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One alternative calls for building a temporary runway that is $300 million cheaper, while the other alternative builds a second permanent parallel runway for an island that relies heavily on air transportation for cargo and its economy.

Maui Christian Academy is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year, tracing its roots to a four-student home preschool founded in 1956 by missionaries Ed and Doris Todd.

Hui No‘eau Visual Arts Center has opened Impressions & Imprints, a juried exhibition of printmaking, metalsmithing and ceramics on view through July 24 at the center’s galleries on the Kaluanui Estate in Upcountry Makawao.

Hawaiʻi Gov. Josh Green will travel to Utah from Saturday evening through July 2 to attend the Western Governors’ Association annual meeting and take over as the organization’s chair, according to the Office of the Governor.

US Sens. Mazie Hirono of Hawaiʻi and Jon Ossoff of Georgia introduced the Right to Vote Act, which would create the first affirmative federal voting rights guarantee for all eligible citizens.

Professor Bruce Houghton retired in 2025 from University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa after 25 years as the Gordon A. Macdonald Chairperson of Volcanology, but although he retired and returned to New Zealand, his connections to volcanology in Hawaiʻi remain strong.

The Hawai‘i Community Foundation (HCF) is marking 25 years of impactful giving in Waimea with $500,000 in grants through its 2026 Richard Smart Fund. This year’s funding will benefit 29 community programs that are helping to advance culture, education, health and safety in Waimea on Hawaiʻi Island.

Department of Human Concerns officials will update Maui County Council members Monday morning on the status of a safe parking project aimed at providing homeless people a secure place to sleep in their vehicles overnight.

Saying they were not notified of key updates in the case, a Maui County Council committee passed a resolution that would require all settlement offers in the lawsuit to be sent to the council for review and approval.

Signs at the UHMC Recycling Center saying that the much-used facility will be “permanently closing” Tuesday were met with concern from Central Maui residents and their representatives in government, Council Member Kauanoe Batangan said.

Gov. Josh Green today signed HB 1800, Act 175, Session Laws of Hawaiʻi 2026, the state’s supplemental budget bill, which amends Act 250, SLH 2025 and appropriates funds for Executive Branch operations and capital improvement projects.

The Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs voted to advance further evaluation and due diligence regarding a potential acquisition involving KITV and KIKU.

NOAA Fisheries has confirmed that the cause of death for Hawaiian monk seal RH32, known as Ka‘ale, was toxoplasmosis. Sixteen Hawaiian monk seals, including RH32, are known to have died as a direct result of toxoplasmosis.

Society chief executive officer and pwo navigator Nainoa Thompson named first international ambassador of Tainui Ātea.

The Bissen 2026 campaign announced the endorsement of Mayor Richard Bissen by the Hawaiʻi Operating Engineers Industry Stabilization Fund PAC, an organization representing union members and signatory contractors across Hawaiʻi’s construction industry. In its endorsement letter, the union cited Bissen’s leadership and commitment to addressing key issues including infrastructure, housing and economic opportunity for local […]

Derrick Cabiles, a logistics manager, small business owner and community advocate, announced his candidacy for the Maui County Council’s Upcountry residency seat, according to a campaign announcement.

Hawaiʻi’s Supreme Court ruled that a Maui cultural and environmental group can revive part of its legal challenge over a grading permit extension at Maui Lani Phase 9, while upholding the dismissal of a separate legal theory, in a decision the group says reinforces protections for ancestral Hawaiian burial sites in Central Maui.

The sale of Fourth of July fireworks begins on Monday, June 29, 2026, and ends on Saturday, July 4, 2026, at 8 p.m., according to the County of Maui Department of Fire and Public Safety.

Binhi at Ani honored 20 outstanding housekeepers of Filipino ancestry during the recently concluded 57th Annual Barrio Fiesta.

Akakū Maui Community Media will televise and live-stream the Makawao Parade beginning at 9 a.m. Saturday, June 27, 2026.