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Hawaiʻi Community Lending announced that HPM Building Supply and American Savings Bank will sponsor the nonprofit’s annual Hui Waiwai on Jan. 23, 2025, at Bishop Museum from 5 to 8 p.m.

The programs, which started during the first year of the pandemic, aim to help students develop skills for jobs they’re interested in while they finish their schooling.

Kīlauea began erupting again on Dec. 23, 2024. This is the eighth eruption of Kīlauea, and the sixth within Kaluapele, since 2020. These previous eruptions within Kaluapele lasted from less than one week to more than a year in duration. This history of activity, along with continued summit inflation, suggests that eruptive activity may continue to pause and resume in the coming days or weeks.

A High Surf Warning is in effect for the north and west shores of Molokaʻi, Oʻahu, Kauaʻi and Niʻihau, the north shores of Maui, and the west facing shores of Hawaiʻi Island through 6 a.m. Saturday.

While Maui County has had dismal hotel occupancy rates recently, November vacation rental performance statistics present a different picture. Maui has the highest vacation rental occupancy rates of any county in Hawaiʻi, but that’s not really saying much.

Motorists are advised of potential traffic delays as modular homes for wildfire survivors are delivered to the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Kilohana site in Lahaina. Loads will be transported from Kahului Harbor to a staging area near the Kahului boat ramp, beginning at 7 a.m. and throughout the day, on Sunday, Dec. 29.

The Maui County Department of Parks and Recreation will be begin accepting applications next month for the Summer 2025 Tri-Annual Permits period. The applications are for recreational use of pools, gyms, fields, stadiums and tennis courts during the summer activity period of April 16 to July 31, 2025.  

Joint Rescue Coordination Center Honolulu watchstanders received a notification at 1 p.m. Wednesday from the Hawaiʻi Department of Health, requesting transport for a 44-year-old patient who was experiencing a severe abdominal condition.

President Joe Biden signed US Rep. Jill Tokuda’s (HI-02) Lahaina National Heritage Area Study Act into law. Under this law, the National Park Service, in consultation with state and local partners, will study the suitability and feasibility of a National Heritage Area designation for Lahaina.

The Hawaiʻi Supreme Court has unanimously ruled in favor of incumbent South Maui Council Member Tom Cook and against an election challenge by opponent and former Council Member Kelly King.

Perfect Game, the world’s largest youth baseball and softball platform and scouting service, is partnering with former Major League Baseball All-Star and Maui native Shane Victorino and the Shane Victorino Foundation to donate 30,000 pieces of boys’ and girls’ athletic apparel to young athletes in West Maui. The donation will directly benefit the West Maui Little League and Lahainaluna High School baseball and softball programs, supporting their recovery and growth and is the largest donation the organizations have ever received.

The Hawai‘i Department of Health Food and Drug Branch is alerting residents to a recall issued by Alcon Laboratories for its Systane Lubricant Eye Drops Ultra PF Single Vials On-the-Go (25 count) because of potential fungal contamination.

The Pukalani office of the County of Maui Department of Finance Division of Motor Vehicles & Licensing is temporarily closed today, Thursday, Dec. 26, due to a staffing shortage.

The Coast Guard medevaced an ailing man from a fishing vessel 8 miles northeast of Honokaʻa, Hawaiʻi, Monday.

One lane on Main Street (Route 32) in Wailuku between Mile Posts 0.21 and 0.23 will be closed for sidewalk replacement work as part of the Maui Academy of Performing Arts (MAPA) Black Box Theater project.  

Episode 2 of the eruption at Kīlauea lasted a little over 24 hours, which is about twice the duration of the first eruptive episode. Prior summit eruptions have lasted days to weeks and scientists with the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory say there is a high probability that this eruption will resume if the summit re-pressurizes over the coming days.

A High Surf Warning is in effect for the north facing shores of Maui and the north and west facing shores of Molokaʻi due to elevated surf building to 8 to 12 feet along impacted shores. 

The Kīhei 4th Friday December event takes place from 6 to 9 p.m. on Dec. 27 at Azeka Shopping Center Mauka. Enjoy live music, food booths and trucks, art, crafts, and local shopping.

The Sentry’s fan experience blends island lifestyle with world-class competition all set against the stunning backdrop of the iconic Plantation Course at Kapalua, according to an announcement promoting the annual event.

United Airlines has confirmed a body was found in the wheel well of an aircraft that landed in Kahului, Maui on Christmas Eve. The discovery was made upon arrival at Kahului Airport (OGG) in the wheel well of one of the main landing gears, airline officials said.