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Op-Ed: Interstate telehealth could be lifesaver for Maui patients
Op-Ed: Malia Hill, policy director for the Grassroot Institute of Hawaiʻi shares her thoughts on interstate Telehealth for Maui.
Memory of 2023 wildfires taught Maui community, government to respond more urgently to tsunami warning
The mass evacuations, business closures and frequent warnings from government officials about Tuesday’s tsunami warning reflect the serious approach to potential disasters two years after the deadly fires on Maui.
Reps. Tokuda, Timmons lead bipartisan push to eliminate coffee tariffs
US Reps. Jill Tokuda (D-Hawaiʻi) and William Timmons (R-S.C.), co-chairs of the Congressional Coffee Caucus, led a bipartisan letter urging Ambassador Jamieson Greer, United States Trade Representative, to remove existing and future tariffs on coffee.
Red Flag Warning through Friday for gusty winds, low humidity
The National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning for wind and low relative humidity, which is in effect until 6 p.m. HST, Friday, and possibly into Saturday. The affected areas include leeward portions of all Hawaiian Islands and interior sections of the Big Island.
Maui County residents make up small percentage of state’s concealed handgun permit holders in 2024
A new report from the Hawaiʻi Department of the Attorney General shows that Maui County residents make up a relatively small percentage of the state’s concealed handgun permit holders for 2024. The inaugural annual “Licenses to Carry Handguns in Hawaiʻi 2024” report compiled data submitted from all four county police departments. It provides a snapshot […]
Seabury Hall sophomore makes history with 2 national volleyball titles in one summer
Fifteen-year-old Milaniakai Padilla, a rising sophomore at Seabury Hall, has become the first beach volleyball player from Maui to win two national titles in one summer.
Maui police call in bomb squad to assess ordnance found off Pūlehu Road
The Maui Police Department called in the Hawaiʻi Inter-Island Bomb Squad to assess reports of possible military ordnance found off of Pūlehu Road, Wednesday afternoon. The device was found at around 1:50 p.m. on July 30, 2025, about a quarter mile mauka of the Central Maui Landfill.
Free UH Mānoa series explores Native Hawaiian healing
The University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa Thompson School of Social Work & Public Health is hosting a free, semester-long online series centered on Native Hawaiian cultural perspectives in health and wellbeing, particularly ways of understanding and preventing intergenerational trauma.
Case announces bid for re-election to Congress
Democratic US Rep. Ed Case announced today his campaign for re-election to Hawaiʻi’s 1st Congressional District, which serves residents of urban Oʻahu. If re-elected in 2026, the next two-year term would be fifth consecutive term since being elected to his current seat in 2018.
HSTA to hold Zoom training on immigration enforcement for educators at 5 p.m.
The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association is teaming up with US Rep. Jill Tokuda and the ACLU of Hawaiʻi to host a virtual “Know Your Rights for Educators: Immigration Enforcement” session today, July 30, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. HST.
Maui off-grid home captures AIA Award for energy-efficient design
Hawaii Off Grid’s Kūpono Hale project has won the Award for Excellence in Energy-Efficient Design at the 2025 AIA Honolulu Design Awards. The design was recognized during a July 25 awards gala in Waikīkī.
Now in school cafeterias statewide, ʻulu animal crackers made with local breadfruit flour
In an effort to support Hawai‘i-grown agriculture and serve the next generation with local, healthy ingredients, Diamond Bakery has partnered with the Hawaiʻi ʻUlu Cooperative to launch a new ʻulu-based animal cracker designed especially for schools.
Maui airman honored as ‘Tiger of the Week’ at Kirtland Air Force Base
A Maui native is being recognized for his exceptional service in the US Air Force.
Tips for emergency preparedness planning
With the tsunami warning issued Tuesday, ALTRES reminds local businesses that now’s a good time to prepare for natural disasters, including hurricanes and tropical storms. “A tsunami or other natural disaster such as a hurricane can not only jeopardize the safety of employees, but also potentially close businesses for weeks, if not permanently,” the state’s […]
County postpones Holomua Kākou Lānaʻi events after tsunami warning
County of Maui Holomua Kākou events that were scheduled for Wednesday, July 30, and Thursday, July 31, 2025, on Lānaʻi have been postponed following a statewide tsunami watch, warning and advisory that have since been canceled.
Forecasters keep watch on Iona and Keli, south of Hawaiian Islands
While emergency sirens warned of an impeding tsunami Tuesday, Hurricane Iona slipped by the south of the Hawaiian Islands, continuing on a 20-mph westward track away from the islands. Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Keli was almost directly south of Hawaiʻi Island as of 5 a.m. this morning, also moving west but at 21 mph. Iona’s maximum […]
“All Clear” on Maui: Tsunami Advisory canceled for Hawaiʻi
The tsunami advisory has ended for the state of Hawaiʻi effective at 8:58 a.m. HST. Tsunami wave heights across the state are now below advisory levels and are continuing to diminish.
UPDATE 11 p.m.: Maui County lifts tsunami evacuation orders
Gov. Josh Green said shortly after 6 p.m. that buoys off Midway Atoll indicated that the wave measured 6 feet from peak to trough, “so a 3-foot wave riding on top of the ocean.”
OHA, Kamehameha Schools represent Hawaiʻi in French Polynesia
Members of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees, led by Chair Kaialiʻi Kahele and CEO Stacy Ferreira, are representing Hawaiʻi at the annual Raromataʻi Festival in Raʻiātea, French Polynesia.
To the Moon! NASA selects UH to lead instrument team for lunar vehicle
NASA has selected University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa scientists to lead one of three teams developing instruments for Moon travel through the Artemis campaign.
