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The cost of the fireworks alone are upwards of $40,000, in addition to other expenses. In soliciting funds, the LTAC called the holiday celebration, “a major economic event for West Maui businesses,” saying the shops and restaurants benefit from the increased foot traffic, which was estimated at 20,000 in 2014.

Student lunch and breakfast prices will increase by 25 cents and 10 cents, respectively next school year at public schools in Hawaiʻi due to inflation and labor costs, the state Department of Education announced today.

NextEra Energy Inc. and Hawaiian Electric Industries will host a series of open house meetings statewide to acquaint the public with NextEra and share details on the upcoming merger between the two energy companies.

Virgin America will start flying from San Francisco to Honolulu beginning on Nov. 2, 2015, and Kahului starting on Dec. 3, 2015, with fares on sale as of today from $199 one way (taxes and restrictions apply).

Students and faculty with the Hawaiian Studies Department at the University of Hawaiʻi Maui College will hold a sign waving demonstration and teach-in this afternoon in support of the protection of Mauna Kea on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi.

A trade wind weather pattern is expected to continue into next weekend. Increased showers are forecasted to move over the islands into Tuesday…

A blessing ceremony was held last week at the Women Helping Women shelter for women and children on Maui following a six week renovation of the facility.

Ian Walsh’s Menehune Mayhem celebrated its 12th Anniversary on Saturday, April 4, in 3- to 6-foot surf at the Pavilions at Hookipa Beach Park.

Seasonable and locally breezy trade winds are expected through the upcoming week, with passing clouds and showers favoring mainly the windward and mountain…

An 18-year-old Kahului man was airlifted to safety on Saturday after being swept into the ocean by a large wave in the Kailua area of East Maui.

Bigger, better, stronger. The Maui Big Boyz Football League is all of the above, and currently in midseason of its fifth year.

Makawao Avenue just north of Laie Drive closed just before 11 a.m. on Easter morning due to a broken fire hydrant that was hit by a car. Police have the road blocked going both ways. There is flooding around the structure at the corner of Laie Drive and Makawao Avenue. More information will be posted as it is made available.

There was no tsunami generated by a preliminary magnitude 4.5 earthquake reported at 3:23 a.m. on Sunday, April 5, NW of Kailua-Kona on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi, according to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center.

Last night’s lunar phenomenon is the shortest eclipse since 1529, making it the shortest total lunar eclipse of the 21st century. According to the Bishop…

A 31-year-old homeless man from Hāna suffered head injuries in a 200-foot fall at Kaʻuiki Hill in East Maui yesterday afternoon, according to Maui Police.

It was meant to be a “fun” midseason track meet when Baldwin High School introduced the Ken Kamakea Memorial Invitational to Maui Interscholastic League nine years ago.

Showers carried by the trades are expected to favor windward and mauka areas. Trade wind speeds are forecasted to weaken slightly on Friday. An increase in…

Trade winds are expected to continue blowing. Showers should become more active starting tomorrow evening and are expected to remain active through the…

Here on Maui, the commencement season begins with a May 22 ceremony for Kīhei Charter School.

Fewer than one in five Hawaiian monk seal pups in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands survive their first year due to threats like starvation, entanglement in marine debris, male aggression due to abnormally small population size, and more.