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The meeting will feature a presentation by representatives of the Lahaina Community Land Trust, updates on water and wastewater progress and highlights from the recent Kuhinia Maui gatherings. Col. Eric Swenson, US Army Corps of Engineers Recovery Field Office Commander, will introduce Lt. Col. Collin Jones who will this week assume oversight of USACE operations in Lahaina’s recovery as Col. Swenson completes his sixth-month assignment to Maui.

Five thousand books will be available for free on a first-come, first-served basis to Maui students during a “Reading Opens the World” event from 9 a.m. to noon Aug. 24 at Princess Nāhiʻenaʻena Elementary School in Lahaina.

Students at Leihōkū Elementary in Waiʻanae returned to school last week with an additional layer of protection against wildfires. A 1,000-foot firebreak was cleared along the school’s fenceline recently thanks to a community-driven initiative funded by Hawaiian Electric.

Maui police released a timeline of activity on Tuesday evening surrounding the recent IED investigation on Maui and the arrest on Saturday of a Kahului man.

TY Management Corporation welcomes the opening of Kapalua Village, the first privately funded temporary housing community for Kapalua golf course and other Kapalua-based employees who were impacted by the devastating Lahaina, Maui wildfires. The opening of Kapalua Village coincides with the one-year remembrance of the wildfires and the first group of families is scheduled to move in this month.

A new trailer and poster were unveiled for Walt Disney Animation Studios’ “Moana 2,” opening in theaters on Nov. 27, 2024. The reveal came at the recent D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event.

Robert Francis Dumaran, age 47, of Kahului, Maui, made his initial appearance in United States District Court today. The complaint and affidavit allege that on July 23, 2024, Maui Police Department officers encountered an improvised explosive device (IED) near Lono Ave. in Kahului. The complaint alleges that Dumaran’s fingerprints were recovered from packing tape used to build the IED.

In response to Hawaiʻi’s ongoing health care worker shortage, a Kaiser Permanente radiologist and a group of talented students from Maui High School worked together to raise awareness and provide learning opportunities for youth interested in the health care field. This initiative, which has been five years in the making, introduces students to careers in health care through a website built entirely by the Maui students. 

Hale Mahaolu, a nonprofit affordable housing provider, today announced that Anders Lyons has been appointed executive director of the organization. Lyons previously served as the nonprofit’s board president. Hale Mahaolu, which has a portfolio of 13 properties with more than 1,000 units of affordable housing, also announced that its executive director, Grant Chun, will retire and that Trevor Tokishi has been named board president.

“That’s unreal and that’s the same thing that we told our kids, is that ‘understand how hard it is to get here,’ ” Central East Maui Little League team manager Daniel Bolduc said. “As many years as we’ve coached — and like you said, only two teams from Maui have made it this far — and we’ve had some unreal teams go through these tournaments.”

The Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport at Keahole on Hawaiʻi Island is the recipient of $49.6 million in grant funding from the US Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration. The funds will be used to rehabilitate Runway 17/35 to enhance safety at the facility.

To ensure reliable service, maintenance utility pole work that will impact area traffic along Dairy Road fronting the Maui Marketplace in Kahului will take place today, Tuesday, Aug. 13, from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. No service interruptions are planned for this work. The work was originally scheduled for Aug. 5 and 6.

A Super Reefs Open House will be held from 5:30 to 7:45 p.m. today at Maui Ocean Center Marine Institute. The event will feature short talks, demonstrations, touch tanks and refreshments.

First-term Maui County Council Member Tom Cook finished 145 votes ahead of former Council Member Kelly Takaya King in Saturday’s primary election by winning all Central Maui precincts and splitting votes with his rival Upcountry and in West Maui. In her bid to retake her former South Maui residency seat, King prevailed in all precincts from North Kīhei to Mākena and posted strong showings in East Maui.

Maui police issued an update today saying their investigation into the improvised explosive device (IED) incident that occurred in Pukalani on Aug. 8, 2024 remains active. Police said that they are unable to share investigative details at this time because they do not want to compromise the investigation; however, authorities anticipate being able to release information in the near future.

The County of Maui Department of Parks and Recreation will accept registration forms through Wednesday, Aug.14, for its upcoming department-sponsored Menehune Basketball League.  All boys and girls in the sixth, seventh and eighth grades who are interested in playing basketball mayregister. There is no cost to participate, and all players who register will be placed […]

Day of Hope and Prayer was highlighted by a heartfelt musical and artistic performance by ʻUlalena, a beloved Lahaina-based group that headlined Lahaina’s Maui Theater for two decades. With many original cast and crew members, the ʻUlalena throwback performance Sunday brought hopeful tears, and standing ovations.

The University of Hawaiʻi set another extramural funding record with $615.7 million in fiscal year 2024. This marks the third consecutive year that UH has topped half a billion dollars in funding with a record-setting total that is a $99.8 million or a 19.3% increase over UH’s previous record of $515.9 million set in FY 2023. Extramural funding is external investments from […]

In honor of the Maui wildfire remembrance of Aug. 8, The Westin Nanea Ocean Villas installed a Kapa Kuiki Quilt, in their hotel lobby. The 16 panels that make up the quilt, tell stories of the history of Lahaina in a design by artists of ʻohana o Pūnana Leo o Maui. The Westin Nanea obtained the Lahaina tribute quilt in an auction at the most recent Ho‘omau event and installed the piece of symbolism for public display on the one-year anniversary of the Maui wildfires.

A pilot program is now in place, providing water-from-air generators, water bottles, and UV lights and replacement filters to the Hawai’i Technology Academy. It’s part of a larger program to bring clean drinking water to schools all over the Island. The announcement was made by the nonprofit Eye of the Needle Holistic Living organization.