Maui News

The State of Hawaiʻi’s Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism recently began the process of developing the state’s first digital equity plan.

PetHub, Inc. announced it has partnered with Maui Humane Society to launch a new dog license and ID tag program to keep pets safe and increase the number of lost animals reunited with their owners.

Listed as endangered in 1994, the population estimate of Lobelia oahuensis at that time was 100 to 200 plants. At the recovery project’s outset in 2019, those numbers dropped to fewer than 20 individual plants.

Maui Arts & Cultural Center announces their summer visual arts education program, Young Artmakers, taking place in Schaefer International Gallery. The program, led by teaching artists and gallery staff for kids ages 5-7 and 8-12, provides an opportunity to meet and make new friends while enhancing and exercising their creative skills.

Sixteen graduate programs at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa have been nationally recognized for academic and research excellence, according to the just released 2023–24 US News and World Report’s Best Graduate Schools rankings. Seven programs were ranked in the nation’s top 100, and five placed in the top 75.

The state Department of Health has confirmed a new case of measles in an O‘ahu resident who was exposed to the previously confirmed case in an international traveler reported on April 10, 2023.

The public is invited to two County of Maui Department of the Prosecuting Attorney events this week that honor National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, which starts today and continues through April 29.

Servco Pacific Inc. announced today that Peter Dames will become the company’s President and Chief Executive Officer on Oct. 1, 2023. Mark Fukunaga will step down as Chief Executive Officer and transition from Chairman to Executive Chair of the Board.

Lower Kula road is now OPEN.

Andy Bumatai’s “In Denial Tour 2023” features fellow funny man Frank De Lima and special guest Augie T, this Friday, April 28, at 7 p.m. in the Castle Theater of the Maui Arts & Cultural Center.

The median price for a single family home on Maui increased 1.9% to $1,200,000, according to the Realtors Association of Maui. The last time Maui’s median was above $1.2 million was in June of 2022 when the median was $1.242M.

Slim’s Power Tools hosts its 30th Annual He-Man Competition on April 29 in Kahului.

Maui Obituaries for the week ending Apr. 24, 2023. May they rest in peace.

The County of Maui Department of Public Safety Ocean Safety Bureau has opened registration for the 2023 Junior Lifeguard Program, which aims to teach children ocean safety and develop awareness of hazards and beach conditions.

The Maui Economic Development Board is presenting an exciting lineup of events to support women and minority-owned small businesses in the community.

The Lahaina Restoration Foundation’s popular Hawaiian cultural workshops return to Apuakehau, the cultural park located next to Lahaina Public Library, starting on Saturday, May 6, 2023.

The recent 2022 Mauna Loa eruption began just before midnight, at 11:21 p.m. on Nov. 27.  The first caldera floor fissures were visible in webcams; however, the activity propagated south, outside of the view of the webcams, in the initial hours of activity.

Hōkūleʻan arrived in Tacoma, Washington. The crew continues to prepare for the journey to Alaska where the Moananuiākea Voyage Pacific Circumnavigation will begin in June.

It’s difficult to describe the dimension and depth of classical and jazz trumpeter-composer Charlier Porter’s talent. His body of work is flourishing, and he’ll be performing this Wednesday at ProArts Theatre with a quintet. Maui Now’s Gary Kubota interviewed Porter.

For the first time since 2019, Seabury Hall will host its popular Craft Fair on Saturday, May 13, 2023 at their scenic campus in Makawao from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The craft fair is the school’s largest fundraiser event, and supports Seabury Hall’s financial aid programs.