Atlantis Submarines Maui has resumed operations from Lahaina Harbor nearly three years after the August 2023 wildfire destroyed the company's submarine, support vessels and harbor facilities. The company announced Monday that it has restarted undersea tours five days a week from Lahaina ...
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The Maui County Farm Bureau honored longtime agricultural advocate and soil microbiologist Harold Keyser as its 2026 Maui Legacy Farmer during the opening of the 17th Maui AgFest & 4-H Livestock Fair on May 30 at the War Memorial Special Events Field. Keyser, a retired Maui County ...
The Maui County Department of Human Concerns Office on Aging recognized Joseph Pontanilla and Roselani Enomoto with the 2026 Maui County Outstanding Older American Male and Female awards May 15 ceremony at the J. Walter Cameron Center in Wailuku. During a lunch ceremony, Pontanilla and ...
Maui County officials are urging residents and visitors to prepare for hurricane season, which began Sunday and runs through Nov. 30. The National Weather Service is forecasting an above-normal season in the Central Pacific basin, including Hawaii, with a 70% chance of above-normal activity. Forecasters expect between five and 13 tropical cyclones, including tropical depressions, tropical storms and hurricanes. The Maui Emergency Management Agency is recommending that households be “Two Weeks Ready” by maintaining at least 14 days of food, water, medications and other essential ...
On Friday, Maui police arrested Kirill Basin, who recently announced he is running for Hawaii's 2nd Congressional District seat in the U.S. House. According to police, dispatch received a report that at approximately 9:30 a.m., Basin entered a county building off Main Street in Wailuku while brandishing a firearm and engaged in a verbal altercation with county employees. Police said officers responded within approximately five minutes and immediately implemented a partial lockdown while officers searched for Basin. An all-points bulletin was issued, and officers reported finding ...
