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Maui United Way gives nonprofits serving Maui, Molokai and Lanai a boost

After receiving a record number of applications during this grant cycle, Maui United Way has awarded $900,000 in Community Resiliency Grants to 13 nonprofit organizations that serve Maui, Molokai and Lanai. According to Maui United Way, the grants provide three years of funding to help the 13 nonprofits strengthen essential services, build organizational capacity and support community resilience. The nonprofits awarded grants include Emergency Animal Care & Help, Family Hui Hawaii, Hale Mahaolu, Hāna Arts, Hawaiian Community Assets, Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Coalition of ...

Director of Personnel Services set to retire after 30 years with county

After three decades of working for the county, Maui County Director of Personnel Services Cynthia Razo-Porter has announced she will retire, effective July 31. Razo-Porter was appointed by the Civil Service Commission to be the director of the Department of Personnel Services in 2023. Before ...

Lukas Nelson benefit raises $256K for health care housing

A benefit concert organized by Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Lukas Nelson raised $256,000 for Maui Health Foundation’s Housing for Healthcare initiative, the foundation announced. “Lōkahi: A Celebration of Maui” was held Jan. 10 at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center and featured Nelson, Mick Fleetwood, Patrick Simmons, Stephen Wilson Jr., Lily Meola, the Maui Country Band and others, with Paul Simon appearing as the closing act. Nelson approached Maui Health Foundation about hosting the benefit in November after learning about Housing for Healthcare, a $20 million effort to ...

Barry Wurst: Jason Momoa can’t save ‘Supergirl’

Early into “Supergirl,” the second feature-length adaptation of the DC Comics character, someone asks why it’s ‘Supergirl’ and not ‘Superwoman.’ The answer is never given, proving the question, like the film itself, to be entirely pointless. In this version of the character, ...

Pet of the Week: Butter

The Pet of the Week is submitted by the Maui Humane Society to promote adoptions at the Maui Animal Shelter and Adoption Center. For more information or to make an appointment, call (808) 877-3680, ext. 3, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Saturday or visit MauiHumaneSociety.org.

Photo of the Day: Aloha

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