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Family and friends of John Palicki are seeking answers to the question: “How did he end up naked and dead in a cane field alongside the Pāʻia bypass on Memorial Day?”

Tonight’s public fireworks display in Lahaina begins at approximately 8 p.m., with fireworks to be launched from an offshore barge along Front Street.

Humpback whales may one day avoid Hawaiian waters due to climate change and rising greenhouse gasses, according the findings of a new paper published in Frontiers in Marine Science by a team of researchers including three University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa graduate students.

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The Maui Sunday Market is relocating from its current spot at the Kahului Shopping Center to just down the road at 150 Hāna Highway in Kahului, home of MFTC’s Maui Street Market, starting July 10.

The discretionary funding level is $44.8 billion, an increase of $6.8 billion over the FY 2022 enacted level.

The victim of a Maui Veterans Highway shooting Wednesday was not targeted, and police alluded to hunting and poaching in the area during a news conference today at the Wailuku station. Still, officials asked for the public’s assistance with any information on the shooting that happened around 6:15 p.m. Wednesday near Mile Marker 5 on Maui Veterans Highway.

Once finished the Daniel Kahikina Akaka VA Clinic will provide critical health care for veterans living not only in Hawaiʻi, but throughout the Pacific region, and will help expand Tripler Army Medical Center’s capacity to serve veterans as well.

The number of visitors present on any given day last month on Maui increased nearly 2% from the same time in 2019, and overall arrivals were close to pre-pandemic totals for the same timeframe, according to a report released Thursday. 

The County of Maui has acquired 51.3 acres in West Maui for a purchase price of $2 million from Maui Land & Pineapple Co. for development of a County park, Mayor Michael Victorino announced today.

Singer and songwriter Lily Meola of Maui wowed judge Heidi Klum and drew a standing ovation in her Season 17 performance of Daydream on the 2022 edition of NBC’s America’s Got Talent, Tuesday night.

A 66-year-old man is in critical but stable condition, after suffering a gunshot wound while driving on the Maui Veterans Highway on Wednesday night, police said.

The first Chick-fil-A restaurant on Maui is looking to hire more than 100 part-time and full-time team members as it gears up to open its Kahului location.

For a list of upcoming events, concerts, shows and entertainment from June 30 to July 6, find our comprehensive listing here.

There are two public aerial displays planned this year–one on July 2 as part of the 26th Annual Lānaʻi Pineapple Festival, and the other on July 4, as part of the Lahaina Fourth of July Fireworks celebration.

Maui’s Jacky Takakura was sworn into office on Wednesday as deputy director of the Department of Planning. She succeeds Jordan Hart, who has moved to chief of the department’s Zoning Administration & Enforcement Division.

The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation is advising anyone traveling out of Honolulu, Kahului, Līhuʻe, Kona, or Hilo to arrive early, especially if traveling between the peak hours of 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. during the upcoming Fourth of July holiday weekend.

Maui police tell Maui Now that a male driver on Maui Veterans Highway sustained an apparent gunshot injury.  The investigation is still ongoing.

The Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority announced today it has temporarily extended its current contract with the Hawaiʻi Visitors and Convention Bureau.

The Hawaiʻi State Department of Health reported 5,362 new COVID-19 cases for the week of June 23-29, 2022, which is 120 fewer cases than the previous week. There were 15 deaths.  It is the sixth week in a row that case numbers are down.