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Pukalani Terrace Center to host back-to-school drive

Pukalani Terrace Center will host its Fifth Annual Back-to-School Drive from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. July 18 in partnership with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Maui. The community event will collect and distribute school supplies for Upcountry students preparing for the 2026-27 school year. The event will include live entertainment, keiki activities, a live radio broadcast and giveaways throughout the day. Prizes include an overnight stay at the Maui Coast Hotel, Kula Country Farms gift certificates and a $75 Fabianis gift card. Families may pre-register through July 14 for a chance to ...

Hale Kau Kau reports record meal service in May

Hale Kau Kau provided a record number of meals in May, the most in a single month in the organization’s 35-year history, according to Barry Rosenfeld, president of Hale Kau Kau. The organization delivered 3,475 meals to kupuna and people with disabilities, an average of 112 meals per night. Hale Kau Kau also served 2,625 meals onsite in Kihei to people facing food insecurity, an average of 85 dinners per night. Rosenfeld said the organization continues to deliver meals to the Maui Food Bank in Kahului and has agreed to provide lunch once a week to the Lahaina Resource and Recovery ...

UH Manoa receives $2.2M grant for wildfire recovery study

Researchers at the University of Hawaii at Manoa have received a $2.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to support the next phase of a study examining the long-term impacts of the 2023 Maui wildfires. The three-year award will fund the Maui LOA, or Learnings to Overcome Adversities, study, which focuses on factors affecting health and well-being following disasters. The project is led by Alex Ortega, dean of the Thompson School of Social Work and Public Health, and Keawe Kaholokula, chair and professor in the Department of Native Hawaiian Health at the John A. Burns ...

Maui Bus expands fare-free program, adds new stops

Maui Bus fixed-route service will be free for students of any age and Maui County employees beginning July 1, the start of the new fiscal year. Starting July 1, students with a valid student ID will be able to ride free regardless of age. Previously, free rides were limited to students age 24 and younger. County employees with valid county identification also will ride free. Additionally, Maui Bus is adding new fixed-route stops on Puunene Avenue in Kahului, as well as in Haliimaile, Napili and Kihei on Piikea Avenue. Information on the new stops is available at ...

Photo of the Day: Braddah’s Grandpa

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Two hikers rescued from Haleakala Crater

Two hikers from Austin, Texas, were airlifted off of Haleakala on Monday after they had difficulty with the high elevation and were unable to make it back to the parking lot at the crater rim. Maui firefighters were called at 12:49 p.m. Monday to a mountain rescue in the crater. The hikers, a man and a woman, had made contact with National Park Service rangers before being located by Rescue 10 firefighters aboard Air 1. The hikers were evacuated by Air 1 and taken to Kula Park, where they were further evaluated by firefighters from the Kula Fire Station. Responding units included ...