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Food vouchers still available to Native Hawaiian families

The Maui News ‘Ai Hua fresh food vouchers are still available to Native Hawaiian families that have been financially impacted by or had a member contract COVID-19, program coordinator Maui Economic Opportunity announced Tuesday. The program is funded by a $150,000 Office of Hawaiian Affairs grant and is intended to benefit both Native Hawaiian families who receive vouchers for fresh food and local farmers who provide products for farmers markets, according to a MEO news release. The vouchers, with a maximum of $150 per household, are issued monthly based on family size for up to ...

Blessing held for Northshore Greenway

A blessing for the Northshore Greenway that allows people to walk, jog and bike from Kahului to Paia was held Tuesday morning along Baldwin Beach Park. The last piece of the 3-mile nonmotorized pathway was completed in April 2020 in the vicinity of the Maui Country Club Golf Course and ...

The 53rd Annual Barrio Fiesta

FIRST PHOTO: Maui Filipino Community Council president Domingo “Jing” Gumpal grills teriyaki meat Saturday morning during the Maui Barrio Fiesta at the Binhi at Ani Filipino Community Center in Kahului. “With Filipinos, most of our celebrations center around food,” Gumpal said with a ...

Online marketplace adds more farms, ranches

The Cabral family has run a ranch on Maui for generations, but it wasn’t until 2020 — in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic — that the family started to process their own pasture-raised and grass-fed meat, after one of their daughters was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. “The past few ...

Sakamoto Invitational enjoys triumphant return

KAHULUI — In so many ways, this Memorial Day weekend was special for Kaimi Matsumoto, Patrick Garduque and Connor Gunderson. The trio of Maui Swim Club standouts all swam in the Coach Soichi Sakamoto Invitational at the pool that is also named for the legendary coach.  It is also quite ...

UH resumes indoor mask policy as cases rise

The Maui News Face masks are once again required indoors across the University of Hawaii system, except when working alone or separated from others by 6 feet or more, UH announced. The policy took effect Wednesday following recommendations by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on mask-wearing as well as recommendations by UH medical and public health experts and the state Department of Health. The indoor mask requirement will remain in place and be reevaluated when the level of COVID-19 transmission in the state decreases, UH said. All members of the UH community ...