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Renate Event & Design and The Ritz-Carlton Maui, Kapalua have announced the return of the Maui Songwriters Festival in collaboration with music industry leader, Sony Music Publishing Nashville. Taking place Jan. 15 through Jan. 18, this 10th anniversary event will see headliners Lee Brice and Joel Smallbone, from for KING+COUNTRY, take the stage alongside some of the best songwriters from Nashville.

After the review process, the information is ready to be shared and can support decision-making, raise community awareness and increase knowledge and understanding of our volcanic environment.

Applications for the Hawaii State Federal Credit Union 2025 student scholarship applications are open through Feb. 28, according to an announcement.

The partnership agreement is designed to optimize outreach and engagement efforts and have program participants work in conjunction with the Coast Guard’s overall civilian and military officer recruitment efforts.  

Wailuku’s Empower Fitness Maui was recently awarded a small-business grant from the Human Rights Campaign, which supports LGBTQ+ business owners and strives to eliminate barriers to economic success and LGBTQ+ equality.

Hawai‘i Community Lending has new members of its board of directors. They are Kawena Beaupré, Jaclyn Kaina and Alapaki Nahale‘a. Returning board members are Billy Pieper (president) and Felicity “Kui” Meyer (treasurer).

In a pivotal milestone for the recovery and rebuilding of communities devastated by the 2023 Maui wildfires, Mayor Richard Bissen announced that the County of Maui will receive an estimated $1.6 billion in new Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funding for housing on Maui and an estimated $480 million more for economic development, […]

The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation is alerting motorists on Oʻahu of parking restrictions on Kamehameha Highway on O‘ahu’s North Shore in anticipation of the Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational on Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024.

The Polynesian Voyaging Society is preparing to celebrate the 50th birthday of Hōkūleʻa, Hawaiʻi’s legendary voyaging canoe, first launched on March 8, 1975.

The Lahaina grassroots initiative, “Healing Aloha | Breath Awareness Campaign Supporting Collective Trauma Through Self-Care,” has won the Humanitarian Action & Services Award for social impact at the 4th Annual Anthem Awards in New York City.

Maui County hotels had the lowest occupancy rates of Hawai‘i’s four counties at 58.9%, more than 10 percentage points less than the statewide hotel occupancy rate of 69.2%. It’s further evidence that Maui “tourism is really suffering,” as University of Hawai‘i economics professor Carl Bonham said recently.

The Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement, in collaboration with Hawai‘i Stage and HI Lights Design has announced the launch of the Production Arts Technical Training Program, an initiative designed to equip local talent with essential skills needed for careers in live entertainment and stage production.

The inauguration of the Maui County Council for the 2025-2027 term will be held Jan. 2 at 10 a.m. at the Maui Arts and Cultural Center’s Castle Theater.

Seabury Hall’s sixth grade English teacher, Gayle Martelles, is retiring after 35 years teaching at the school, said an announcement on Friday.

The lawsuit claims the Clerk’s Office failed to follow the law related to the review of voter signatures on return identification envelopes, thereby improperly invalidating signatures. The Clerk’s Office asserts that all laws and administrative rules were followed.

Twelve-year-old Maui athlete, Micah Diaz earned the gold medal in the Intermediate 80 pound division of the 2024 USA Boxing National Championships on Thursday.  The 7th grader from Lokelani Intermediate School is a member of the South Side Boxing Club of Maui.

A total of 22 firefighter recruits graduated from the Maui Fire Department’s 25-week training program as members of the 40th Recruit Class. The ceremony was held on Friday, Dec. 20, in Wailea.

Julie Strong has been appointed chief fiscal officer of Maui Economic Opportunity.

Maui’s labor market is generally improving, although the county’s post wildfire disaster labor force and employed people have been declining, Chief State Economist Eugene Tian said Wednesday. In November, Maui County’s not seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 3.8%, down from 6.8% in November 2023.

Ellis Bloyer, Sale Ioakimi, Les Johnson, Quinn Whitford, and Rhett Wiseman completed a 12-week long training program that covered an extensive variety of ocean rescue skills.