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Imua Family Service’s Color Festival returns April 26

The Color Festival Hawaiʻi will return to the Maui Arts & Cultural Center on April 26, 2025, featuring live music, food and the signature color-throwing experience.

Case re-introduces measures to relieve impacts of Jones Act on cost of living in Hawai‘i

US Reps. Ed Case (D-HI-01) and James Moylan (R-Guam) are leading re-introduction in Congress of three legislative proposals to reform the century-old Merchant Marine Act of 1920, commonly known as the “Jones Act.” The Act has long been criticized for creating shipping monopolies that increase the cost of imported goods to non-contiguous US regions, including Hawai‘i, Guam, the Northern Marianas, American Samoa, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and Alaska.

Maui Calm Project expected to launch in spring 2025

The Maui Calm Project has announced its tentative launch this spring after receiving a $25,000 contribution from the Rotary District 5000 Foundation Maui Fires Relief Fund.

Artist interview: Earth to Sky sculpture exhibit now open at Imua Discovery Garden in Wailuku

Imua Discovery Garden hosts an outdoor sculpture exhibit, the largest of its kind in Maui County, aimed at raising crucial funds for the nonprofit organization while fostering a deeper appreciation for outdoor art and bolstering support for the Wailuku Arts District. 

Pasha Hawaiʻi announces delivery of containership fueled by liquefied natural gas

Pasha Hawaiʻi has received delivery of the MV George III, a 774-foot containership that is the first vessel powered by liquefied natural gas to fuel on the West Coast and serve Hawaiʻi, according to a company news release.

7th Annual Virtual Hawaiian Airlines Made in Maui County Festival Announces Local Celebrity Hosts

The Maui Chamber of Commerce announced Alaka‘i Paleka and Kathy Collins as the local celebrity hosts for the 7th Annual Virtual Hawaiian Airlines Made in Maui County Festival. The virtual event will feature shopping and interacting with vendors in virtual booths, a two-day live streaming component with QVC-style vendor presentations, sponsor messages, a chef’s demonstration, fashion show, vendor commercials, live musical entertainment and local programming.

DOJ Clears Pasha Group’s Acquisition of Horizon Hawaiʻi

The US Department of Justice has cleared The Pasha Group’s purchase of the Hawaiʻi trade-lane business Horizon Lines Inc, which paves the way for an anticipated final closing before the end of the second quarter.

Horizon Lines Hawaiʻi Operations Sold to Competitor Pasha

Cargo shipping company Horizon Lines, Inc., today announced its Hawaiʻi operations are being sold to its competitor The Pasha Group, and Horizon Lines’ Alaska operations are being sold to competitor Matson, Inc.