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A team of 16 from the Papahānaumokuākea Marine Debris Project removed 298,180 pounds of marine debris from the monument during three missions from April to October 2024. The removed marine debris includes 191,860 pounds of derelict fishing nets, 4,600 pounds of abandoned and derelict vessels and 101,720 pounds of plastic and other debris. The team also released four Hawaiian green sea turtles entangled in derelict fishing nets. 

The 25th annual Joint Venture Education Forum meeting took place Thursday at the Salvation Army Kroc Center on Oʻahu. Military-dependent students, military and civilian volunteers, and representatives from Hawaiʻi’s military branches and the Hawaiʻi State Department of Education gathered to celebrate partnerships that support educational opportunities for military-impacted students.

Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible. The Flood Watch is in effect for all the main Hawaiian islands, with the greatest threat over windward areas.

The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation advises highway users of single lane closures at the intersection of Honoapi‘ilani Highway and Kāʻanapali Parkway, from 3 a.m. to 7 a.m., Tuesday, Oct. 29, to replace a traffic signal pole.

The Ritz-Carlton Maui, Kapalua will welcome award-winning musicians Eric Gilliom and Vince Esquire to its Kapalua Concert Series on Friday, Nov. 1, from 6 to 9 p.m.

A 12-class conversational English language course for Spanish speakers is being offered at Maui Economic Opportunity in Wailuku by the nonprofit’s Enlace Hispano program. The class series will be held twice a week – Wednesdays and Fridays – from 5 to 6:30 p.m. and runs from Nov. 6 to Dec. 20.

The Hawaiʻi Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism is urging local small businesses to complete the Federal Reserve Bank’s annual Small Business Credit Survey.

While there were several summit eruptions at Kīlauea during the decade, including one that lasted more than 8 months, eruptions along the East Rift Zone — mainly in the upper and middle portions — were much more frequent.

A Caltech-led team using W. M. Keck Observatory on Mauna Kea, Hawaiʻi Island has mapped in 3-D the remains of a historical supernova that went boom in the year 1181 – it’s one of only five confirmed supernovae in our Milky Way galaxy ever seen from Earth and recorded in human history.

The Kibou for Maui Project in Japan hosted a Maui leadership delegation and a youth cohort of 11 students from Lahainaluna High School to facilitate an educational and strategic exchange between Maui recovery effort leaders and disaster experts in Japan’s Tohoku region.

The New York City Big Book Award has recognized “Salvage” by Maui author Arnie Koss as a Distinguished Favorite in the category of Science Fiction. 

Maui County hotels continued to be impacted by the Aug. 8, 2023, wildfires, according to the Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority’s Hotel Performance Report for September.

The long-awaited draft plan, released last week, also calls for improving communication networks, expanding evacuation routes and boosting emergency response technology and staffing.

The Hawaiʻi Pacific Export Council, in partnership with key Maui business support organizations and Amazon, successfully hosted the Maui Business Resilience Summit at UH Maui College’s Pilina Building.

The Paukūkalo Hawaiian Homesteaders will put on a third annual Trunk or Treat ‘in the park’. The event takes place on Halloween, Oct. 31, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. at Paukūkalo Hawaiian Homes Park. Harley Tripp will be the Emcee.

Two upcoming improvement projects on Maui will cause temporary closures to state lands under the care of the DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife.

It has been a rite of passage for fourth graders at Island School on Kauaʻi to learn about the critically endangered searbird ‘A‘o, also known as Newell’s shearwaters.

The US Small Business Administration has awarded the Hawaiʻi Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism $525,000 to continue the Hawaiʻi State Trade Expansion Program.

Developing innovative technology aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions from wastewater treatment facilities is the focus of a new University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa project.

A University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa researcher is shedding light on the possible future impact of a weather phenomenon called Atmospheric Blocking. The blocking events occur when large-scale high-pressure systems become stationary and divert the jet stream creating weather patterns that can be associated with record-breaking flooding or heat waves.