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(Update: Monday, October 19, 2026, at 3:52 p.m.) A brush fire has burned 3-4 acres along Piilani Highway (mauka side of the road), near Kaonoulu Street in Kīhei.

Toyota Hawaiʻi will cover admission fees for the first 3,000 attendees at the 2026 Pumpkin Patch at Kula Country Farms on Maui this Sunday, Oct. 25, 2026, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Maui Health announced today the appointment of Wade Ebersole as Chief Executive Officer, effective Oct. 25, 2026. Ebersole has served as interim CEO since May 3, 2026, and was previously Maui Health’s Vice President and Chief Operating Officer.

Nearly 200 high school students from Hawai‘i public schools statewide who aspire to be the state’s future teachers will attend the fourth annual Dive Into Education event this Friday, Oct. 23, at University of Hawai‘i West Oʻahu.

US Sen. Mazie Hirono and a group of congressional Democrats are asking the US Department of Education to restore federal money they say was improperly shifted away from minority-serving institutions, a category of colleges that includes schools serving Native Hawaiian and Asian American and Pacific Islander students.

Hawaiian Airlines and Alaska Airlines are rolling out refreshed chef-designed menus and a new wine selection for international Suites, or Business Class, guests, including Hawaiʻi-inspired dishes from Honolulu chefs, the airlines announced Thursday.

Maui County’s unemployment rate rose to 3.1% in September from 2.9% in August, according to figures the state Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism released Monday.

A global reassessment by the International Union for Conservation of Nature has found that 44% of reef-building coral species with sufficient data for assessment are threatened with extinction, up from about one-third in 2008.

Lahaina business owners, entrepreneurs and professionals are invited to a free community networking event, Lahaina Means Business from 5 to 7 p.m. Nov. 4 at Maui Kuʻia Estate Chocolate in Lahaina. The Rotary Club of Lahaina Sunset and the Maui County Office of Economic Development are sponsoring the event, which aims to build connections, encourage […]

Visitors donated $415,000 over the past 12 months at Hawaiʻi Pacific Parks Association visitor center stores in Hawaiʻi and American Samoa, supporting programs at Haleakalā National Park on Maui and other national park sites, the nonprofit said Thursday.

A juried exhibition of 98 works by 94 Hawaiʻi artists opens Oct. 20 at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center’s Schaefer International Gallery in Kahului, where it will run through Dec. 23.

At Seabury Hall, 15 students have earned the AP Capstone Diploma and 10 students have earned the AP Seminar and Research Certificate during the 2025-26 school year. The AP Capstone Diploma program helps students develop critical thinking, research, collaboration, and presentation skills that are essential to academic success.