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New program offers working Maui households up to $800 monthly

Applications opened Monday for Maui United Way's Kamaʻāina Credit for ALICE Households Pilot Program, which will provide monthly financial assistance to approximately 910 eligible households across Maui County for one year. Funded by the county and advanced by Maui County Council member Gabe Johnson, the program is designed to help working households achieve greater financial stability while gathering information about the financial pressures facing residents who may not qualify for traditional assistance programs. Selected households will receive $500 per month for households of ...

County homebuyer program issues 100th shopping letter

Eighteen households displaced by the 2023 Maui wildfires received shopping letters Tuesday through a county homebuyer assistance program, bringing the total number of letters issued to 100. The Ho‘okumu Hou First-Time Homebuyer Opportunity Program offers qualified households up to $600,000 ...

Maui Comic Con returns Oct. 24-25 for a weekend of fandom, fantasy and fun

Maui will transform once again into a gathering place for comic-book fans, artists, cosplayers, collectors and pop-culture enthusiasts when Maui Comic Con returns to the University of Hawaii Maui College on Oct. 24-25. Founded by friends Alika Seki of Maui Comics and Collectibles and comic ...

Advisory for Kalama Park no longer in effect

Update: Maui County canceled the advisory for Kalama Park on Friday. All temporary warning signs have been removed. Portions of Kalama Park in Kihei are temporarily closed following a wastewater overflow reported Thursday, Oct. 22, at Kihei Wastewater Pump Station No. 6, according to the Maui County Department of Environmental Management. The overflow, caused by a mechanical failure in a force main at the pump station, has not reached the ocean but is affecting Kalama Park, the Kihei Fire Station and surrounding properties. The park's tennis and basketball courts, soccer field and ...

Grammy-winning British reggae band Steel Pulse to perform Saturday on Maui

Grammy-winning British reggae band Steel Pulse will bring the fall leg of their “Reggae Against Racism” world tour to the Maui Arts & Cultural Center on Saturday with Hawaii’s Seven Suns opening the show. “After touring the world celebrating our 50th anniversary, we recognized that ...