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The Plantation Golf Course will host the LPGA Tour’s 2027 LOTTE Championship in March, the first major pro tournament at the course since the PGA Tour’s Sentry was cancelled due to dried-up conditions on the golf course.

A 69-year-old male visitor was injured in a fall while hiking the Pīpīwai Trail in East Maui on Tuesday afternoon. The man suffered abrasions to his extremities and a hip injury during a fall.

The Ritz-Carlton Maui, Kapalua has been recognized as the No. 1 Resort on Maui in the prestigious 2026 Condé Nast Traveler Readers’ Choice Awards, earning the highest ranking among Maui resorts and securing the No. 2 spot among all Hawai‘i resorts.

On Sunday, September 27, a memorial golf tournament was held at King Kamehameha Golf Club in honor of Rick Smith. Rick was an avid golfer who loved the game and, most importantly, loved helping and supporting junior golfers. In his memory, family and friends came together for 18 holes of golf and a fun-filled skins […]

On behalf of Gov. Josh Green, the Hawaiʻi Department of Human Services will host a community meeting from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 8, at the Nāʻālehu Public Library to cover plans for interim disaster housing for residents displaced by Hurricane Lala.

United States Attorney Ken Sorenson announced that Isaiah Okudara, 39, of Maui, pleaded guilty on Oct. 2, 2026 to one count of possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and cocaine. Sentencing is scheduled for Feb. 10, 2027 before United States District Judge Shanlyn A.S. Park.

The Maui Humane Society recently partnered with Molokaʻi Humane Society to care for 195 animals, and will transport six stray dogs for adoption this week.

Keōmoku was once a thriving community, home to many families and plantation workers, with homes, businesses and a sugar mill. At the heart of the community was Ka Lanakila Church, an important gathering place that remains one of the last physical connections to the village and the people who once called Keōmoku home.

Kauaʻi Mayor Derek S.K. Kawakami has named Solomon Kanoho as the County of Kauaʻi’s Local Disaster Recovery and Mitigation Manager to lead the County’s recovery from Hurricane Lowell.

From its humble beginnings in 1976 as West Oʻahu College—serving just 75 students in temporary portable classrooms in Pearl City and ʻAiea—the University of Hawaiʻi–West Oʻahu has transformed into a premier, four-year Indigenous-serving institution and an economic anchor for the region.

Residents are encouraged to attend the County of Maui’s Lahaina Community Meeting at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026, at the Lahaina Intermediate School cafeteria.

Center for Tomorrow’s Leaders project reveals shared fears about affordability, quality of life and more.

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs today announced three finalists for the position of Administrator/Chief Executive Officer, marking a significant milestone in the search for the organization’s next executive leader. The three finalists are Todd Apo, Kaulana Park and Summer Sylva.

The County of Maui Department of Finance Accounts Division was recently recognized for excellence in financial reporting by the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada.

Maui Food Bank has named Maui native Kaleena Wakamatsu Fryer as Chief Operating Officer, bringing more than 16 years of retail and operations leadership experience to the organization. In her new role, Fryer leads Maui Food Bank’s food strategy across sourcing, operations, programs and agency relations, helping connect food donors and local growers with the network of partner agencies serving communities across Maui, Molokaʻi and Lānaʻi.

Qualifying hosts can receive $500 per displaced person each month, up to a maximum of $2,000 per host household per month. This short-term assistance will be available as funding allows to help ease the financial burden on households providing a safe place for displaced friends and family to stay.

The County of Maui East Maui Water Authority (EMWA) invites residents to participate in a meeting of its governing board, the ‘Aha Wai O Maui Hikina Board, from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, at the Von Tempsky (Kula) Community Center. The meeting, which was rescheduled from Aug. 17, 2026, due to weather, will include a community conversation on Upcountry water history.

On Sept. 30, as flames, spatter and lava flows erupted from the north and south vents at the summit of Kīlauea, magma was also making a new path below the surface of the caldera.

The Department of Veterans Affairs awarded $2,183,905 in grants to three grantees for Hawaiʻi community organizations that provide suicide prevention services to Veterans in Hawaiʻi.

Medicare beneficiaries can get help from AARP Hawaiʻi and the Hawaiʻi State Health Insurance Assistance Program to evaluate changes in their Medicare coverage in 2027 and assistance in selecting the plan that best meets their needs during Medicare Open Enrollment.