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Having two players from Maui drafted in the same year is rare — in 1999, Wehiwa’s dad Jamie Aloy and future World Series champ Shane Victorino were chosen in the same draft.

An estimated 1.8 billion gallons of lava erupted during the episode, covering approximately 80% of the crater floor.

In recognition of Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea, Hawaiʻi’s Day of Sovereignty Restoration, Fairmont Kea Lani invites the community to a day of cultural learning, reflection and celebration on Sunday, July 27, 2025, from 9:45 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.

The Maui community will commemorate the 35th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) with a rally coordinated in Kahului on Friday, July 25.

Lahaina Rotary clubs will collect school supplies and funds for children in need on July 26 and 27. The collection effort will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the entrance to the Lahaina Cannery Mall next to Longs Drugs.

The Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement is shining a spotlight on Hawai‘i’s next generation of entrepreneurs at its upcoming Mākeke, held during the Queen Liliʻuokalani Keiki Hula Competition weekend from Friday, July 25 through Sunday, July 27 at the Neal S. Blaisdell Center Exhibition Hall.

On Friday, both of Hawaiʻi’s US House representatives voted against a $9 billion spending cut package that rolls back previously approved federal funding for public broadcasting and foreign aid.

Long ambulance response times, costly and unreliable non-emergency transportation and insufficient insurance coverage for travel-related health care expenses are among the key findings of a new report released by the University of Hawaiʻi Rural Health Research and Policy Center.

The University of Hawaiʻi’s John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) welcomed nine high school students last week for a program aimed at training future physicians from Hawaiʻi’s neighbor islands.

The 88-unit temporary housing complex for fire survivors has taken 1 1/2 years longer to build that expected, and risen in cost from $14 to $20 million, but the need for it has not diminished.

Kūpuna from across Hawai‘i are invited to put their spelling skills to the test at the 4th Annual Kiwanis Kūpuna Spelling Bee, a statewide competition that champions brain health and lifelong learning.

A tsunami watch is canceled for the state of Hawaiʻi, effective at 9:42 p.m. on Saturday, July 19, 2025.

The new original song “Pule, Catch Fish and Share,” created during a May 2025 songwriting workshop in Kīhei, is now available to stream online. The song centers on the life and values of Lahaina lawaiʻa (fisherman) Louis Garcia III.

Maui Arts & Cultural Center has announced the winners of three top awards for the MACC Biennial 2025, a statewide juried exhibition currently on view at Schaefer International Gallery through Aug. 30.

Brittany Thompson has been appointed West Coast leisure sales manager for Four Seasons Resort Lānaʻi and Sensei Lānaʻi, A Four Seasons Resort.

US Rep. Ed Case (D-Hawaiʻi) voted against two major spending bills in the House Appropriations Committee this week, citing cuts to federal housing, transportation and clean energy programs despite securing key funding for Hawai‘i.

Maunaloa is now quiet, so it’s a good opportunity to remember the 1950 Southwest Rift Zone eruption — the volcano’s most recent eruption to cause significant damage.

The Hui Noʻeau Visual Arts Center invites the public to watch a recorded video of the Ka Ulana ʻIe Maui Junior Cohort Hō‘ike & Panel Discussion, held June 28, 2025, at the center’s Makawao campus.

Maui Business Brainstormers will host its next Maui SmallBiz Think Tank on Thursday, July 24, from 11:15 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Pono Center in Wailuku Town.

The University of Hawaiʻi has received two privately funded grants totaling more than $1.5 million from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust to tackle pressing health disparities across rural Hawaiʻi and the US-Affiliated Pacific Islands.