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A sensory-friendly initiative that began at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa has expanded to all 10 UH campuses, giving students, faculty and staff across the system access to tools designed to reduce stress, improve focus and support overall well-being.

As all four counties recover from flooding and damages, leaders say coastal retreat, better access and backup power are needed, especially in rural areas.

The 2026 Maui County Fair will offer opportunities for community members of all ages to participate in contests, competitions and exhibitions when the 99th fair returns Oct. 1-4,. Opportunities range from the Healthy Baby Contest for Maui’s youngest keiki to student competitions featuring agriculture, filmmaking and Esports, as well as fiber arts and animal exhibitions.

Waiehu Municipal Golf Course play will be adjusted from Sept. 14 to 18, 2026, while greens and collars will be aerated, according to the County of Maui Department of Parks and Recreation Department.

Hawaiʻi Community College has secured a new $920,238 National Science Foundation grant to expand education using tools such as drone-mounted sensors to collect data across the state.

The Disaster Recovery, International Affairs and Planning committee will begin its review of the draft South Maui Community Plan Monday with two site inspections on Kūlanihākoʻi Road and East Waipuʻilani Road at Līloa Drive, respectively, and an in-person only, evening meeting at the Kīhei Community Center, Council Member Tamara Paltin announced.

Gov. Josh Green and the Hawaiʻi Emergency Management Agency announced Friday the expansion of the Statewide Disaster Case Management Program to include households affected by Hurricane Lowell and Hurricane Lala. The program has already been serving those affected by the Kona earthquake and Kona Low storms. Disaster Case Management Programs connect survivors of disasters with […]

(Update: Sept. 15, 2026): The victim has been identified as Mark Chambers, 69, of Wainiha.

County of Maui’s Kōkua Hawaiʻi Island Donation Drive, with support from ILWU, which paid for the shipping, was met with an outpouring of support from the Maui community, with hundreds of residents coming together over the weekend to donate essential supplies for communities on Hawaiʻi Island impacted by Hurricane Lala.

Candidates say water should be reserved for affordable housing, farming and fire mitigation, not luxury developments, as Hawai’i emerges from years of drought.

Thanks to the generosity of three donors, Maui Health has secured $4.1 million in funding to install a new, state-of-the-art MRI system at Maui Memorial Medical Center. More than 4,500 MRI exams are performed at Maui Memorial each year, making this investment the highest imaging priority for Maui Health, and essential to protecting the community’s access to critical diagnostic imaging.

Most Hawaiʻi State Department of Education public schools on Kauaʻi will reopen to students Monday, Sept. 14, following a week of closures due to impacts from Hurricane Lowell. Kīlauea Elementary and Hanalei Elementary will remain closed to students and staff Monday.

The Hawaiʻi Department of Health is temporarily relocating patients and staff from Kalaupapa due to an unreliable drinking water supply.

Gov. Josh Green announced significant progress in Kauaʻi’s recovery from Hurricane Lowell, with approximately 72% of the island’s power restored on Friday afternoon; and state, county and utility crews continuing around-the-clock work to restore essential services, reopen transportation routes and repair critical infrastructure.

Hurricane Lowell has damaged Kaumālapaʻu Harbor and disrupted supply deliveries to Lānaʻi. The Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Forestry and Wildlife advises hunters participating in the remainder of the 2026 Lānaʻi Mouflon Sheep hunting season to bring their own supplies whenever possible.

Hawaiian Electric is monitoring the development of Tropical Storm Norbert as it moves across the Pacific while also supporting the restoration of electric service on Kauaʻi following Hurricane Lowell. 

The US Department of Agriculture announced today that households impacted by Hurricane Lowell on Kauaʻi Island could be eligible for replacement of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits.

To understand the storm’s full impact, a University of Hawaiʻi team reconstructed Hurricane Lowell hour by hour across Kauaʻi and the state using observations from the Hawaiʻi Mesonet, a statewide network of weather stations, alongside experimental high-resolution mapping tools.

Hawaiʻi State Department of Education public schools in Kauaʻi County are preparing to welcome students back to campus Monday, Sept. 14, following a week of closures due to impacts from Hurricane Lowell. The HIDOE will make a determination on Kīlauea Elementary and Hanalei Elementary by 4 p.m. today on whether or not to resume operations on Monday.

Hawaiʻi’s economy is on track to grow just 1.3% this year, a slowdown from 2.5% growth in 2025, according to the state’s latest quarterly economic forecast released Thursday.