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The Southwest Maui Invitational, the nation’s preeminent in-season college basketball tournament, today released the official bracket for the 2025 Tournament.

The Summit District of Haleakalā National Park is hosting the annual Cycle to the Sun event on Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025 from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Victoria Moore, author of “Big Hearts on a Little Island: The Maui community’s heroic response to the 2023 wildfires,” will speak at a meeting of the Rotary Club of Lahaina Sunset on Tuesday, Aug. 5.

Via! by Sale Pepe, a fresh new concept to Maui’s culinary scene has arrived at Whalers Village in Kāʻanapali. Husband-and-wife restaurateurs Michele and Qiana Di Bari bring a fast casual twist to the Italian flavors that made their Lahaina favorite, Sale Pepe Pizzeria e Cucina, a beloved dining destination.

As part of their ongoing efforts to help residents recover from the 2023 Kula Fire, Mālama Kula, will hold a Community Work Day on the morning of Aug. 8, 2025, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.

The Friends of Haleakalā National Park are seeking volunteers to assist with resource protection efforts in the Kīpahulu District from Friday to Sunday, Aug. 8 to 10.

Three University of Hawaiʻi medical students have taken up residence at a new, four-bedroom, three-bath Kahului home in the Maui Lani Fairways, as part of the “Housing for Healthcare” initiative by the Maui Health Foundation. The home is less than a 10-minute drive from Maui Memorial Medical Center where the third-year residents are conducting their […]

Lahaina Cannery will host its Annual Keiki Hula Festival on Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Gov. Josh Green has been elected to the Executive Committee of the National Governors Association (NGA) and named vice chair of the Western Governors’ Association (WGA).

Just over a year ago, Hawai‘i Pacific University’s Center for Marine Debris Research launched the first and only marine debris Plastic Recycling Research Facility in the state.

Maui County Council members unanimously gave final approval Friday to a bill establishing agricultural tourism as permitted accessory use in agricultural districts, except on Molokaʻi. Bill 75 also advances the Countywide Policy Plan directive: “Promote the teaching of traditional practices, including aquaculture; subsistence agriculture; Pacific Island, Asian, and other forms of alternative health practices; and indigenous Hawaiian architecture.” The measure will […]

Queen Kaʻahumanu Center has introduced two new locally owned businesses to its shopping center, The Beauty Backbar Academy and Hustle Gear Maui.

On Friday, Kauaʻi legislators and community advocates gathered to celebrate the recent enactment of several key bills that reflect efforts of the Kauaʻi community to protect natural resources, improve public land access, and support community initiatives.

High feed costs and a reliance on imported feed are everyday challenges for Hawaiʻi’s poultry farmers. However, the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resilience at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa may have found a promising locally grown alternative: kalo (taro).

Due to a traffic light outage on Maui Veterans Highway early this morning, Lahaina wildfire debris transfer trucks are utilizing an alternate route until 6 p.m. today, Monday, July 28, 2025.

Due to operational changes, Wildfire Risk Reduction Project will begin Monday, Aug. 4, in Ukumehame. Once started, the project is expected to last between 45 to 75 days.

With public school classes resuming next week, Catholic Charities Hawai‘i’s Maui Island Community Office and Kahului Target store partnered this past weekend in supplying school supplies to area children. The two organizations held a “Back to School Blast” event. Thirty-five eligible students from kindergarten to high school age received a $100 Target gift card to help […]

The Hawaiʻi Building Industry Foundation has launched a new scholarship initiative — Foundations for Tomorrow: Building Dreams — to support students pursuing careers in the building and construction industry for the 2025–2026 academic year.

The team has won all 10 of its games this summer, at the state and West Region levels, to qualify for the 2025 Intermediate 50/70 World Series in Livermore, Calif., that began Sunday. Central East Maui received a bye and will open play today 1 p.m. HST in the event that runs through Aug. 3.

Four Maui students have graduated from the Diagnostic Imaging Summer Experience, an eight-week paid internship made possible through a partnership between the University of Hawaiʻi Maui College and Kaiser Permanente Hawaiʻi. The interns were Mary Joy Velasquez, Jasmyn Yun, Kylie Cardenas and Kaysa Ong. They were honored recently at the college campus with an event […]