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Akakū to provide live primary election coverage

Akakū Maui Community Media will broadcast live coverage of Hawaii’s 2026 primary election from 8 to 11 p.m. Saturday. The election-night program, hosted by Rick Nava and Hawaii Journalism Initiative journalist Cammy Clark, will feature election results, conversations with candidates and Maui Nui community leaders, and discussion of local issues. The broadcast also will include recorded interviews from the Kūhinia Maui remembrance event in Lahaina marking the third anniversary of the August 2023 Maui wildfires. Coverage will air on Akakū channels 53, 54 and 55 and will be ...

Marty Dread to release new album with Jamaican reggae legends

One of Maui’s most prolific musicians, Marty Dread, has released more than 20 albums, and they will keep coming with two new vinyl releases about to drop. “Vinyl is my new foray into music,” Dread said. “With downloading you have to sell billions of them to make hundreds of dollars. ...

Maui to remember third anniversary of deadly wildfires Saturday

The annual Kuhinia Maui gathering will be from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday to mark the third anniversary of the 2023 Maui wildfires that killed at least 102 people and burned much of Lahaina. The daylong gathering is intended to give residents an opportunity to be with family, friends and other community members as they support and care for one another on the third anniversary of the disaster. The gathering will take place on the lawn of Lahaina United Methodist Church at 988 Front St., according to the Maui County Office of Public Affairs. Following the recent completion of ...

Many wildfire survivors continue to seek affordable housing in Lahaina

Former Lahaina resident Sharon Serafica, her husband William and great-granddaughter have lived in nine different places since losing their home at Front Street Apartments to the August 2023 Lahaina fire. “We still haven’t found a permanent home,” said Serafica, a retired preschool ...

DUETS! explores the magic that happens when two performers share the stage

Known for her acclaimed cabaret productions celebrating music icons from Stevie Wonder to Carole King, Sheryl Renee is the creative force behind ProArts Playhouse’s popular DUETS! series, which pairs her with some of Maui’s top performers. After opening the year with a celebration of the ...

126 years of ink: A new era begins at The Maui News

For more than 126 years, The Maui News has chronicled the history of life on this beautiful island, serving as first a witness to but also a participant in the island’s remarkable transformation. Founded on Feb. 17, 1900, the newspaper began publication nearly six decades before Hawaii achieved statehood in 1959 and less than two years after the islands were formally annexed by the United States in 1898. At the time of the newspaper's founding, Maui was a largely rural island whose economy was dominated by sugar plantations and agriculture. The first edition of The Maui News was a ...