The Maui News The Maui Fair Alliance announced Tuesday they will not hold the Maui Fair in 2024, and will cease operations after 98 years of fairs and events for the Maui community. The county fair was last held in the fall of 2019 and has not operated since the Covid-19 pandemic. The fair ...
The Maui News Lahainaluna High School senior Lola Donez was named the Gatorade Hawaii Girls Basketball Player of the Year for 2023-24, Gatorade announced in a news release Thursday. Donez led the state in scoring at 26.9 points per game, according to statistics from scoringlive.com. The ...
The Maui News Lahainaluna High School senior Lola Donez was named the 2023-24 Hawaii MaxPreps Player of the Year via an online news release on Wednesday. The 5-foot-11 senior guard helped the Lunas go 13-3 and reach the Heide & Cook/HHSAA Division I state semifinals. Donez led the state in ...
Kawehi Gillcoat is on a mission and his future in the combat sport of jiu-jitsu appears extremely bright. Gillcoat won a bronze medal in the blue belt featherweight (149 pounds) division that included 110 competitors at the World IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu No-Gi Championships in Las Vegas on Dec. ...
• Q: How does sleep affect heart health? Dr. Kimble Poon, Cardiologist, Kaiser Permanente Hawaii: Along with diet and exercise, sleep is vitally important to maintaining overall health, including your heart. Poor or inadequate sleep can have a negative impact on heart health in a number of ways, including increasing your risk for heart failure, heart attack, and stroke. At the same time, getting enough quality sleep can protect your heart. One key way sleep affects the heart is by regulating blood pressure. Blood pressure naturally dips at night during healthy sleep, which reduces ...
UH Mānoa's Department of English selected “resurgence” as the 2023 Word of the Year. The inspiration came from a return to post-pandemic normalcy at Mānoa and also from Maui’s resiliency following the August 8th wildfires. Here at UH Maui College, our word of the year is Laukanaka – many people. Because 2023 confirmed for us that it takes a community coming together to persevere. And now we move forward with strength – imua – for there is much still to do. We are committed to being an integral part of the recovery of Lāhainā and Kula – and the advancement of the rest of ...
