Maui News

Seafood City Supermarket is scheduled to open at the Maui Marketplace on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024 at 9 a.m.  This popular Filipino supermarket chain is making its grand debut with a full service 37,000-square-foot market complete with an authentic Filipino specialty bakery and a Filipino Grill/Restaurant.  An in-store blessing was held on Tuesday.

Another live opossum has been captured in Honolulu. Freight workers in Kalihi were unloading construction material from a 40-foot shipping container Monday afternoon and spotted an animal that looked like a very large rat run and hide inside the container.

The Credit Unions of Maui recently lauded their 9th Annual Charity Golf Tournament, held on Aug. 10 at The Dunes at Maui Lani. This year’s event brought together 144 golfers and community supporters, resulting in $38,000 raised to benefit Hospice Maui, a local nonprofit dedicated to providing compassionate end-of-life care for Maui residents.

In an effort to bring awareness to mental health resources available to those affected by the Maui wildfires, Malu i Ka ʻUlu recently launched a series of public service announcements (PSAs).

From late Friday through the weekend, island weather will be highly dependent on the track and intensity of a tropical cyclone that is expected to develop far east-southeast of the islands.

The Keiki Hula Festival is returning to the Lahaina Cannery from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. The event will feature keiki hula performances and lessons, live music by Kamalei Kawa’a, cultural crafts, shopping and more.

The owners of a luxury yacht that broke loose from its moorings in February 2023 and went aground north of Honolua-Mokulē‘ia Bay are appealing a $1.8 million fine assessed against them by the Board of Land and Natural Resources.

Tournament officials from The Sentry today announced ticket options for the 2025 event when the first Signature Event of the PGA TOUR Regular Season returns to The Plantation Course from Jan. 2-5 (Thursday through Sunday). As part of the TOUR’s Opening Drive, The Sentry is the season-opening event for the 2025 FedExCup Regular Season as it returns to a calendar-year schedule for the second consecutive year.

The awardee will be responsible for administering the $70,000 Maui County-funded program to implement food vouchers for Lānaʻi residents. 

A $3.9 million grant aimed to improve the academic success alongside the physical, mental and emotional wellbeing of Native Hawaiian keiki has been awarded to a pair of University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa College of Education professors.

Several Maui County organizations are two dozen statewide beneficiaries of Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority’s Community Stewardship and Regenerative Experiences programs, two key initiatives under the Community Tourism Collaboratives, according to an announcement.

For the first time, 29 lots on Fleming Road in Lahaina will have the opportunity to access Maui County sewer service, but there are some requirements for property owners, according to an announcement.

Maui finalists include Jessie O’Neill-Prest, a Kīhei Elementary Curriculum Coordinator from the Baldwin-Kekaulike-Kūlanihākoʻi-Maui complex area; and Jaime “Kumu Eva” Palakiko a Hawaiian language, hula and Hawaiian history teacher at Lahainaluna High in the Hana-Lahainaluna-Lanaʻi-Molokaʻi complex area.

The Central East Maui All-Stars defeated Pennsylvania 3-1 in their fourth game of the Little League World Series. The victory over Council Rock Newtown Little League, the Mid-Atlantic regional representative, puts the Maui boys within two games of the US Championships.

Coach Soichi Sakamoto Pool will be closed from 9 a.m. to noon Thursday, Aug. 22, for testing of pool guard trainees. The facility will reopen from 1 to 4 p.m. that day for lap and recreational swimming.

Maui Family YMCA has announced plans to open a multi-use community resource space in Lahaina.  Renovations of a former retail building just mauka of Lahaina Gateway begin in August, with a goal of opening the facility in the last quarter of 2024.

The County of Maui Department of Fire and Public Safety announced the recent launch of new fire-sensing technology that samples the air and uses AI to provide early warning of fires that may start in parts of Maui.

Maui Bird Conservation Center staff work to care for endangered Hawaiian forest birds, not to put themselves in harm’s way fighting wildfires. But that’s what happened Aug. 7, 2023, and the next day, according to the state Department of Land and Natural Resources.

The 2024 Maui Invitational college basketball tournament celebrates its 40th anniversary by returning to the historic Lahaina Civic Center on Maui, Nov. 25-27, 2024. This marks the tournament’s return to Maui for the first time since the 2023 wildfires. Last year’s event was held on Oʻahu.

After five years away due to the pandemic and Maui wildfires, Montessori School of Maui is thrilled to announce the return of their tuition assistance fundraiser, Taste of Upcountry. This celebration of the bounty of Upcountry Maui will take place Saturday, Sept. 14, 6-10 p.m. The outdoor event, held under a glowing tent on the central lawn at the heart of the school’s Makawao campus, supports Montessori School of Maui’s Tuition Assistance Initiatives in an effort to make a Montessori Education more accessible, welcoming, and inclusive for our community.