Photo of the Day: King of the Hill
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Fire destroys vehicle in Maalaea; smoke prompts some residents to leave homes
A small fire Wednesday night along Hauoil Street destroyed at least one vehicle, sending a large amount of smoke into some Maalaea condominium units, causing at least one smoke alarm to go off and some residents to evacuate their units, according to the Maui County Fire Department. “There ...
County to launch locally grown food program for kūpuna
A six-month pilot program launching in September will provide fresh, locally grown food to 100 kūpuna each week at senior dining sites on Maui, according to the Maui County Department of Agriculture. The Locally Grown Healthy Food for Kūpuna Program is a partnership between the Department ...
Seabury Hall hosts inaugural Steve Colflesh Classic girls volleyball tournament
Seabury Hall played host to the inaugural Steve Colflesh Classic girls volleyball preseason tournament last weekend, bringing nine teams together for two days of preseason competition. The teams that faced off Aug. 13-14 included Seabury Hall, Baldwin and King Kekaulike on Maui; Chatsworth ...
Trumpet virtuoso Eddie Henderson to play Maui Jazz and Blues Festival
Making his Maui debut at the Maui Jazz and Blues Festival on Sept. 5 at The Ritz-Carlton Maui, Kapalua, trumpet virtuoso Eddie Henderson traces the roots of his musical path to a remarkable encounter with Louis Armstrong when he was 9 years old living in San Francisco. “My mother was a ...
Study finds ‘staggering’ amount of plastic in Hawaii’s pilot whales
Removing plastic waste from shorelines before it washes into the ocean is one way people can help protect whales, according to University of Hawaii researchers who found pounds of marine debris in 13 stranded short-finned pilot whales. According to the university, researchers found that ...