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Residents, businesses and other stakeholders across Maui Nui are encouraged to stay informed and get involved as the County of Maui Department of Planning prepares to offer an update on the rewrite of Title 19 of the Maui County Code — the foundational set of laws governing how land and buildings throughout the County can be used and developed. 

An unidentified suspect remains at-large after an armed robbery early Wednesday morning in which he allegedly stole a vehicle from a Maui couple before fleeing into nearby pastureland. 

In 10 years of monitoring West Maui’s waters, one network of citizen scientists has noted other findings like rising salinity due to years of drought and declining nitrates as the residual impacts of Lahaina’s plantation days fade away.

The HVO reports Tuesday’s earthquake was similar in origin but unrelated to the magnitude-6 that occurred on May 22 and the magnitude-4.6 that occurred on June 2 on the west side of the island.

The Maui Police Department requests the public’s help with any information on the whereabouts of Autumn Woods, 47, of Kahului. Woods is known to frequent the Pāʻia area and does not have a vehicle.

Alice Grier won two divisions while Balou Patituci-Dominguez won the biggest age group at the 32nd annual Pōhai Nā Keiki Nalu (Gathering of the Surf Kids) Saturday at Launiupoko Park.

Update: (11:19 p.m., June 9, 2026) Merino was located and found to be in good health. The Maui Police Department thanked the public for their assistance.

The Hua Momona Foundation announces the third annual Maui Music & Food Experience on Aug. 21-22 at Hyatt Regency Maui Resort and Spa. 

Hui Hānai has been awarded a contribution from Hawaiian Native Corporation to publish the letters of members of the Kalākaua family in a forthcoming book, “Letters of Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii with Her Family, 1859–1900.”

Jack Dowling and Erin Mukai, both with experience and expertise in housing development and resumes of community service, have joined the Maui Economic Opportunity Board of Directors.

A dozen Hawaiʻi-based food makers are getting a boost as they look to expand their locally sourced products to shelves in major retailers. A $25,000 grant from the Ulupono Fund at the Hawaiʻi Community Foundation is lowering barriers for these entrepreneurs to use the state’s first high pressure processing system.

Heavy equipment and a police cruiser were observed Tuesday morning on Pūlehu Road between Hoʻokele Street and Hansen Road, near Safeway, blocking traffic in both directions.

Lahaina Strong and the Hawai‘i State Energy Office will host a community meeting on June 12, focused on the future of energy in West Maui and Hawai‘i’s goal of achieving 100% renewable energy by 2045.

Hawaiʻi Medical Service Association announced Monday it will extend the transition period for its new primary care physician payment model by six months, giving doctors the option to delay implementation until Jan. 1, 2027. The move follows discussions with Gov. Josh Green, the state and primary care physicians over concerns about practice continuity and member […]

Gov. Josh Green has signed Act 13 into law, expanding the Hawaiʻi Family Leave Law to allow eligible employees to take family leave for a qualifying military exigency involving an employee’s child, spouse, reciprocal beneficiary, sibling, grandchild, or parent serving in the United States Armed Forces. The law takes effect July 1, according to the Hawaiʻi Department of Labor and Industrial Relations.

Public comments are being accepted through July 8 on a draft environmental assessment for a Maui County project to replace a sewer force main in Lahaina.

Two Maui-based businesses — a longtime Kahului beauty brand and a Haʻikū kava beverage company — are among 11 Hawaiʻi product companies selected for Cohort 11 of the Mana Up business accelerator program.

Dawn Chang will retire as chairperson and director of the Department of Land and Natural Resources, effective July 1, Gov. Josh Green announced Monday. Ryan Kanakaʻole was appointed to serve as chairperson and director of the department.

Maui County’s rainfall totals for May followed a familiar pattern — above average moisture on windward slopes, near-drought conditions on the leeward and interior sides — while a West Maui summit station recorded its wettest May in two decades, according to a National Weather Service summary.

Legendary music group and one of the best-selling artists of all time, Earth, Wind & Fire, returns to Maui after a 13-year absence on Sunday, June 14, at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center.