Maui News

Wreaths Across America Hawai‘i will officially begin its 2025 season of remembrance with a kickoff ceremony on Monday, Dec. 8 at 10 a.m. at the Hawai‘i State Capitol’s rotunda.

ProArts Playhouse has announced a special sensory-friendly performance of its beloved holiday show, “The Reluctant Elf,” on Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025, at 4 p.m. This performance, tailored for children and adults with sensory sensitivities, offers a festive and inclusive experience for all members of the community and is made possible in part by support from Wave of Harmony Foundation. 

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory has been busy tracking the continued growth of this young geologic feature, which is visible from public viewing areas around the summit within Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park.

Gov. Josh Green has ordered the United States flag and the Hawaiʻi state flag to be flown at half-staff from sunrise until sunset on Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025.

The latest episode in the series that began nearly a year ago on Dec. 23, 2024, ended abruptly at 8:52 p.m. Saturday (Dec. 6), after a little more than 12 hours, when the south vent — which exploded earlier during the day and featured sustained fountaining as high as 1,200 feet at one point — ceased activity.

Road repair work and the installation of raised crosswalks and speed tables will close one lane in various areas on Waiehu Beach Road (Route 3400) from Monday, Dec. 8 through Friday, Dec. 12, from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

New water quality data from the Haʻikū Community Association — collected in partnership with Maui County, the Surfrider Foundation and the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s Water Resources Research Center — shows encouraging signs for Haʻikū’s streams as the island moves into the wet winter season, hoʻoilo.

The Maui County Council unanimously passed a bill on first reading Friday that would extend real property tax relief for Lahaina wildfire survivors through June 2028. Bill 171 seeks to assist property owners whose lands remain unoccupiable. It also helps those who are undergoing active rebuilding following the August 2023 wildfires. The measure targets properties […]

Hana Hou by Hale Zen will host a two-night Sip and Shop on Friday, Dec. 12 and Saturday, Dec. 13 from 5 to 8 p.m. The seasonal gathering invites guests to enjoy an evening of holiday shopping while generating donations for two Maui nonprofits.

UH Maui College will host its annual “Holiday Bash & Electric Light Parade” on Thursday, Dec. 11 from 4:30 to 8 p.m. on the Kahului campus Great Lawn and the Pā‘ina Building dining area. The event is open to the public and admission is free.

The Fukunaga Scholarship Foundation is now accepting applications for the 2026 Fukunaga Scholarship through Feb. 23, 2026. In its 76th year, the Foundation continues its commitment to supporting Hawaiʻi students who plan to pursue degrees in business or related fields.

Maui-based interior designer Reflective Design Studio has announced the upcoming release of founder and principal designer LaTasha Baldwin’s debut book, “It’s Never Too Late to Design Your Life,” set to release Feb. 1, 2026.

US Rep. Ed Case says about 25,000 Hawai‘i residents could face “unacceptable cost increases” next year if Congress fails to extend key Affordable Care Act subsidies that are set to expire at the end of December.

Road users are advised that Puʻunēnē Avenue (Route 3500) will be closed overnight Dec. 8-12 for work between Papa Avenue and Kūihelani Highway (Route 380).

Sustained lava fountains approximately 50-100 feet are currently erupting from the north vent. Fountain heights are increasing rapidly and are coming from both the left and right vents within the north cone.

The Hawai’i-based brands partnered to give some extra aloha and holiday cheer to people on several flights Thursday (Dec. 4) by greeting them with complimentary peppermint macadamia cookies on World Cookie Day.

A team of astronomers using a variety of ground and space-based telescopes including the W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea, Hawaiʻi Island, have made one of the most precise independent measurements yet of how fast the universe is expanding, further deepening the divide on one of the biggest mysteries in modern cosmology.

The gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., with free admission.

The Maui Police Department arrested an individual on Wednesday, Dec. 3, believed to be connected to multiple residential break-ins within the Haʻikū community, police said. The suspect is currently in custody, and detectives continue to actively investigate these incidents.

Special projects and operations coordinator Sophie Sellars of the nonprofit Grow Some Good will be the guest speaker at the Maluhia Maui Rotary Club meeting at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at Island Health, 2439 S. Kīhei Road.