Nestor Ugale Jr. and Ho‘ōla iā Mauikama Disaster Long Term Recovery Group Executive Director Rhonda Alexander-Monkres will speak at the Rotary Club of Lahaina Sunset meeting June 2. The presentation, “Helping Lahaina Come Home: The Role of Ho‘ōla LTRG in Long-Term Recovery,” will ...
Members of the Rotary Club of Lahaina Sunset recently volunteered with Habitat for Humanity Maui to help complete a home on Komo Mai Street for a family that lost theirs in the 2023 Lahaina fire. Club members and volunteers spent the day painting the home while also sharing music, fellowship ...
Cyclists, community leaders and advocates gathered Saturday for the 2026 Maui Ride of Silence to honor riders killed on Maui roads and promote traffic safety. Hosted by the Maui Bicycling League, the annual memorial ride began at the Alexander & Baldwin Sugar Museum in Puunene. Despite windy ...
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On Monday, two men survived a single-engine plane crash in water about two miles west of Kalaupapa Airport on Molokai. According to Maui Fire, the plane went down at about 11:43 a.m. The men were able to get out of the aircraft and get to the shore on their own. The pair then made their way to facilities at Kalaupapa National Park, where they were taken aboard a fire department helicopter and flown to the Kalaupapa lookout. At the lookout, the two men were checked out by EMS and then taken to Molokai General Hospital for further evaluation. The fire department listed the men as ...
Maui County officials are planning a community meeting at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Malcolm Center to discuss recovery work from the kona low storms. Back-to-back kona low storms in March caused significant damage, particularly to portions of South Kihei Road. Representatives from the Office of Recovery will be on hand to share details about the ongoing work and answer questions, according to Maui County Council member Tom Cook. “We’ve heard from our community on the need for frequent and consistent updates and expected timelines for road closures,” said Cook, who holds the seat ...
