30+ min ago   (152+ words) Helene Hall in Hāna, Maui. PC: Wendy Osher The annual Holomua Kākou talk-story gathering and drop-in center that Maui Mayor Richard Bissen had planned to hold in Hāna early next week has been postponed because of the potential for severe…...

1+ hour, 30+ min ago   (230+ words) A woman formerly of Hanapēpē, Kauaʻi, has been indicted on a federal charge of possessing fentanyl with intent to distribute, US Attorney Kenneth M. Sorenson announced Friday. Dakota Ianniello, 55, was indicted July 23 after being arrested July 21 in the Western District…...

2+ hour, 30+ min ago   (253+ words) Young artists ham it up at the Hui Noʻeau Visual Arts Center in Makawao. The Hui will open a Youth Art Exhibition July 31. Admission is free, and the exhibition will run through Aug. 21. PC: Hui Noʻeau Visual Arts Center The…...

3+ hour, 30+ min ago   (290+ words) Maui Now Hawai‘i Tourism Authority opens registration for 2026 Hawai‘i Tourism Conference, Sept. 24-25 Registration is open for the Hawai‘i Tourism Authority’s 2026 Hawai‘i Tourism Conference, a gathering of Hawai‘i’s hospitality professionals, stewards of natural resources…...

4+ hour, 30+ min ago   (328+ words) Wailea Blue Course, hole #4, Wailea Golf Club. PC: Wailea Golf Club A charity golf tournament benefiting the Alzheimer’s Association – Hawaii is scheduled for Aug. 8 at Wailea Blue Course, with proceeds supporting care, education and research programs for Hawaiʻi families affected…...

8+ hour, 11+ min ago   (1234+ words) For months after Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agents shot and killed two U.S. citizens in Minnesota, the tipline to report ICE sightings on Maui went quiet as enforcement cooled. But in the past four weeks, calls and messages to the Maui…...

8+ hour, 30+ min ago   (120+ words) Tickets go on sale Aug. 1 for the 32nd Annual Made in Hawaiʻi Festival presented by Hawaiian Airlines. Returning with its largest footprint yet, this year’s festival will feature expanded hours, more than 800 vendor booths, a new third-floor experience, exclusive Huakaʻi by…...

9+ hour, 30+ min ago   (207+ words) Maui County officials are encouraging residents to prepare ahead of time for hurricane season, with a higher-than-average number of tropical cyclones predicted this storm season. Hurricane Fausto remains several days away and is expected to weaken to a tropical storm…...

10+ hour, 30+ min ago   (336+ words) Maui County’s new Emergency Operations Center will begin operations in August, following a blessing ceremony held Friday in Wailuku that drew county, state and federal officials, first responders and other dignitaries. The 9,355-square-foot facility, run by the Maui Emergency Management…...

19+ hour, 50+ min ago   (254+ words) The state Department of Health is advising residents and visitors of elevated levels of enterococci, a bacteria found in feces, at Hanakaʻōʻō Beach. Levels of 406 per 100 milliliter have been detected during routine beach monitoring, the department reported. The Department of…...