Maui News

The prone paddleboard race was the featured competition for an international field of athletes in the last of two race weekends celebrating the 25th Moloka’i-2- O’ahu Paddleboard World Championships.

“By putting AI-enhanced tools directly into the hands of local producers, we’re not just developing new technology—we’re cultivating a more sustainable and resilient agricultural future for our islands,” said Sayed Bateni, project principal investigator and professor in the UH Mānoa Department of Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering and Water Resources Research Center.

For a sixth year, Pukalani Superette has completed a school supply donation to Pukalani Elementary School’s entire fourth grade class.

US Rep. Jill Tokuda will be the keynote speaker this week when Hawaiʻi Job Corps Center holds its commencement ceremony at 1 p.m. Friday at the Maunaloa campus. Eighteen young men and women will receive certificates in trades such as culinary arts, facility maintenance, hospitality & lodging and business technologies.

Volunteer efforts to restore an eroding shoreline in Windward Oʻahu are being observed for a new feasibility commissioned by the Hawaiʻi Climate Change Commission, DLNR, UH Sea Grant, and Oʻahu MPO, in contract with Sea Engineering.

Fifty-nine Maui County nonprofits will share $1,559,449 raised during the Maui Hotel & Lodging Association’s annual Maui County Charity Walk that happened last May.

Six new, public preschool classrooms will open in Maui County this fall for the 2024-2025 school year, announced Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke and the state’s Ready Keiki Initiative on Friday. The pre-K schools enroll 20 students per classroom at no cost to parents.

AARP Hawai`i and Senior Planet are offering free Tech Talk classes Aug. 2 at Kaunoa Senior Center in Spreckelsville to teach kupuna about managing their private information online and about artificial intelligence and how to recognize when something has been created by AI.

A beachfront estate in Wailea-Mākena, Maui, Hawaii, is set to hit the auction block next month via Concierge Auctions. The estate, 4610 Mākena Road, is listed at $33 million and will be presented in cooperation with Nancy Callahan of Coldwell Banker Island Properties and Paul Stukin of Deep Blue HI.

A Lahaina Obon Festival will be held from 5 to 9 p.m. Aug. 10 at the Lahaina Cannery Mall to uplift community spirits and honor ancestors and recently departed loved ones. A tribute to Lahaina, the special event is presented by the Lahaina Hongwanji Mission, Lahaina Jodo Mission and the Lahaina Shingon Mission.

Hawaiʻi Youth Symphony has announced the appointment of Carmela Resuma as director of Development, effective immediately.

Volunteer registration is now open for Maui’s annual PGA TOUR stop, announced The Sentry on Tuesday.

Hep Free Hawaiʻi, a local coalition dedicated to increasing access to viral hepatitis and harm reduction services across the state, marks today as World Hepatitis Day, which Gov. Josh Green has declared “Hawaiʻi Hepatitis Elimination Day.”

Crater Road will be closed for a week as of Saturday morning as a safety precaution amid an active 574-acre Crater Road fire nearby, County of Maui officials announced.

While Maui County hotel performance remains affected by the aftermath of the August wildfires, the county still led the state in revenue per available room in June due to comparatively higher average daily rate, reports the Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority.

In March of 2020, COVID precautions had caused sweeping closures of Maui’s Friday Town Parties. Over four years later, Wailuku First Fridays is making a comeback. The free community street party returns to Market Street on Aug. 2 from 6 to 9 p.m.

A new Heat Safety Awareness Campaign has been launched by state and local departments to address the health and well-being of Hawaiʻi’s residents and visitors during the hottest months of the year.

The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation has advised motorists that crews will be performing electrical maintenance work on the traffic signal at the intersection of Ka‘ahumanu Avenue and Maui Lani Parkway fronting Baldwin High School on Monday.

The 2019 Sentry champion Xander Schauffele picked up his second major championship title and second victory of the 2024 season at The Open Championship, while Nick Dunlap captured his second win of the season at the Barracuda Championship. The Sentry welcomes PGA TOUR winners from the previous calendar year and the top 50 players from the final FedExCup Playoffs and Eligibility Points List when the event returns to The Plantation Course at Kapalua, Maui from Jan. 2-5, 2025.

Hawaiʻi Gas, the state’s only regulated gas utility, will mark its 120th anniversary on Aug. 1, 2024, commemorating 12 decades of dedicated service to the people and businesses of Hawai‘i.