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Pet of the Week

Are you a softy for gentle giants that just want to cover you with kisses all day long? Then you should definitely meet me, Millie, dog No. 93. I’m a 79-pound, 6-year-old that’s a good sport and I love to take it easy. I was getting pretty bummed out that I’ve been waiting for two ...

New Schaefer exhibit celebrates British Columbia’s indigenous artists

A new exhibition honoring indiginous artists from the Northwest Coast of Canada opens Sunday, June 16 and runs through Aug. 11, and is the first organized exhibit of Northwest Coast indigenous artists to visit Maui. “First Nations Art of British Columbia” brings inspiring traditional and ...

Book Review: Book launches history of rocketry

• “Chasing the Moon: The People, the Politics, and the Promise That Launched America into the Space Age” by Robert Stone and Alan Andres (Ballantine Books) This companion book to the upcoming PBS film showcases well-known individuals and some forgotten names that were just as essential ...

Publishers Weekly Best-sellers

HARDCOVER FICTION 1. “Where the Crawdads Sing” by Delia Owens (G.P. Putnam’s Sons) 2. “Queen Bee” by Dorothea Benton Frank (William Morrow) 3. “The 18th Abduction” by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro (Little, Brown) 4. “Redemption” by David Baldacci (Grand Central Publishing) 5. “Sunset Beach” by Mary Kay Andrews (St. Martin’s Press) 6. “The Guest Book” by Sarah Blake (Flatiron Books) 7. “Blessing in Disguise” by Danielle Steel (Dell) 8. “Fire & Blood” by George R.R. Martin (Bantam) 9. “The Stiehl Assassin” by Terry Brooks (Del Rey) 10. ...

Looking Back Through The Maui News

100 Years Ago 1919 — K. Nakata and K. Fukuhara, two of the fastest cane loaders from the HC&S plantation, walked off with the hapai-ko contest honors at the Territorial Fair, the team loading 3 tons of cane in 13 minutes 39 seconds. 75 Years Ago 1944 — Capt. Audrey Hollenbeck, commanding officer of the WAC detachment in Hawaii, declared that she believed the WACs had proved their worth in the two years of their existence. 50 Years Ago 1969 — Maui County’s Council has joined the nationwide consumer boycott of California table grapes in an effort to “help restore human ...