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Maui County recently released design options for the once-bustling business district of Front Street that include plans to keep it as a two-lane road open to pedestrians and cars.
Maui County provided $1.5 million to bring back the beloved fair that was held for 97 years, but not since 2019 due to reasons that included the COVID-19 pandemic and rising transportation costs for amusement rides.
The elementary school that burned in the Lahaina wildfire of 2023 will be rebuilt on the 14-acre Ku’ia site that is near the original location but inland and out of the tsunami inundation zone.
Sirens used in last week's fire and the tsunami warning earlier this summer show how the approach to sounding the sirens has changed since the deadly 2023 Lahaina blaze.
The Warriors took another impressive step towards showing everyone who’s boss in Maui high school football with a 49-28 win over Baldwin on Friday night at Kanai’aupuni Stadium.
Maui County is moving closer to installing gates on the road, but residents and emergency officials aren't sure it will deter people from starting fires.
Rachel Kondo and Faith Ito are the two alive members of the four-person class entering their alma mater’s Hall of Honor at the Maui High School Hall of Honor Banquet at the school’s gymnasium on Tuesday.
Wednesday’s celebration announced that the 450-unit, $185 million West Maui complex is complete and ready to be filled to its capacity with about 1,500 people who were displaced by the 2023 Lahaina wildfire.
The first state high school surfing tournament will take place next year at Ho’okipa Beach Park, a nod to the three-decade effort of Maui's Kim Ball to finally make the official state sport of Hawai'i also a state high school sport.
Karsyn Pupunu and Frank Abreu, a pair of Kamehameha Schools Maui alumni, are the only Maui Interscholastic League graduates on the Rainbow Warriors’ football roster this season.
With the transportation of debris from the Lahaina fire to its permanent site in Central Maui nearing completion, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has begun preparations to restore the land used for the temporary debris location in Olowalu.
Telehealth proved critical in the pandemic, pushing the federal government to allow Medicare coverage for more services in more areas. But those flexibilities will end for patients in some areas unless Congress acts by Sept. 30.
The event had been announced last month as the 2026 PGA Tour season opener to be held Jan. 8-11 at the Plantation Course. The event had an estimated economic impact of $50 million per year on Maui. The tour did not elaborate on the status of the event past 2026, but noted that ongoing drought conditions, water conservation requirements, agronomic conditions and logistical challenges were the main factors in the event not being held this year on Maui.
Kamehameha Maui out-gained Lahainaluna 375 yards to 83. The domination started from the get-go as the Warriors had 139 yards in the first quarter while limiting Lahainaluna to minus-9 yards total in building a 14-0 lead after 12 minutes of play.
Amid ongoing efforts to address brownfields on Maui, two organizations are spearheading a transformative initiative to test for contaminants and ultimately convert long-abandoned sites into vibrant community spaces.
The hale pāpaʻi program has been running since August 2024 and the one-week free class offered in conjunction has attracted more than 400 students, 70 of whom were high school students this summer, according to Talia Purdy of the school’s academic affairs support staff.
