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Public high school graduation ceremonies have been scheduled for the Class of 2022. A list of dates and locations is available here.

Maui County Council voted recently to settle a lawsuit that claims the county was negligent in allowing an unguided, unpermitted Haleakalā bike tour that left a visitor paralyzed from the waist down. Meanwhile, the council is working on proposed rules that would tighten regulations on the downhill bike industry, which has been riddled with resident complaints for decades.

The Federal Aviation Administration honored two Mokulele pilots who helped rescue two other individuals from a plane that crashed after takeoff from the Hāna Airport on Jan. 15, 2022.

Maui Now received 544 verified responses with 90% identifying as Maui County residents and 10% identifying as non-residents. A total of 86% of respondents identified as registered voters and 14% as non-registered voters.

Waterman, which highlights the life and legacy of Duke Kahanamou, opened exclusively in Hawai‘i theaters on Friday, April 1, and in two days, it climbed to the No. 1 documentary in America.

Two people are dead following an early morning traffic crash involving a pickup truck that collided into a parked car on the shoulder of North Kīhei Road on Maui.

Maui’s Kalani Peʻa earned the 2022 GRAMMY for his junior album, “Kau Ka Peʻa,” which was considered in the Best Regional Roots Music Album category. 

Yolanda made it a point to adjust bus services to the needs of the community. She established a route from Central Molokaʻi to Kalae. When the Maunaloa Post Office was temporarily closed due to structural and vector control issues last year, she set up bus runs to help West End residents collect their mail from the Hoʻolehua Post Office.

Grammy Awards winner George Kahumoku remembers learning as a child to grow taro and other crops from his native Hawaiian grandparents.

The average regular unleaded gas price for Hawaiʻi is $5.20, which is 11 cents higher than last week and a new record for the state.

Maui County Council and local gun groups are pitted against one another over a legal path for people to purchase Tasers and other electric guns in the county. The groups are saying the county is adding more restrictions to the future sale of Tasers than already exist with more lethal firearms.

Maui Now’s featured jobs for the week of March 27 to April 2, 2022.

Maui Health to offer 2nd booster dose to qualified individuals, starting today

Maui police arrested two suspects in connection with a theft, that preceded a deadly crash which claimed the life of the Chief’s Executive Secretary Terry Jones last month.

Project Graduation is an overnight, substance-free graduation party where high school graduates are honored and celebrated in a safe, secure and sober environment “ensuring that our streets remain safe for our community on what has unfortunately become one of the deadliest nights of the year for teenagers.”

The state Department of Health is reporting a COVID-19 count of 1,187 new cases over the past week, between March 24-30, 2022, and six deaths statewide.

The late Edith Kanakaʻole, has been selected by the US Mint to appear on the back of the US Quarter as part of the 2023 American Women Quarters series.

The Department of Parks and Recreation will reopen its remaining community centers in April and May 2022 following a two year pandemic closure.

Richard Marx returns to Maui for a solo acoustic concert, Saturday, June 25. Tickets go on sale tomorrow, March 31 to MACC members, and on April 7 to the general public.

The Flood Advisory for Maui was cancelled as of 4:02 p.m. on Wednesday, March 30, 2022.