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It’s Election Day. By the end of the day, Maui County residents will have decided the the Mayor, nine Council races (two uncontested), five state house seats representing parts of Maui County, two state constitutional amendments, and 20 county charter amendments.

The County of Maui is launching a new Safe Parking Program and a coordinated cleanup along Pūlehu Road from Nov. 4 through Nov. 6, 2026, which will require a temporary road closure while transitioning individuals living in their vehicles to a designated temporary site in Puʻunēnē.

Hawaiian Electric is selling limited-edition bags made with the ALOHA Collection brand to raise money for Maui United Way, Aloha United Way and Hawaiʻi Island United Way, the utility announced Monday. The bags are available only at hawaiianelectric.com/ALOHAcollection until 10 a.m. Nov. 16, according to the company. Sales are first-come, first-served and limited to available supplies. The […]

Ahead of Veterans Day, the County of Maui Office of Economic Development is holding a free Veterans and Military Families Resource Fair from 9 a.m. to noon Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2026, outside the County’s Kalana O Maui building at 200 S. High St., Wailuku.

ALTRES employees raised more than $25,000 for the nonprofit Kupu during October, and the company said it will match all employee contributions.

While impersonation scams have existed for decades, recent reports in Hawaiʻi indicate that scammers are using increasingly sophisticated methods that make it difficult for individuals to determine whether a call or message is legitimate.

Precursory low-level activity preceding episode 56 of the ongoing Halemaʻumaʻu eruption began around 11:43 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 2, with a large flow lava from the north vent. The forecast for episode 56 of lava fountaining to start is between this afternoon to Nov. 7, revised from Nov. 4-7 based on the onset of voluminous precursory overflows.

Maui Health today announced it has selected Nordic PCL Construction as general contractor for the restoration and modernization of Kula Hospital, marking measurable progress toward reopening hospital services and returning care to the Kula campus. With a general contractor in place, Maui Health is now targeting a late-summer 2027 reopening.

Hale Mahaolu announced the opening of applications for Liloa Hale, a new affordable rental housing community for seniors age 55 and older in Kīhei. The current target move-in date for Liloa Hale is Feb. 1, 2027.

The Maui Police Department congratulates Officer Analise Farmer, a seven-year veteran, on being named the 2026 TOP COP Hawaiʻi Award recipient for Maui County. This recognition highlights her leadership, innovation, and dedication to strengthening officer training and preparing the next generation of law enforcement professionals.

The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands offered more than 800 residential project leases on the island of Kaua‘i Saturday as part of the department’s largest residential awards on the Garden Isle this year.

The 2026 honorees include: O.L. Moore Foundation; Lahainaluna Boarders Association led by Craig Murakami (’71) and Eddie Espiritu (’71); Tanya (Miyasaki) Arakawa (’68); Alan Yamamoto is a proud four-year boarder from Molokaʻi; and Daryl  Fujiwara (2001).

Film cameras followed former KITV4 news anchor Diane Ako as she retraced the final footsteps of Helen Maliu, her great-grandmother, to Kalaupapa, Molokaʻi, a leprosy settlement established in 1866. Maliu disappeared from Honolulu in 1900.

On Hawaiʻi Island in August, Vibrant Hawaiʻi hubs led Hurricane Lala response and recovery, addressing nearly 4,000 assistance requests and serving more than 12,000 individuals.

Wailuku First Friday returns to the heart of historic Wailuku Town on Friday, Nov. 6, 2026, from 6 to 9 p.m., bringing an evening of live entertainment, local shopping, food, and community celebration.

The Maui Youth Rodeo Organization will host its annual Champagne & Champions Gala on Nov. 21 at the Oskie Rice Event Center Ranch Clubhouse in Makawao, with proceeds supporting youth rodeo programs.

The Maui Nui Marine Resource Council will host a free online webinar Nov. 5 on how fisheries replenishment areas can rebuild reef fish populations and sustain fishing in Hawaiʻi.

The County of Hawaiʻi and its partners announce the launch of the Hoʻi Returnable Dish Program, a city-wide municipal reuse system, in Hilo on Nov. 9.

The OHA funding supports Hoʻoulu Lāhui’s final stages of recovery after the loss of its 600 acre site including the Kua O Ka Lā Charter School campus at Puʻalaʻa to the 2018 Kilauea eruption.

Hawaiʻi Medical Service Association raised more than $116,000 in its annual workplace giving campaign for Aloha United Way, Hawaiʻi Island United Way, Kauaʻi United Way and Maui United Way, the largest health insurer in Hawaiʻi reported.