Photo of the Day: Venus Jupiter Mercury
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AAA employees assemble 102 bikes for Maui foster youth
AAA employees visiting Maui assembled and donated 102 bicycles for foster youth across Maui County during a community service project Friday at the Hyatt Regency Kaanapali. Maui United Way brought together 175 AAA employees from across the nation for the bike-building event, which was part ...
Lahaina meeting to cover evacuation plans, school rebuild and buyout program
Maui County will hold its monthly Lahaina Community Meeting at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Lahaina Intermediate School cafeteria. Topics will include evacuation management and wildfire mitigation, a brief update on the status of the King Kamehameha III Elementary School rebuild, Hawaiian Electric Co.’s West Maui projects, upcoming community events and updates from the county Office of Recovery. The meeting will also include information on Lahaina Homecoming, Kuhinia Maui and the Hookumu Hou Strategic Voluntary Mitigation Buyout Program. Representatives from several departments and ...
Vehicle collisions leading cause of documented pueo deaths in Hawaii, study finds
Vehicle collisions are the leading cause of documented deaths for the pueo, or the Hawaiian short-eared owl, according to a statewide study led by researchers at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Described as the most extensive mortality assessment to date for the culturally significant ...
Pet of the Week: Black Betty
The Pet of the Week is submitted by the Maui Humane Society to promote adoptions at the Maui Animal Shelter and Adoption Center. For more information or to make an appointment, call (808) 877-3680, ext. 3, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Saturday or visit MauiHumaneSociety.org.
