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Maui’s Keith Regan has been named chief administrative officer at the Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority.  Regan, who currently serves as the Managing Director under Maui Mayor Alan Arakawa, will begin his new job on Dec. 17, 2018.

Gov. David Ige is hosting the Western Governors’ Association’s Winter Meeting in Kona this week, featuring public roundtable discussions on critical issues.

Forecasters say sustained winds will be from the East at 20 to 35 mph, with localized gusts up to 55 mph over portions of Lānaʻi, Kahoʻolawe and Maui.

Maui Police are warning the public about a phone scam in which the caller claims to be an officer and that the person they are calling has outstanding warrants

Kalani Pe’a’s sophomore release (Aug. 10, 2018) titled “No ‘Ane’i” (We Belong Here); and Aloha From Nā Hoa from the group Nā Hoa are among the five nominees in the category.

Rescue crews helped two windsurfers and one kitesurfer to shore in three separate incidents at Kanahā Beach in Central Maui on Thursday afternoon.

Two female student-athletes attending James Campbell High School on Oʻahu filed a class action lawsuit in federal court on Thursday against the DOE and the OIA.

The National Marine Fisheries Service confirmed 76 cases of large whale entanglements in fishing gear or marine debris in US waters last year.

The team from Maui High created and developed QuadSolver, a tool to check answers for math problems involving the quadratic formula, without using a calculator.

A Maui firefighter suffered hand lacerations while responding to a structure fire in Honokōhau Valley on Tuesday afternoon.

Last year SBU collected more than 45,000 toys and more than $36,000 in monetary donations, making the holidays brighter for scores of Hawaiʻi’s children.

The Pools of ʻOheʻo in the Kīpahulu District of Haleakalā National Park will reopen on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018 following a nearly two year closure.

Cristiano Amon, President of Qualcomm Technologies Inc shows off the world’s first 5G reference design smartphone at the company’s Snapdragon Summit on Maui.

A man visiting from California died after being pulled unresponsive from waters at Maluaka Beach in Mākena on Monday morning. 

University of Hawaiʻi researchers have successfully developed a vaccine candidate for the Zika virus, showing its effectiveness in protecting mice and monkeys.

During his inaugural address, Gov. Ige focused on three specific areas–Education, Housing and Sustainability–saying, “I believe our legacy will rest on how well we meet the challenges of the 21st century, and how well we begin to transform our economy.”

Teresa Shook, the Hawaiʻi woman who founded the Women’s March, publicly called for the four leaders of the Women’s March Inc. to step down.

This year’s announcements will solidify Qualcomm’s path to 5G commercialization, and change the way mobile devices are used in 2019 and beyond.

The appeals court vacated Honokōhau taro farmer Keith Kauhane’s conviction and had the case remanded for a new trial.  

Award-winning producer and director Brian Kohne is the new director for the Creative Media program at the University of Hawai‘i Maui College.