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After a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, ALBION Soccer Club Hawai‘i hosted Hawai‘i Youth ID and Collegiate Camp this weekend, offering local youth athletes a platform to train with top collegiate coaches from across the country.

Free short-term training classes leading to industry credentials in the resilient sectors of healthcare, technology and the skilled trades are being offered this summer at University of Hawai‘i Community Colleges through the Hana Career Pathways program.

UHMC’s Noah Medeiros has been recognized as the most outstanding film student and Mark Cabalse as the most outstanding graphic arts student.

A Hands Across the Sand event is planned in South Maui next weekend as part of a global synchronized effort raise awareness about “the dangers of dirty fuels, and the need to speed the transition to available, affordable clean energy solutions.”

The Maui event was one of at least four held across the state today as allied groups joined in a day of action to support abortion access and reproductive freedom for women.

Hawaiʻi waterwoman Lauren Spalding is among several extraordinary sports people featured in a national film tour about extreme outdoor lifestyles.

On Friday, April 22, Maui Now released a survey asking its readers to share their opinions and attitudes toward current issues affecting Maui County. Survey questions included state and local topics.

The “Maui Under the Stars” fundraising event of cocktails, dinner and dancing at Gannon’s in Wailea, celebrates Make-A-Wish Hawaiʻi’s 40th anniversary of granting wishes for children in the Hawaiian Islands.

Calling the announcement an error, Maui Police Department said this afternoon that the “Tints and Tires” campaign will not launch because the effort did not get Chief John Pelletier’s approval.

Highway closures and speed reductions on the Piʻilani Highway in Kīhei are planned in conjunction with roundabout construction.

The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa announced it will require attendees of the three commencement ceremonies this weekend to wear masks for the indoor graduation.

Maui fire crews extinguished multiple brush fires in the Central Maui area on Thursday, May 12. The Maui Fire Department confirmed that seven fire calls within a 90-minute time span in Central Maui were suspicious in nature and under investigation. Full report here.

Obon festival in Japan typically lasts for three days in the month of August. However, in Hawaiʻi, the Obon season starts in June and lasts until September, allowing a different temple to host an Obon festival each weekend.

Maui fire crews are battling multiple brush fires in the Central Maui area. The fires have resulted in the temporary closure of the Kahekili Highway in Wailuku, and the Maui Veterans Highway in Puʻunēnē. There’s also evacuations underway on Kamaile Street in Wailuku Country Estates.

A fire in Wailuku burned approximately three acres and was 90% contained by 5 p.m. on Thursday, May 12, 2022. The fire was reported in heavy brush mauka of Kahekili Highway.

The Maui Veterans Highway fronting the Puʻunēnē Armory is now closed in both directions due to a large brush fire, according to the Maui Police Department. The closure went into effect at around 2:15 p.m. on Thursday, May 12, 2022.

Fire crews are mopped up a brush fire in the vicinity of the Kanahā Wildlife Sanctuary in Central Maui. This was the first of multiple fires reported across Central Maui on Thursday afternoon.

An estimated 40% of the people who showed up at the Lēʻahi “Diamond Head” State Monument early this morning did not have reservations, according to early findings reported by the state Department of Land and Natural Resources. Today, is the first of a new “adaptive management” plan to improve visitor experiences at popular site.

Proposed Real Property Tax Rates for the County of Maui will be discussed during a public hearing this Friday, May 13, at 11 a.m.

For a list of upcoming events, concerts, shows and entertainment from May 12-18, find our comprehensive listing here.