Local chefs recently launched a movement that encourages dining out at local restaurants and buying from local grocers after a “concerning number” of new fast-food chains opened in Kahului and Wailuku this summer. About two dozen locally owned food businesses have joined the #MauiEatLocal ...

Maui welcomed around 2.9 million visitors last year, which represented a 95.1 percent recovery from pre-pandemic levels back in 2019, outpacing the state’s overall recovery rate, according to a report released earlier this week. Maui hit a high of 3,059,905 visitors in 2019, the first time ...

KAUAI: New cases: 41 • Total cases: 18,951 • Average cases: 4 • Positivity rate: 5.7% OAHU: New cases: 532 • Total cases: 262,244 • Average cases: 78 • Positivity rate: 5.1% MAUI: New cases: 90 (90 on Maui, 0 on Molokai, 0 on Lanai) • Total cases: 45,221 (43,071 on Maui, 1,317 ...

Perhaps it is the ever-present smile on Dion Kahiwa Augustiro’s face that gives him away. The Molokai High School senior simply loves to compete. He is the choice of the Maui Interscholastic League coaches as The Maui News MIL Player of the Year in eight-player football. He is currently ...

Technology prompted by the pandemic has helped improve court appearance rates, allowed more people to tune in to Supreme Court arguments and overall modernized a court system that’s accustomed to doing business in person, Hawaii’s top Judiciary official said Wednesday. Chief Justice Mark ...

KAUAI: New cases: 56 • Total cases: 18,910 • Average cases: 6 • Positivity rate: 6.1% OAHU: New cases: 784 • Total cases: 261,712 • Average cases: 99 • Positivity rate: 6.7% MAUI: New cases: 73 (73 on Maui, 0 on Molokai, 0 on Lanai) • Total cases: 45,131 (42,981 on Maui, 1,317 ...