Maui News
State Q2 report: Hawaiʻi’s visitor industry recovery accelerating, construction busy, employment increased
Despite slower growth projections at the national level, the economic growth projections for Hawaiʻi remain unchanged at 3.2% for 2022.
Maui Job Openings: Featured Positions for Week of May 29 – June 4
Maui Now’s featured jobs for the week of May 29 to June 4, 2022. Add your job listing.
Native Hawaiians have higher risk for gout, UH study finds
An analysis of nearly two decades of data of 92,000 people revealed Native Hawaiians had more than twice the risk of Whites participants of developing gout as older adults.
HI-EMA on Hurricane Season preparedness: “It only Takes One”
The Central Pacific Hurricane Center in Honolulu has predicted 2-to-4 tropical storms for the season, which starts June 1 and runs through Nov. 30.
Maui Obituaries: Week Ending May 29, 2022
Maui Obituaries for the week ending May 29, 2022. May they rest in peace.
Sentry Insurance Foundation presents Maui United Way with $25,000 contribution
Sentry Insurance Foundation presented Maui United Way with a contribution of $25,000 to go toward their 2021-2022 Live United Campaign.
Election, campaign line-up: Maui Filipino Chamber of Commerce hosts meet and greet; Voting explained
To submit information on campaign fundraisers, endorsements, and community meet & greet events, send items to newsdesk@mauinow.com.
Blue Hawaiian Helicopters showers Makawao cemetery with petals for Memorial Day
As part of this year’s Memorial Day Ceremony, Blue Hawaiian Helicopters released fragrant flowers over veterans’ graves at Makawao Veterans Cemetery during a flower drop tribute. Attendees included Maui County Veterans and their families.
Reflections on service and sacrifice at Mauiʻs Memorial Day observance
Family and friends gathered at the Makawao Veterans Cemetery on Maui to reflect and honor the service of the men and women who gave their lives while serving the nation.
Missing Pāʻia man last seen in early April
The Maui Police Department is asking for the public’s help with any information on the whereabouts of Chase Hanson, 21, of Pāʻia.
Maui and Oʻahu beaches make top 10 in 2022 list by “Dr. Beach”
Oʻahu’s Duke Kahanamoku Beach, and Maui’s Wailea Beach, were ranked No. 5 and No. 8 respectively in the 2022 ranking.
Community Needs Survey launched to better understand causes of poverty in Maui County
Maui Economic Opportunity has begun circulating a survey on the causes of poverty in Maui County to be used in the development of a Community Needs Assessment and Action Plan that the nonprofit generates every three years.
Four Seasons Resort Maui vows to “break up with chemical sunscreen”
The Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea will launch a collaboration with Maui-based Project Reef, in a concerted effort to encourage “breaking up” with chemical sunscreen. The initiative launches on June 8, 2022, in conjunction with World Oceans Day, and comes ahead of Maui Countyʻs ban on the sale, distribution, and use of non-mineral sunscreens in Maui County, which goes into effect in October 2022.
Two Molokaʻi High School seniors receive Kukui Mālamalama scholarship
Congratulations to Steven Arce and Dianthe Kaili of Molokaʻi High School, recipients of this year’s Kukui Mālamalama scholarships.
Volcano Watch: Playing with wire: upcoming surveys to reveal Kīlauea’s inner workings
Hopes are high that researchers will be able to more clearly image to greater depths to produce a picture of the entire magmatic system of Kīlauea. The final products of this survey will be made public within a few years.
Hawaiʻi Alpha Delta Kappa awards scholarships to six Maui students
Hawaiʻi Alpha Delta Kappa, Gamma Chapter awarded $1,000 scholarships to six Maui students for their outstanding academic excellence.
Lei from Maui honors fallen heroes for Memorial Day
Maui residents donated fresh flowers and ti-leaves to the Office of the Mayor to make lei in honor of fallen heroes on Memorial Day.
Deployment of a neutron monitor on Maui to improve space weather observation
A four-year, $2.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation will fund a project to construct a space weather station center on the UH Mānoa campus and deploy a neutron monitor on Maui.
Dennis W. Jung elected as new chair at Democratic Party of Hawaiʻi Convention
Delegates at the Democratic Party of Hawaiʻi’s 2022 Convention elected Honolulu attorney Dennis W. Jung as the 2022-2024 Chair.
Seven new doctors from Maui County among UH John A. Burns School of Medicine graduates
The new crop of physicians include seven with roots in Maui County.
