Maui News

Episode 25 precursory activity started within Halemaʻumaʻu at Kīlauea on the morning of June 10. Glow and scattered spattering at the north vent changed to more continuous spattering in the early morning hours, according to a status update from the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.

The Maui Police Department currently has five unclaimed bodies at the forensic facility. The individuals at the facility include: Hatsuno Borrowman, 92; Vinayak Vinayak, 75; Donald Breen, 74; John Darrow III, 70; and Rodney Saldin, 71.

Overflow crowds turned out Monday to support or attack the hotly debated vacation rental phase-out bill, but the action started early, on the sidewalk outside the Kalana O Maui Building in Wailuku. Wearing red Lahaina Strong and yellow ILWU shirts, supporters of Bill 9 formed a circle and prayed. Their signs read “Maui People First,” […]

Citing Maui’s severe post-wildfire housing crisis, the Bissen administration presented its formal case to a County Council committee to phase out approximately 6,000 short-term vacation rentals mostly in West and South Maui. “We simply can’t build fast enough to meet the scale of demand we’re facing,” Mayor Richard Bissen told members of the Housing and […]

County of Maui offices, facilities and services will be closed or modified on Wednesday, June 11, 2025, for the King Kamehameha I holiday.

At Bo Bridges Gallery in Pāʻia, a plain wall became a window into the world of Maui’s young artists. Z3NITH’s work went up first — photos of skies and tangled wires, of feelings hard to name — and something clicked into place.

Trailblazers can apply for the 10th Omidyar Fellows program, an immersive leadership experience that enables Fellows to lead with purpose, mobilize communities, and amplify positive change throughout Hawai‘i.

The SNAP-Ed program could end without federal funding on Sept. 30, ultimately impacting community well-being and food security.

The Hawai‘i Community Foundation (HCF) announced the appointment of Terry George as its new Chief Executive Officer and President. Also announced is the elevation of Michelle Kaʻuhane to the role of Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President, effective immediately.

One person was displaced after a fire destroyed a single-story structure off Malaihi Road in Wailuku, Sunday night. This person was checked out at the scene for injuries by Emergency Medical Services personnel and was being assisted by the American Red Cross.

“In the Wake of Whales” follows UH scientists as they study and monitor the annual migration of humpback whales from Alaska to Hawaiʻi.

Hawai’i residents, 60 years or older, are invited to compete in the upcoming Kiwanis Kūpuna Spelling Bee.

The 34th Annual Kī Hō‘alu Festival returns to the Maui Arts & Cultural Center with live, in-person performances at the A&B Amphitheater starting at 2 p.m. on Sunday, June 29.

The Construction Industry of Maui awarded three students each a $25,000 scholarship to encourage education towards a career in the construction industry. The Bob Poulson Scholarship encourages Maui students to pursue a degree in the construction and design industry, away from Maui, then bring their acquired knowledge, skills and local hearts back to Maui to serve their communities. This year’s scholarship recipients are seniors, Macie Madaus, Kai Shively and Karissa Chapman.

Attorney General Anne Lopez has received a 10-page letter, with attachments, from Edward Halealoha Ayau who is the attorney representing Maui Police Detective Kamuela Lanakila Mawae. That letter addresses legal concerns regarding the status of Hawaiʻi as an occupied State and potential war crimes being committed by law enforcement officers, according to a news release from Ayau.  

Nearly a week since departing Hilo, Hawaiʻi Island, the voyaging canoes Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia are making steady progress on their sail to French Polynesia, the first international leg that resumes the Moananuiākea Voyage. After six days at sea, the canoes are on course and now approximately halfway to the equator.

Participants will help care for rare, endemic plants being propagated. 

The Maui County Council anticipates a large turnout of public testimony on the highly controversial vacation rental phase-out bill. Already, the Council has received many written testimonies, then posted on mauicounty.legistar.com as of late Sunday. Bill 9 will be heard beginning at 10 a.m. Monday in the eighth-floor Council Chambers before the Housing and Land […]

Hawai‘i’s children are being hit hard by housing and job instability, according to the 2025 KIDS COUNT Data Book, a 50-state report of recent data developed by the Annie E. Casey Foundation analyzing how kids are faring in post-pandemic America.

Local postmasters and supervisors will be on hand to discuss job openings and assist candidates with applications for Assistant Rural Carrier (ARC) and Rural Carrier Associate (RCA) positions.