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The event will benefit the Hawai‘i Land Trust and the Lahaina Community Land Trust, two organizations working to protect land and support community-rooted stewardship on Maui and across the islands.

Coral reefs are creeping away from the tropics in response to warming oceans, but the pace is too slow to beat the heat and escape impacts of climate change, according to a breakthrough study published June 6 in “Science Advances”.

Recently, something has been observed “dancing” above the active eruptive vents inside Halemaʻumaʻu…Hydrogen flames!

The enactment of Act 167 designates September as Hawaiian History Month in the State of Hawaiʻi, a long-fought victory for Native Hawaiian advocates.

Still rebuilding in the wake of the August 2023 wildfires, King Kamehameha III Elementary School has received a $25,000 gift of essential classroom supplies from Subaru Hawaiʻi in partnership with the national nonprofit AdoptAClassroom.org. “We are honored to give back in a small way to the rebuilding efforts in Lahaina,” said Lance Ichimura, senior vice […]

Kaibigan ng Lahaina and Central Pacific Bank Foundation have announced the 2025 Lahaina Palengke Night, set for Sunday, June 22 from 4 to 8:30 p.m.

H.R. 2483, The SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act, passed in the US House of Representatives on Wednesday, June 4, 2025, with a vote of 217-208.

Hawaiʻi Pacific University undergraduate students and faculty researchers are contributing to important new research aimed at reducing incidents of ciguatera poisoning, a serious, underreported illness caused by eating reef fish and invertebrates contaminated with naturally occurring marine toxins.

The aerial celebrations will feature Blue Hawaiian Helicopters dropping fresh, locally sourced flower petals over Outrigger resorts in Kona, Kā‘anapali and Kaua‘i on Friday, July 4.

The Maui Metropolitan Planning Organization announced the completion of South Maui Quick Build: Street Art Project at the intersection of Kenolio Road and Alulike Street in Kīhei. The final design captured the essence of the Kalepolepo Fishpond (also known as Ko’ie’ie Fishpond) on the makai side of the intersection, and the Kūlanihāko’i wetlands and sand dunes on the mauka side. 

The Maui Police Department’s Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) welcomed 22 new members to its list of trained personnel during a graduation ceremony on Friday. The class, consisting of officers and civilians from the Maui Police Department, Job Corps Maui, Kamehameha School Kapālama, Kamehameha School Maui, and Maui Aids Foundation, completed 40 hours of training earlier during the week.

Gov. Josh Green, M.D., today informed legislative leaders and stakeholders of his intent to veto 19 bills passed during the 2025 regular session of the Hawai‘i State Legislature. Green has until July 9 to issue final vetoes. All other bills will become law by July 9. 

After a tense 90-minute debate, the Maui County Council voted 6-3 on Friday to give its staff a 15% pay increase, plus an additional 5% for experience and performance-based “step” increases.

The Lahaina Restoration Foundation has received a $30,000 donation from Bishop Clark Zenkyu Watanabe of the Koyasan Shingon Mission of Hawaiʻi and Rev. Takayuki Meguro of the Lahaina Shingon Mission to aid in the restoration of Lahaina’s historic sites damaged by the August 2023 wildfires, per an announcement Friday.

Work on the state’s $25.5 million Puʻunēnē Avenue road widening project is around 40% complete, according to state Department of Transportation Director Ed Sniffen in an email Wednesday. The projected timeline for the entire project to widen the roadway from two to four lanes is either late third quarter or early fourth quarter of 2026. […]

The transfer of Lahaina wildfire debris from the Olowalu Temporary Debris Storage site to the Permanent Disposal Site adjacent to the Central Maui Landfill in Puʻunēnē is set to begin June 16, following the completion of construction of the PDS.

As the summer fun season heats up, a lot of young people and visitors will head toward the rocky shorelines and cliffs on the east side of Maunalua Bay for ocean play. So will first responders, to rescue them.

On Tuesday, June 17, 2025, Jaylou Cabrera will be the speaker at the Rotary Club of Lahaina Sunset meeting. Cabrera will share information about the new West Maui YMCA Resource Center.

Families across Hawaiʻi can access free resources to ensure keiki continue receiving nutritious meals after the school year.

The AAA Hawaiʻi Weekend Gas Watch reports that gas prices dropped slightly in the last week, following a nationwide trend.