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Maui Ag Fest returns after two years

FIRST PHOTO: Pat Iwamoto (from right) sells a bag of dried mango to Iyla Raidmae, 10, and mom Jenna Romanchuk at the Yees Orchard booth during Saturday’s Maui AgFest and 4-H Livestock Fair at War Memorial Complex in Wailuku. After being postponed due to the pandemic the past two years, a ...

Maui companies aim to grow through Mana Up’s program

Environmentalism, culture and conservation are what three Maui entrepreneurs have in common as they push to grow their businesses through Mana Up’s accelerator program. Eleven entrepreneurs across the state, including Haku Maui, Advance Wildlife Education and Revive Glassworks from the ...

Paddlers celebrate return of summer season

LAHAINA — Energy and excitement filled the hot Saturday air as paddlers and spectators gathered at the crowded Hanakao‘o (Canoe) Beach Park for the first Maui County Hawaiian Canoe Association summer regatta since 2019. As the season kicked off with the Moki Kalanikau Regatta — ending ...

Red Cross seeking volunteers for ‘disaster season’

The Maui News The Hawaii Red Cross is putting out a call for more volunteers, the organization announced Wednesday on the first day of the hurricane season that runs through November. “We’re preparing for disaster season, and it’s critical to have a trained, ready volunteer workforce to make sure we can provide relief at a moment’s notice,” said Diane Peters-Nguyen, CEO of the American Red Cross, Pacific Islands Region. “Disasters can happen quickly, and we need to have more local volunteers prepared to respond!” Volunteers are needed to: • Support disaster shelters, ...

COVID-19 at a Glance

KAUAI: New cases: 503 Total cases: 14,270 Average cases: 71 • Positivity rate: 24.7% OAHU: New cases: 5,912 Total cases: 195,778 Average cases: 896 • Positivity rate: 20.5% MAUI: New cases: 801 (624 on Maui, 17 on Molokai, 7 on Lanai) Total cases: 34,240 (32,420 on Maui, 1,078 on ...

Maui’s April visitor arrivals, spending top 2019 numbers

Maui surpassed pre-pandemic visitor numbers and spending in April as the state saw the highest recovery rate of visitor spending and arrivals since February 2020, a state official said. There were 254,398 visitors to Maui in April, which was up 2.6 percent from April 2019, when 247,984 ...