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Whalers Village, owned and operated by GGP, announced the opening of its newest retailer, ShirtWorks, offering a thoughtfully curated selection of island inspired clothing, gifts and souvenirs for both residents and visitors.

During planned software maintenance and upgrades for the County of Maui Automated Planning and Permitting System from 6 p.m. Friday, May 8, until noon Sunday, May 10, 2026, users will not be able to access the online system, according to the County Department of Management Information Technology Services Division.

Graduates from across the University of Hawaiʻi 10-campus system will be celebrated this spring, starting May 9 and ending May 16. 

Hawaiʻi Organics Compost has begun selling locally produced compost, active mulch and custom blends from its Waikapū facility — completing a loop that starts with green waste dropped off across Central Maui and ends with finished soil products ready to go back into the ground.

A Hawaiian monk seal pup was born at sunset, Sunday, May 3, on Kaimana Beach, to the 15-year-old female Kaiwi (RK96), who is known to visit Oʻahu’s south shore.

The Japanese Cultural Society of Maui will host the 24th annual Maui Matsuri across two events this month at the University of Hawaiʻi Maui College, beginning with a Children’s Festival on Saturday, followed by the Japanese Festival on May 23.

Seabury Hall will host its 50th Annual Craft Fair from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Upcountry campus.

Lahaina’s Hana Hou by Hale Zen will welcome Maui-based cookbook author Alana Kysar for a public book signing from 4 to 6 p.m. Friday. The evening celebrates the release of her newest title, Aloha Veggies, and is free and open to the community.

A free workshop focused on the unique challenges of rebuilding within Lahaina’s historic districts is set for 3 to 5 p.m. Thursday at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center’s Morgado Hall. The Commercial Property Workshop: Historic District Recovery, hosted by the Maui County Office of Recovery, is geared toward commercial property owners in Lahaina Historic […]

The Maui Chamber of Commerce is now accepting Product Vendor Applications for the 13th Annual 2026 Hawaiian Airlines Made in Maui County Festival, taking place Nov. 6 and 7, 2026, at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center.

A documentary about the 2023 Lahaina wildfire will be screened this week at two national conferences for county officials on Maui. “Lahaina Rising” is scheduled for screenings May 5–7 at the National Association of Counties Western Interstate Region Conference and May 8 at the 40th Annual National Organization of Black County Officials Economic Development Conference […]

To accommodate area motorists, County of Maui Department of Public Works is revising the closure on a section of Piʻilani Highway in Kaupō to instead be from 8 p.m. to 4 a.m. May 5 through May 8, 2026, for repairs project roadwork. Emergency vehicles will be allowed to pass.

The University of Hawaiʻi is at the center of a multi-front battle to protect the state’s native ecosystems, farms and communities, with researchers currently leading 98 grant-funded projects totaling more than $30 million aimed at combating invasive species.

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory reports that Episode 46 of the ongoing episodic summit eruption of Kīlauea volcano within Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park on the Big Island ended shortly before 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 5, after just more than 9 hours of continuous lava fountaining.

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs is supporting a measure approved by a state legislative conference committee that would release $55 million in Public Land Trust funds currently withheld under an annual payment cap.

Two Kamehameha Schools Maui students took first and second place in the 2026 Congressional District Art Competition for Hawaiʻi’s 2nd Congressional District, US Rep. Jill Tokuda announced Monday. Linnea Poepoe claimed first place for her charcoal and colored pencil drawing “Beneath the Jacaranda,” a reflection of paniolo culture, while classmate Makaliʻahu Hewahewa earned second place […]

Excitement has been brewing at the Maui Tropical Plantation with the openings of two dynamic stores. Mālama Studio, now situated in its vibrant new location, offers a refreshed and reimagined space for an inspired shopping experience. Stitch by Stitch, Hawaii’s only yarn shop, has joined the community, thanks to Mālama Studio’s move.

The County of Maui Department of Housing is launching a Molokaʻi Voluntary Deed Restriction pilot program that will provide eligible homeowners with grants of up to $100,000 in exchange for voluntary 25-year deed restrictions limiting the sale of properties.

Kacie Seitz is an enrichment teacher for grades 3–5 and curriculum coordinator at Kamaliʻi Elementary School in Kīhei. She has been named a 2026 Grosvenor Teacher Fellow through the National Geographic Society in partnership with Lindblad Expeditions.

Their observations suggest that the comet’s chemistry changed as it passed near the Sun, providing new clues to how material in interstellar comets differs from that in comets formed in our Solar System.