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A brush fire burned 3 acres in Hoʻolehua, Molokaʻi before being brought under control on Wednesday. Three homes were evacuated during the incident as a precaution.

Comedian and TV host, Chelsea Handler returns to the Maui Arts & Cultural Center on Friday, July 19, 2024 as part of her LBB Tour. The show starts at 8 p.m. in the Castle Theater.

The state House of Representatives on Wednesday approved the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 operating and capital improvement budget, amid a fiscally challenging year that prioritizes addressing wildfire-related expenses after the Aug. 8 tragedy in Lahaina and Upcountry Maui.

Two Makawao Public Library staff members, Elizabeth “Betsy” Knight and Ann Wallner, were honored by the Friends of the Library of Hawaiʻi for exceptional service in the Hawaiʻi State Public Library System.

Donations of long-sleeve shirts to protect farmworkers from pesticide and heat exposure will be accepted March 24-31 at sites statewide, including Maui Economic Opportunity in Wailuku and the American Job Center in Kahului as part of the Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs annual national drive.

A Hawaiʻi Ocean Awareness and Action Day takes place this Friday, March 15 at the Hawaiʻi State Capitol. The second annual event features participation from 25 nonprofit organizations and government agencies, focused on ocean related issues.

US Sen. Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) along with Hawaiʻi colleagues, Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI), Rep. Jill Tokuda (D-HI), and Rep. Ed Case (D-HI) are urging the Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator, Deanne Criswell, to reopen the enrollment for the Individuals and Households Program to include Compacts of Free Association (COFA) citizens.

American Savings Bank and its teammates have contributed more than $135,000 and 600 Seeds of Service volunteer hours to aid those impacted by the devastating Maui wildfires.

Imua presents The Color Festival Hawaiʻi April 28, from 12-6 p.m. at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center, Events Lawn. Gates open at 11:30 a.m. The Color Festival Hawaiʻi celebrates the color and diversity of life with music, entertainment, dancing and fun for the whole family.

Senate Bill 3327 SD1 HD1 proposes to separate the Water Commission from the Department of Land and Natural Resources to minimize conflicts of interests between the two agencies. The bill would also grant the agency its own authority to declare emergencies, retain independent legal counsel, and levy fines up to $60,000 per violation of the Water Code. 

Leila-Rose was born with two heart conditions and had open-heart surgery when she was just 5 months old. Today, she was also surprised with a trip to California and Disneyland. The 7-year-old and her family will share their inspiring story as Hawai‘i’s ambassador through the national program, presented by Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals.

Sixteen fellows of the 2024 Ka Ipu Kukui cohort gathered recently to address building resilience for Maui County, a challenge that’s all the more daunting in the wake of the August wildfires.

An outage in Kīhei, Makawao and Nāpili was due to a load shed of various circuits after two generators tripped offline at the Māʻalaea Power Plant. A subsequent unrelated outage knocked more customers offline in Lahaina, Olowalu and Launiupoko.

Coming up fast are the Kīhei 4th Friday free admission block party, an opening art reception at Hui Noʻeau, and NBC’s “The Voice” Season 24 finalist Jason Arcilla and The Mad Steppas performing at da Playground.

US Sen. Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) led the Hawaiʻi Congressional delegation in urging the Internal Revenue Service Commissioner, Danny Werfel, to extend the 2023 federal tax filing and payment deadlines for individuals and businesses impacted by the Maui wildfires. 

Sitting at the edge of scorched Lahaina Town and makai of the Lahaina Cannery Mall, the Old Lahaina Lūʻau reopens to tourism for the first time since the Aug. 8 wildfire.

The Maui Public Art Corps will begin a two-week process on March 20, 2024 of installing a large-scale mural on the exterior of Ceramic Tile Plus & Exclusively Yours, at the intersection of Kahului Beach Road and Ka’ahumanu Ave., facing Harbor Lights and Kahului Harbor.

A newly enacted ordinance on Maui establishes rules to promote the use of reclaimed and recycled water in Maui County.

Former Maui County Council Chair Gladys Coelho Baisa is being remembered fondly as a strong community leader, and a pioneer for women in politics and nonprofit leadership. She passed away Monday morning. She was 83.

Tomodachi Kibou for Maui, a new Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaiʻi program is preparing to depart for Higashimatsushima, Miyagi, Japan with 11 students who were impacted by the Lahaina wildfires on Maui in August 2023.