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Emails show FBI Director Kash Patel’s Hawaii trip included ‘VIP snorkel’ at a Pearl Harbor memorial
WASHINGTON — When Kash Patel visited Hawaii last summer, the FBI took pains to note the director was not on vacation, highlighting his walking tour of the bureau's Honolulu field office and meetings with local law enforcement. Left out of the FBI's news releases was an exclusive excursion ...
Vince Esquire releases ‘Funkulele’
If Prince had loved playing the ukulele, he might have released an album like Vince Esquire’s “Funkulele,” which features nine primarily instrumental tracks of super-grooving funk with possibly the greatest collection of backing musicians ever assembled on a Maui recording. “I just ...
West Maui community center, field house meeting May 19
The Maui County Department of Parks and Recreation will host a public meeting from 5:30 to 7 p.m. May 19 at Lahaina Civic Center social hall to share ideas for the new Lahaina community center and field house. A website that will collect public feedback will be unveiled at the May 19 meeting. Locations for the field house and community center have not yet been confirmed, but the site will be near the Lahaina Recreation Center complex. The field house will include two regulation-sized basketball courts that can also be used for other court sports. It may also be used as a community ...
First reading of county budget set for Friday
The Maui County Council will meet at 10 a.m. Friday for first reading of bills on the county’s fiscal year 2027 budget, with a plan to invest in housing and community infrastructure, according to Chair Alice L. Lee. Friday’s meeting will also serve as a public hearing on the budget package, which includes Bill 55, CD1 (2026) on the operating budget and Bill 56, CD1 (2026) on the capital program, Lee said. The Budget, Finance and Economic Development Committee has recommended a revised plan of about $1.6 billion, more than $8 million below the proposed budget submitted by Mayor ...
Maui Prep girls golf finishes fourth at state championships
Led by Sacha Salem and Sofia Mallari, the Maui Prep girls golf team finished fourth at the Hawaii High School Athletic Association State Championships. Coming into the spring season, Salem wasn’t sold on returning to the sport, but after placing 14th overall at the state championships May ...