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As Domestic Violence Awareness Month begins in October, Child & Family Service — a Hawai‘i-born nonprofit supporting island families since 1899 — is raising awareness, promoting healing and providing critical services for those affected by domestic violence.

Today marks the start of the 98th Maui County Fair, returning after six years. The event features E.K. Fernandez rides, contests, food booths and other activities from Oct. 2-5, 2025, at the War Memorial Special Events Complex.

HawaiianMiles has officially transitioned into Atmos Rewards, the new loyalty program jointly operated by Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines.

The Maui County Urban Design Review Board is scheduled Oct. 7 to review design plans for the proposed Kahului Civic Center mixed-use complex, a project that pairs more than 300 affordable rental apartments with a civic center featuring a wave-inspired roof design.

A new public art exhibition honoring voices of Lahaina has been unveiled at Lahaina Cannery.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Maui will host its signature fundraiser, Perfect Pairings Maui, on Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025, from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Fairmont Kea Lani in Wailea.

The free screening will take place on Friday, Oct. 10, 2025, at 6 p.m. at The Sphere at Maui Ocean Center in Wailuku. Doors open at 5:30 p.m.

The Hawaiʻi Community Foundation announced it has activated its Hawaiʻi Resilience Fund in response to ongoing federal funding cuts to nonprofit organizations across the state. So far, the foundation has awarded $146,000 to help measure the scope of impact in Hawaiʻi and to support nonprofits whose funding has been cut, frozen or reduced. HCF, together […]

Five new physicians have joined Kaiser Permanente’s Maui Lani Medical Office in Wailuku, including four internal medicine physicians and one pediatrician.

Gov. Josh Green and the Department of Human Resources Development are urging executive branch departments to expand usage of Operation Hire Hawai‘i to help fill critical state government vacancies.

Unlike water that falls from the sky on Earth, solar rain happens in the Sun’s corona, a region of super-hot plasma above its surface. This rain consists of cooler, denser blobs of plasma that fall back down after forming high in the coronae. For decades, scientists struggled to explain how this rain forms so quickly during solar flares.

The County of Maui Planning Department has issued a Request for Proposals for professional services to assess and provide recommendations on a potential update to the Maui Island Special Management Area Boundary.

A federal government shutdown began Wednesday after Congress failed to pass legislation before the midnight deadline. Passage is needed to keep operations going into the new Fiscal Year. There are some 24,000 federal civilians working in our Hawai‘i, with roughly 19,000 of them working for the military,

Stroke is the fifth most common cause of death in the United States and third in Hawaiʻi. Globally, it is the leading cause of long-term disability. Stroke can happen to anyone, at any age, and often occurs without warning. Treatment can save lives and prevent disability, but it needs to start early to be effective.

Lahaina Strong is calling on the Maui County Council to pass Bill 9 in its “clean form—without carve-outs, amendments, or delay,” and has launched a petition detailing their request.

Two years after the Maui wildfires, the island recorded 205,182 visitors in August 2025, up 2.3% from August 2024 (200,598) but still down 25% compared to August 2019 (273,638).

Update: Episode 34 of the ongoing Halemaʻumaʻu eruption ended abruptly at 7:03 a.m. HST on Oct. 1 after just over 6 hours of continuous fountaining.

The monthly test of the all-hazard Statewide Outdoor Warning Siren System is scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025, at 11:45 a.m. The siren test will be coordinated with a test of the Live Audio Broadcast segment of the Emergency Alert System.

Sirens used in last week’s fire and the tsunami warning earlier this summer show how the approach to sounding the sirens has changed since the deadly 2023 Lahaina blaze.

Enjoy trick-or-treating, a haunted house, seasonal giveaways, community wellness and more at Maui Mall Village this fall.