The Grand Wailea has opened the Palaha Hawaiian Cultural Center, which will host daily cultural activities and house works of art and artifacts. “For the first time since opening our doors in 1991, Hawaiian culture has a physical home here at Grand Wailea,” said Kainoa Horcajo, director ...
The Maui Ocean Center will be running the ninth annual Maui 5K on March 1, a fun and healthy fundraiser for fitness programs in Maui County schools. The event is part of the Maalaea aquarium’s Kuilima program, which gives back to local nonprofit organizations, schools and other community organizations. The run, in partnership with the nonprofit Run for Fitness, is open to parents, students, athletes and nonathletes. Proceeds from the run will go to maintain or purchase new equipment for schools’ physical fitness, play and athletic programs. The Maui 5K begins and ends at the Maui ...
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Trunks is a great big handsome 82 lb. ball of love! He’s a playful and jolly 6-year-old that loves to hit the beach and spend the day splashing around with the kids. This strong fella has been learning lots of good new manners during his Canine Good Citizen training here at the shelter. With ...
In one of the most ancient carnival celebrations in Europe, dozens of people don sheepskins, lace petticoats and conical caps, sling cowbells across their backs and parade through two Spanish towns. The groups, named “Joaldunak,” after the Basque-language word for cowbells, march through ...
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico proposal seeks to draw tourists to a historic Hispanic and Native American trail that once linked early Spanish settlers from Mexico City to an area just north of Santa Fe. A bill sponsored by state Rep. Andres Romero would erect landmarks from Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo in northern New Mexico to southern New Mexico connected to a route that connected the regions for hundreds of years. It also calls for the state to spend $5 million to create a commission to study ways to bring visitors to the trail, also called the Jornada del Muerto (the Journey of ...
