Native Hawaiian community group seeks to halt $471M luxury development with limited workforce rentals in Wailea

Wailuku First Friday returns to the heart of historic Wailuku Town on Friday, Nov. 6, 2026, from 6 to 9 p.m., bringing an evening of live entertainment, local shopping, food, and community celebration.

The Maui Youth Rodeo Organization will host its annual Champagne & Champions Gala on Nov. 21 at the Oskie Rice Event Center Ranch Clubhouse in Makawao, with proceeds supporting youth rodeo programs.

The Maui Nui Marine Resource Council will host a free online webinar Nov. 5 on how fisheries replenishment areas can rebuild reef fish populations and sustain fishing in Hawaiʻi.

The County of Hawaiʻi and its partners announce the launch of the Hoʻi Returnable Dish Program, a city-wide municipal reuse system, in Hilo on Nov. 9.

The OHA funding supports Hoʻoulu Lāhui’s final stages of recovery after the loss of its 600 acre site including the Kua O Ka Lā Charter School campus at Puʻalaʻa to the 2018 Kilauea eruption.

Hawaiʻi Medical Service Association raised more than $116,000 in its annual workplace giving campaign for Aloha United Way, Hawaiʻi Island United Way, Kauaʻi United Way and Maui United Way, the largest health insurer in Hawaiʻi reported.

Airbnb and its nonprofit, Airbnb.org, have together provided more than 110,000 nights of free emergency housing in Hawaiʻi since 2020, the company said in a news release. That includes stays during Kona lows, Hurricane Lowell, Tropical Storm Lala and flooding on Oʻahu in 2026, and after the Maui wildfires in 2023.

Akakū Maui Community Media will present four hours of live coverage of the 2026 General Election on Tuesday, Nov. 3, from 7 to 11 p.m., bringing Maui Nui viewers election results, candidate interviews, community perspectives and analysis of the issues shaping the islands’ future.

Flight of Aloha, an indoor “flying ride” attraction, is set to open Dec. 1 at Whalers Village in Kāʻanapali, the company announced.

Four NCAA Division I women’s basketball teams will compete in a two-day tournament at Seabury Hall in Makawao on Dec. 18-19 as the Maui Classic marks its 10th year. Oregon State University and the nonprofit Vertical Sports Maui announced the schedule. Oregon State hosts the tournament and will face Idaho State University and Ball State […]

The Health Resources and Services Administration has awarded a $2.2 million federal grant to Chaminade University’s Nursing Program for workforce development.

Binhi at Ani will host its annual Bayanihan Food Distribution on Nov. 14, 2026, at Lahaina Intermediate School to provide food boxes, hot meals, produce, and groceries to those in need.