Maui News

President Joe Biden today, awarded the Medal of Honor to two U.S. Army soldiers from Hawai‘i, Staff Sergeant Edward N. Kaneshiro (posthumous) and Specialist Five Dennis M. Fujii.

In June 2022, 46% of Maui Now survey respondents reported that residential rental prices spiking 41% on Maui strongly affected them, 25% said they were somewhat affected, and 29% said that they were not at all affected.

Maui police responded to eight burglaries, 15 vehicle thefts and 15 vehicle break-ins in Maui County over a seven-day period from June 19 to 25, 2022.

The 2022 Maui Film Festival presents Stardust Cinema featuring 13 Maui premieres including several ‘surprise’ titles over five nights under the stars at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center.

Maui County has become the first county in the State of Hawai’i to establish its own Department of Agriculture.

The Bendon Family Foundation has awarded Ka Lima O Maui a $100,000 grant to help build a staff and client sensory garden and a new commercial shredding program to expand work and training opportunities for people with disabilities.

The Sheriff Division of the Hawaiʻi Department of Public Safety has issued an alert about a Sheriff impersonator who tells individuals they owe money for outstanding warrants, traffic citations and/or missed jury duty.

Maui Ki-Aikido is holding a special, public self-defense workshop for adults and teenagers on Friday, July 8, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at its dojo at 194 S. Market St. in Wailuku.

To help slow the spread of the invasive beetle on Oʻahu and to neighbor islands, the interim rule will restrict the movement or transportation of CRB host material within the island of Oʻahu and from a CRB-infested area to an area that is uninfested.

Maui Obituaries for the week ending July 3, 2022. May they rest in peace.

Binhi at Ani will award 23 scholarships to the Class of 2022, with the top-rated scholar receiving $2,000 and 22 other students receiving $1,000.  

Family and friends of John Palicki are seeking answers to the question: “How did he end up naked and dead in a cane field alongside the Pāʻia bypass on Memorial Day?”

Tonight’s public fireworks display in Lahaina begins at approximately 8 p.m., with fireworks to be launched from an offshore barge along Front Street.

Go Green Recycling is a monthly, appointment-required, bulky-item recycling event hosted by Mālama Maui Nui for residents of West Maui. July’s event will take place on Saturday, July 16 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at 1870 Honoapiʻilani Highway, Lāhaina in the parking lot mauka/behind the Lāhaina District Court. 

Humpback whales may one day avoid Hawaiian waters due to climate change and rising greenhouse gasses, according the findings of a new paper published in Frontiers in Marine Science by a team of researchers including three University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa graduate students.

The Hawaiʻi Parent Leadership Training Institute helps participants become strong, confident community leaders by developing their leadership, communication and advocacy skills. The 20-week program is the only one of its kind in the state. Through PLTI, participants identify issues that impact children and practice their new skills by completing hands-on projects in their own communities.

An innovative scientific instrument developed by University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa researchers is expected to be a game changer in the search for life — existing or extinct — on Earth and other planets.

Maui Now’s featured jobs from June 28 to July 4, 2022. Add your job listing.

The Maui Filipino Chamber of Commerce announced five outstanding Filipino leaders in the community to receive the prestigious Gintong Pamana Leadership Award this year, and fourteen students who are receiving scholarships from the Chamber’s foundation. 

The Maui Sunday Market is relocating from its current spot at the Kahului Shopping Center to just down the road at 150 Hāna Highway in Kahului, home of MFTC’s Maui Street Market, starting July 10.