UPDATE 11 p.m.: Maui County lifts tsunami evacuation orders
Gov. Josh Green said shortly after 6 p.m. that buoys off Midway Atoll indicated that the wave measured 6 feet from peak to trough, “so a 3-foot wave riding on top of the ocean.”
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Monday Morning Maui Sports: Central East Maui Little Leaguers make history for island as same squad reaches second-straight World Series
The team has won all 10 of its games this summer, at the state and West Region levels, to qualify for the 2025 Intermediate 50/70 World Series in Livermore, Calif., that began Sunday. Central East Maui received a bye and will open play today 1 p.m. HST in the event that runs through Aug. 3.
Displaced Lahaina fire survivors eager to rebuild with help from $1.6 billion federal grant
The federal funding will be available to help residents rebuild or afford a home for the first time in Lahaina or Kula, with . applications opening in August.
The Maui County Fair is back, returning in October after 6-year absence
To make the return of the fair happen, Maui County is providing $1.5 million in funding — about double the cost of the event the last it was held in 2019.
Home sweet home: Krau leaves prestigious football academy to play senior year at Baldwin High with his brothers
Kaholi Krau, the first Mauian to attend the elite IMG Academy in Florida for more than one year, has returned home to play football and make up for lost time with his family.
Central Maui Little League All-Stars win West Region championship
The Central East Maui Little League All-Stars won the West Region championship at the Little League Intermediate 50/70 level in Nogales, Ariz., on Thursday. The win advances the Maui team to the Little League Intermediate 50/70 World Series in Livermore, Calif., Sunday through Aug. 3. The CEMLL ran up a 7-0 record in the tournament […]
Maui County now making Lahaina historic guidelines clearer and enforceable after agreement with state
Since striking an agreement with the State Historic Preservation Division in April, Maui County has been enforcing historic guidelines more consistently in order for people to be approved for building permits.
Monday Morning Maui Sports: Wehiwa Aloy signs with Orioles, Jaxon Grossman decides to attend University of Oklahoma
Having two players from Maui drafted in the same year is rare — in 1999, Wehiwa’s dad Jamie Aloy and future World Series champ Shane Victorino were chosen in the same draft.
Better late than never: ‘Ohana Hope Village nears completion 2 years after Maui wildfires
The 88-unit temporary housing complex for fire survivors has taken 1 1/2 years longer to build that expected, and risen in cost from $14 to $20 million, but the need for it has not diminished.
Ella Connor, Maui volleyball star, was in a mental health crisis. Herc the service dog came to her rescue
Seabury Hall 2021 graduate Ella Connor, who became a beach volleyball All-American at Cal Poly, struggled with panic attacks and attempted to take her life twice but is now doing "amazing" with help from her four-legged companion.
Last people leave homeless community along Amala Place as county clears out vehicles, belongings
Maui County said that of the 46 people living there, 21 went into shelter and two entered recovery programs. On Thursday, 10 truckloads of trash were removed and two truckloads of personal items were put into storage, where residents have 30 days to claim them.
The beauty of it all: New program at UH Maui College offers esthetician, nail tech programs at request of high school students
Reese Yap is instructing the first Beauty Operator Program at the University of Hawaiʻi Maui College, with 13 students aged 19 to 61 learning hands-on beauty courses to become licensed as an esthetician and/or nails technician.
Monday Morning MIL: Football returns to traditional schedule for the first time since the fires
The league will use the eight-game, two-round system to determine Division I and Division II state tournament berths after two seasons of unbalanced schedules were needed due to the Aug. 8, 2023, fires and the expansion to a six-team league that included Moloka’i in 2024.
Maui’s ‘Lady Samurai’ faces biggest challenge of her mixed martial arts career as co-main event in South Africa
Maui's Sumiko Inaba will battle undefeated Dakota Ditcheva (14-0-0) on Sunday in a Professional Fighters League bout for flyweight women (125 pounds).
Homeless community at Amala Place must leave by next week, Maui County says
All belongings left on site by Thursday morning will be impounded, and residents will have up to 30 days to pick up their items, the county said.
In Hawaiian Electric’s first proactive power shutdown, Upcountry customers frustrated by long outage but supportive of fire prevention program
Some farmers lost thousands of dollars in products when their generators couldn't keep their operations going. But even the hardest-hit businesses and their neighbors say shutting off the power is a good measure to prevent another tragedy like the 2023 wildfires in Lahaina and Upcountry.
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