#Christmas

The first two families to finish rebuilding in Lahaina are both on Komo Mai Street, one of the earliest neighborhoods to take shape after the wildfire. Residents say it was a close-knit neighborhood and that the reconstruction and slow return of the community is a hopeful sign.

For entertainment this week on Maui, there’s multiple Grammy winner Kalani Pe’a, Amy Hānaiali’i’s annual Christmas concert, a Jazz & Blues Festival, a Jazz Maui event with Louise Lambert Quartet, and a bit of Shakespeare with Jason Feddy. Find our comprehensive listing HERE.

Tis the season to be safe. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused most malls, hotels and party planners throughout Maui to forgo Santa visits for other ways to be festive.

Many times, foster families fall in love and end up adopting their foster pets, but even if they don’t, the information received is invaluable to the…

At the Ka‘ena Point Natural Area Reserve, 21 sets of Laysan Albatross parents are now sharing familial responsibilities, by trying to hatch-out adopted eggs.

Queen Kaʻahumanu Center welcomes Da Maui Sleigh on Sunday, Dec. 11, 2016 from 3 to 6 p.m. in the North-East parking lot, at the corner of Kaʻahumanu Avenue and Kane Street.

Matson Navigation Company’s annual “Christmas Tree Ship” will arrive in Honolulu on Saturday, November 27, delivering evergreens from the Pacific Northwest.

Macy’s stores nationwide will be opening their doors at midnight after Thanksgiving dinner, and that includes the Macy’s on Maui, according to Donald Souza, a sales manager at Queen Kaahumanu Shopping Center Macy’s location.

by Maesyn The time-worn story of Little Women is one that has been passed down by grandmothers at Christmas time. The story of Christmas, love, laughter and self-improvement comes to life this holiday season as the Hana Arts and Theatrical Players present the Broadway musical version of Louisa May Alcott’s children’s classic, “Little Women.” The […]

By Wendy Osher [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHlr5FK9zKs[/youtube] On the First Day of Christmas, the Wailuku Community Association got a Santa Claus in a Banyan Tree. The Santa statue had gone missing for a full week, but was returned to its perch at the Wailuku Banyan Tree Park over the holiday weekend. The statue is situated at the corner […]

The state’s Maui Boating Office will be closed for two weeks beginning on December 23rd. The closure is due to a combination of furlough closure days, the Christmas and New Year’s holidays, weekends, and its move to a new location. The state facility will reopen at its new site on January 4th in the same […]

The largest solar farm in the state will be dedicated tomorrow on the island of Lanai.  The 1.5 megawatt photovoltaic facility is located on 10 acres in the Palawai Basin.  It will generate 3,000 megawatts of electricity, supplying 10 percent of Lanai’s electrical power annually and 30 percent of peak-power use.  The project is in […]

Lawmakers will discuss the cause of Oahu’s islandwide power outage that knocked out power on the day after Christmas to more than 282,000 customers.  The Senate Committee on Energy and the Environment will meet on January 14th for an informational briefing to go over reasons behind the extended outage and plans to prevent future incidents. […]