Breaking News

Roberta Ho Yamamoto

Roberta Ho Yamamoto, age 71, of Wailuku, Maui, passed away at her home on January 10, 2026. Born and raised in Honolulu, Oahu, Roberta moved to Maui to build her life and raise her family. A devoted wife, mother, and grandmother, Roberta’s world revolved around the people she loved. Her ...

Chassidy Morton

Chassidy “Chass” Ka’iulani Morton, 43 passed away peacefully at home in Wailuku on September 3, 2026. She was born on January 10, 1983 at Maui Memorial Medical Center to Edgar Morton Jr. and Corinne Canto Morton. She is survived by her mother Corinne Morton, siblings Elisha Bacos (Las ...

Letha Rosemary Yap Palmanteer

Letha Rosemary (Yap) Palmanteer, 80, passed away on August 31, 2026, at her home in Nespelem, Washing-ton, having been in hos-pice care for the better part of a year. She was born on De-cember 18, 1945, in Ho-nolulu HI, eldest child to the late Harold Leong and Mary Frances (Buff) Yap and was ...

John Joseph Griffiths Jr.

John Joseph Griffiths Jr., known to all as “Joe,” of Kahului, Maui, went home to be with our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on August 8, 2026, in Los Angeles, California. Joe was born on September 13, 1962, in Johnson City, New York, to the late John Joseph Griffiths Sr. and Mary J. ...

Georgia Keenan-Abilay

Georgia Keenan-Abilay, 89, passed away peacefully on Monday, May 19, surrounded by her loving family, at Silverado Senior Living, in San Juan, Capistrano, California. She was born in Denver, Colorado on October 3, 1936. Georgia is survived by her sister Lawri/Tom Freeman, three of her four ...

Grace U‘ilani Gomes

Grace U‘ilani Gomes, 72, of Lahaina, Maui, passed away peacefully on September 1, 2026, surrounded by her loving ‘ohana. Born on April 18, 1954, in Wailuku, Maui, Grace was a strong and loving woman who devoted her life to her family, faith, culture, and community. She will be remembered ...