The Maui Hotel & Lodging Association distributed nearly $1.8 million to 78 nonprofit organizations Friday during its Maui Charity Walk Allocation Reception Breakfast at the Fairmont Kea Lani. The $1,793,769 was raised through the 47th Maui Charity Walk on May 9, another record-breaking total ...
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 ...
A memorial service honoring the people who died in the 2023 Lahaina wildfire will be from 6-7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 7, at the crosses on Lahainaluna Road. Organizers will read the names of the more than 100 people who died in the fire during the service. Sign-in will begin at 5 p.m. for family ...
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 ...
Primary elections are always important, but the Hawai‘i primary on Aug. 8 is one of the most important in recent memory. No matter who you are, no matter what you believe, no matter how young (if you’re 18 or over) or old, whether you’re well-off, middle class or struggling, this primary ...
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 ...
