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Arc of Maui County received a $45,000 grant from the Nareit Foundation that will be utilized to renovate 12 bathrooms for 20 residents living with intellectual and developmental disabilities in four group homes on Maui.

“The data above provides evidence that we need to address the housing problem through various legislative remedies, including increasing housing supply and options, zoning reforms, and funding affordable housing,” said Samar Jha, AARP Government Affairs Director. 

“If it’s Saturday, plant bamboo and sugar cane, and harvest limu (seaweed) and shellfish in tide pools under a half moon. Learn these cultural insights at Saturday’s Chang Farms tour in South Maui,” organizers said.

Maui senators secured several key assignments. Senator Lynn DeCoite was named Majority Assistant Floor Leader, and Chair of the Energy, Economic Development and Tourism committee; Senator Gil Keith-Agaran was named Majority Assistant Whip, and Vice-Chair of the powerful Ways and Means Committee; and Senator Angus McKelvey secured the chairmanship of the Government Operations Committee. 

Employees with Maui Health System staged a rally along Kaʻahumanu Avenue on Wednesday to bring attention to their call for better pay.

Newly appointed Deputy Chief Wade Maeda was sworn-in as the Maui Police Department’s second in command during a ceremony held Wednesday, Nov. 16, at the Wailuku Police Station.

About 50 sign wavers from the Maui Homeless Alliance lined the Ka‘ahumanu Avenue fronting the Queen Ka‘ahumanu Center on Tuesday afternoon to bring attention to issues surrounding homelessness and hunger.

Second grade students from Maui’s Kīhei Elementary School were the first to participate in the Winter Fest Education Travel Program on Nov. 14.

For a list of upcoming events, concerts, shows and entertainment for Nov. 10-16, find our comprehensive listing HERE.

Piʻikea Kekīhenelehuawewehiikekauʻōnohi Lopes who is the reigning 2022 Miss Aloha Hula after earning the coveted title this past April at the Merrie Monarch Festival, was selected to represent the powerhouse brand’s special edition collection which celebrates Indigenous communities through footwear and apparel offerings and honors various Indigenous cultures and traditions.

The Maui Police Department is asking for the public’s help with any information on the whereabouts of William Kupstas, 58, of Haʻikū.

The November 2022 Bayanihan Food Distribution will be held on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022 at the Binhi at Ani Filipino Community Center in Kahului at 780 Oneheʻe Avenue across from Maui Waena School. 

Maui United Way has been awarded a $5,000 grant through the United to Feed Innovation Challenge that it will use to continue the development of a layered mapping technology tool. The tool identifies gaps in the local food system to assess community needs, costs, and what kind of food is being grown within the county to help address food security gaps.  

The new facility would attract and house visiting scientists and could enable Maui to foster local economic development and career opportunities. The nonprofit has outgrown its current facilities. 

A Brown Water Advisory has been issued in West Maui from Kapalua to Hanakaʻōʻō Beach Park. The state Department of Health Clean Water Branch reports that heavy rain has resulted in stormwater runoff entering into coastal waters. “The public is advised to stay out of flood waters and storm water runoff due to possible overflowing […]

The Salvation Army will be providing over 6,000 Thanksgiving holiday meals across Hawaii between now and Thanksgiving Day – including a Thanksgiving Meal and Hunger & Homeless Resource Fair in Kahului on Nov. 17 and in Lahaina on Nov. 22.

On Maui, Common Ground Collective utilizes field work and research to create food security and economic opportunity for Maui communities. With this award, CGC will work to decrease Maui’s reliance on imported goods by enhancing the local food system, support local agricultural producers by providing distribution assistance to new local growers, and expand the capacity of local food businesses to contribute to the island’s regional food system and those in need.

Haleakalā National Park released a new film, Heart of Maui.  This 7.5 minute documentary follows two biologists working to save Hawaiʻi’s critically endangered forest birds. The film describes the cause of the birds’ catastrophic decline and what is at risk if action is not taken soon. 

There was a small flare up mauka of Launiupoko this afternoon, which was quickly extinguished by Air 1.

Presented in partnership with OCEAN Organic Farm and Distillery, Welcome Home the Whales celebrates the annual return of humpback whales to Maui Nui waters with an in-person fundraising event Nov. 17 and an online auction, which began on Nov. 4, both benefiting ocean conservation nonprofit Pacific Whale Foundation.