Maui News

Hui O Ka Wai Ola, a volunteer-based coastal water quality monitoring program, has resumed regular testing at Mākena Landing after community members made clear how much this stretch of coastline means to them. Hui O Ka Wai Ola previously monitored Mākena Landing from 2017 to 2020. In recent years, the site has drawn more requests for renewed monitoring than any other in the program’s history.

The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Potential Tropical Cyclone One-C, located about 900 miles east-southeast of Hilo, Hawai’i. *The formation chance through 48 hours is high. at 90%.

With HCL’s current momentum and readiness, Gilbreath expects that within 10 years, HCL will be a $200-million loan fund serving 250 families with affordable mortgage financing each year. This will offset the outmigration of Hawai‘i-born local residents who are leaving the state because they can’t afford to stay here, according to the announcement.

Two Maui men were arrested on eight criminal counts for alleged involvement in labor trafficking and extortion, following the execution of search warrants at a Kīhei residence on Monday, Aug. 10, 2026.

“Although the Index is a national snapshot not broken down by state, I think it, along with the recently released state rankings from US News & World Report and from CNBC, give all the candidates who emerged from the Hawaiʻi Primary Election something to seriously consider when forming their small business policy points,” said Michael Iosua, state director for NFIB in Hawaiʻi.

Musicians Nāmaka Cosma and Sean Parks are among the headliners at the Kēōkea Hoʻolauleʻa, taking place Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026 in Upcountry Maui. 

Melissa Dyckman Interiors has launched Lahaina Rebuild Design Guidance, a one-on-one advisory service created to support Lahaina homeowners rebuilding after the 2023 wildfires. The service helps clients make smarter decisions during planning and construction, before costly changes, delays and long-term design regrets happen.

Maui County Federal Credit Union is proud to announce it has awarded $10,000 in scholarships to 10 local students, continuing its long-standing commitment to empowering Maui County’s future leaders through higher education. This year’s recipients include six incoming college freshmen, three returning undergraduates, and one graduate student pursuing degrees in fields such as elementary education, […]

The Lahaina Restoration Foundation’s monthly community screening of E Hoʻi Ka Nani I Mokuʻula (Let the Glory Return to Mokuʻula) will continue on Friday, Aug. 14, 2026, at 6 p.m. at Maui Ocean Center’s The Sphere. Doors open at 5:30 p.m.

Hawaiian Council is encouraging eligible kūpuna, 62 years old and older, on the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) waiting list to apply for the DHHL Kūpuna Rental Subsidy Program that can help cover their monthly rent.

Routine water quality testing identified trace levels of selenium in the County of Maui Department of Water Supply (DWS) Wailuku water system, which serves the Māʻalaea, Kīhei, Wailea and Mākena areas.

The Lahaina O-Bon Festival will bring the community together for an evening of remembrance, tradition and celebration on Friday, Aug. 14, 2026, from 5 to 9 p.m. at Lahaina Jodo Mission, 12 Ala Moana Street.

A Georgia man was charged by criminal complaint with allegedly sending an interstate communication containing a threat to kill the husband of Tulsi Gabbard, the former Director of National Intelligence.

More than 300 members of the Hisako Film Lab ʻohana gathered at the Regal Maui Mall theater as Maui student filmmakers premiered their original short films on the big screen before “Spider-Man: Brand New Day.” One of the most powerful moments came when Baldwin High School graduate Emma Jane Roy shared how the program helped lead her from filmmaking on Maui to a post-production internship on the film.

Representatives with the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance have released a statement expressing sadness following an increase in honeycreeper deaths at the Maui Bird Conservation Center. The sudden and unexplained illness has impacted birds at the facility, primarily ʻakikiki.

Beginning Friday, Aug. 14, the Judiciary will mail out its annual juror questionnaires to Hawaiʻi residents for potential jury service in 2027. This includes questionnaires for 126,300 residents on Oʻahu, 77,200 in Maui County, 82,800 on Hawaiʻi Island, and 47,100 on Kauaʻi.

Hawaiian Electric today announced the Public Utilities Commission has approved the company’s Integrated Grid Planning Request for Proposals, which seeks competitively priced renewable energy and storage for Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island to meet customers’ growing energy needs, modernize power generation and drive down costs by reducing the use of oil.

The Hawaiʻi Intermediate Court of Appeals ordered the Maui Planning Commission Thursday to reconsider whether developers of the Honuaʻula master-planned community in South Maui—formerly known as Wailea 670—need to prepare a supplemental environmental impact statement, although the court upheld the commission on other points raised by groups challenging the project. In a summary disposition order […]

Museum plans series of presentations in honor of the group’s half-century and a recommitment to Aloha ʻĀina movement.

The nonprofit Maui County Veterans Council invites the community to its Second Annual Patriotic Community Luncheon on Saturday, August 15, 2026, at the Rainbow Ballroom at Maui Beach Hotel, 170 W. Kaʻahumanu Avenue in Kahului.