Featured

The Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture is reminding travelers attending the Merrie Monarch Festival next week that quarantine restrictions remain on the transport of ʻōhiʻa from Hawaiʻi Island due to the fungal plant disease, rapid ʻōhiʻa death (ROD), which is devastating to native forests. The Merrie Monarch Festival takes place in Hilo from April 20 to 26.

Hawaiʻi State Federal Credit Union has launched a newly redesigned website that brings faster performance, a modernized look, and a suite of new features designed to make digital banking more convenient for its more than 136,000 members.

Parents and guardians can register their children and teens ages 7 to 17 for the youth development program.

The 2025 Hawaiʻi Legislature hasn’t adjourned quite yet, but it’s time to register for the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii’s annual legislative wrap-up seminars, which this year will be offered statewide.

The 24-hour campaign drew over 1,800 gifts to benefit students, faculty and programs across the 10-campus UH System.

After losing four buildings in the Lahaina wildfire, the residents of Kahoma Village will be hosting a community planting day to kick off the revitalization of their park space on Saturday, April 26.

The beach at Pohoiki grew rapidly in the year following the 2018 lower East Rift Zone eruption of Kīlauea and it has continued to evolve since then. The boat ramp was cut off from the ocean, and local warm springs formed in several low-lying areas. 

A rare and large summertime phytoplankton bloom in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre in summer 2018 was prompted by ash from Kīlauea falling on the ocean surface approximately 1,200 miles west of the volcano.

County of Maui Department of Water Supply is inviting the community to attend an online meeting Thursday, April 24, 2025, from noon to 1 p.m. The meeting will introduce County partner US Water Alliance, a national nonprofit that will hold in-person events next month that focus on Maui island drinking water supply.

Central Pacific Bank announced the promotion of John Tapper to serve as the new Senior Vice President and Director of Marketing Operations & Digital Advertising where he will optimize the bank’s marketing and digital strategies.

Maui Housing Hui and SOUL Law Firm will host a Renter’s Rights Training on Monday, April 21, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Pro Arts Playhouse in Kīhei.

The National Weather Service has issued a Flash Flood Warning for the island of Maui until 4:30 p.m. At 1:18 p.m., emergency management reported heavy rain over the slopes and summit of Haleakalā. Rain was falling at a rate of 1 to 3 inches per hour.

The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation reminds travelers to give themselves extra time at airports statewide during Easter weekend and the 62nd annual Merrie Monarch Festival in Hilo, which starts Easter Sunday, April 20, and culminates on Saturday, April 26.

Duke’s Maui has named Emily Fielding as the recipient of its 2025 Koho Pono Award, recognizing her decades of work to protect Maui County’s cultural and natural resources.

A rehabilitation project to improve facilities at the Puaʻa Kaʻa State Wayside, a scenic rest stop and picnic area on Maui’s Hāna Highway, is set to begin on Monday, April 21 and run through May 12, 2025.

Thanks to the generosity of Hele customers statewide, in just one month, a total of $31,300 was raised to support public school teachers committed to introducing innovative ways to give their students positive learning experiences.  

An Avis-Budget rental office has opened at Maui Mall Village, giving kamaʻāina and visitors a convenient alternative location for all their car rental needs on the Valley Isle. The outlet, which features a full-service rental counter, is located next to IHOP and Crystal Dreams. Rental cars may be picked up from and returned to reserved stalls conveniently located in the Maui Mall Village parking lot.

The Wailuku-based nonprofit Maui Hui Mālama has been awarded a $410,000 grant from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to expand its educational services for Native Hawaiian youth and families in Maui County.

Maui County is hoping increased rates as high as 25%, along with stricter measures that include limits on when people can water their lawns during a shortage, will curb water usage.

The program provides scholarships to students attending the University of Hawai’i system and affiliated community colleges.