Maui News

For the first time ever, the Hawai’i Farmers Union United’s convention will be FREE to the public. The 14th Annual event takes place Oct. 4-6, 2024 at the University of Hawai’i Maui College. This landmark event is sponsored by the County of Maui and many other generous private funders. The annual event celebrates the islands’ agricultural heritage and future by bringing together leaders in farming, food systems, and community resilience.

The intrusion of magma that began on Saturday in Kīlauea’s middle East Rift Zone, continues, increasing the potential of an eruption in this region. Accordingly, the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory is raising the Volcano Alert Level for ground-based hazards from ADVISORY to WATCH and the Aviation Color Code from YELLOW to ORANGE.    

Akakū Upstairs returns on Thursday, Sept. 19 with a sneak peek at “Lahaina: Rising from the Ashes,” a film that explores themes of environmental degradation, social injustice, community resilience, and hope and recovery. This documentary is currently in progress with local Director Matty Schweitzer at the helm.

The 5th Annual Maui Men’s March Against Violence will be held on Friday, Oct. 4, 2024, from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Kalana O Maui Building, located at 200 South High St. in Wailuku. This free event invites all community members to unite in the fight against domestic violence, abuse, and violence in the community.

Four teams have been announced for the 8th Maui Classic, an NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament taking place at the Seabury Hall Erdman Athletic Center from Dec. 19 to 20, 2024.

Maui Cancer Resources hosts an Integrative Oncology Workshop from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Trinity Episcopal Church by the Sea in Kīhei. The workshop is free to all cancer patients and caregivers, and includes lunch.

As National Cybersecurity Awareness Month approaches in October, the Maui County Council recognizes the increase in cyber security breaches and encourages public awareness on how to detect and avoid virus-generated email scams, Council Member Tom Cook announced.

The Hawaiʻi Renewable Fuels Coalition, a new, multi-sector advocacy group representing farmers, land stewards, airlines, and fuel producers that are collectively seeking to support the transformation of the state’s energy landscape by producing renewable fuels in the islands, has named Nahelani Parsons as its executive director.

The Maui-based Nuestro Futuro Foundation has provided two grants this year to support the Maui Economic Opportunity Kāohi program that works to prevent substance abuse, bullying and suicide among middle and high school youth on Moloka‘i.

The ocean absorbs about a quarter of carbon emitted by human activities, but rainfall is responsible for about 6% of the ocean’s uptake of carbon dioxide (CO2), a new study found.

The Lahaina Town Cleanup returns for its 20th year on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. The cleanup is an opportunity for residents and visitors alike to join in a global effort to remove litter and debris from the coast.

Earthquake activity has increased in Kīlauea’s middle East Rift Zone, near Makaopuhi Crater. Ground deformation patterns west (uprift) of Puʻuʻōʻō suggest that another intrusive event could be occurring in this region, but scientists with the Hawaiʻi Volcano Observatory say Kīlauea is not erupting at this time.

An intrusion is an injection of magma into rock, that causes ground deformation and seismicity but does not result in an eruption.

A breakthrough in solar physics has been achieved atop Haleakalā, and it holds the promise of enhancing understanding of space weather and its impact on Earth’s technology-dependent society.

A Kalaupapa Informational Briefing will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 5 at the Kaunakakai Elementary School cafeteria on Molokaʻi.

The Office of Economic Development (OED) will accept new grant applications for programs, projects and events that promote and nurture economic development in Maui County.

The US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), launched a collection of interactive maps to allow data users to access key Census of Agriculture information. The Census of Agriculture, taken only once every five years, is a complete count of US farms and ranches and the people who operate them.

The University of Hawaiʻi Board of Regents announced two finalists for the next president of the state’s 10-campus public higher education system: Wendy F. Hensel and Julian Vasquez Heilig, Ph.D.

The Hawaiʻi Department of Health Office of Public Health Preparedness reminds residents statewide to “Prepare N.O.W.” while still in hurricane season.

A scientific research trip led by University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa professors is studying the historic movement of marine species between the Hawaiian Islands and other parts of the Pacific, according to a UH news post. UH professor Peter Marko, who is co-leading the research team, says their discovery could lead to predicting how species dispersal will impact the Hawaiian coral reef ecosystem in the future.