Maui County has reached a memorandum of understanding with Maui Land & Pineapple Co. to acquire the company’s West Maui water infrastructure, a move officials say would significantly expand public stewardship of drinking water systems. In a Monday announcement, Maui County Mayor Richard ...
Hawaii nonprofits supporting families and residents in need of affordable housing are being encouraged to submit applications for consideration of grants being awarded this year by the Nareit Foundation, a Section 501(c)(3) organization. The deadline for submitting grant applications is 5 p.m. June 19. Grants will be presented to selected nonprofits later this year through the Nareit Hawaii Community Giving Initiative. Funding for the grants is provided by donations from real estate investment trusts in Hawaii. For more information, go to nareithawaii.com.
Annual memorial ride honors lives lost on Maui’s roads and raises awareness for safer streets for all. The Maui Bicycling League (MBL) invites the community to participate in the 2026 Maui Ride of Silence on Saturday, May 23, 2026, at 8:45 AM beginning at the Alexander & Baldwin Sugar Museum in Puʻunēnē. The Ride of Silence is a solemn, slow-paced memorial ride that brings together cyclists, families, advocates, community members, and public officials to honor those who have lost their lives while riding on Maui’s roads and to raise awareness for safer streets for all. This ...
The Arts Belong Here: Our Youth and Maui Nui Performing Arts Future. Mr. Barry Kawakami will share how a new program, Wave of Harmony, seeks to influence our keiki in the Arts for generations to come. This 50(c)(3) was among the first organizations responding to the Lahaina fires with school arts programs, scholarships and community productions support. His Foundation’s mission is to keep performing arts alive in Maui’s public schools as well as on Moloka’i and Lana’i. This Foundation has been anchored by the Gilbert & Aileen Kam Chuck Charitable Trust donating more than ...
Hyatt Regency Maui Resort and Spa, announces the hatching of its first African Penguin (Spheniscus demersus) chick born on property in nearly 17 years. The chick, which hatched on April 24, joins the resort’s colony of seven adult African Penguins. Now three weeks old, the newest member of the resort’s penguin colony is healthy and thriving under the dedicated care of the on-property wildlife team. The newly hatched penguin’s arrival marks a historic milestone for the resort’s wildlife program, which is an active participant in the Zoological Association of America’s African ...
WAIALUA, Hawaii — The reddish-brown mud that smothered Bok Kongphan's Hawaii farm has hardened in the tropical sun. Irrigation tubes lie in a tangle where his lemongrass, cucumber and okra once flourished. His niece, Jeni Balanay, lost her crops too — a mustardy green called choy sum, ...
