. on Aug. 8, 2026, on Kamehameha V Highway near Mile 28.

Rotary club members and members of the public are invited to the Lahaina Rotary Interclub Gathering on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the rooftop venue at Maui Kuʻia Estate Chocolate.

Employees of the Hawaiʻi Department of Land and Natural Resources who distinguished themselves through exceptional service to communities throughout the state were celebrated at the agency’s annual Incentive Service Awards Ceremony.

The Boys & Girls Clubs of Maui connected more than 450 families with health and wellness resources during its annual Back-to-School Health Fair on July 24 at Queen Kaʻahumanu Center in Kahului.

After complex repairs from storm damage, South Kīhei Road near Kamaʻole II Beach Park will reopen to traffic on Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026, according to the County of Maui Department of Public Works. The reopening is ahead of the original completion estimate of this fall.

Gov. Josh Green today announced the appointment of Danielle Bass to represent Senate District 18, filling the vacancy created by the retirement of State Sen. Michelle Kidani.

Maui’s plan prioritized a coordinated approach to the Hāna Highway in East Maui, including community-led stewardship at Keʻanae Peninsula shaped by local and generational knowledge.