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Applications for annual federally funded energy credit assistance for low-income residents, who are not in crisis but require help to pay their heating and cooling bills, are now being accepted via mail or in-person through the end of June. Maui Economic Opportunity helps administer the popular once-a-year Hawaiʻi Low-Income Home...

The state Department of Transportation will be conducting road work this week that will result in lane closures at various locations. Lane closure schedules may change at any time without further notice. All projects are weather permitting. — Honoapiʻilani Highway (Route 30) — Wailuku to Waikapū: Shoulder closure on...

The 2023 bon dance schedule kicked off this weekend with the first event held June 3 at the Lahaina Shingon Mission. Find a complete schedule of upcoming bon dance dates HERE:. Lahaina Shingon Mission, 682 Luakini St., Lahaina, 661-0466. June 10, (Sat.) 7:30 p.m. Puʻunēnē Nichiren Mission, 9 Ani St.,...

The County of Maui is providing free meals at its Summer PALS sites on Maui and Molokaʻi, in an effort to ensure that no children go hungry while school is out of session this summer. The Summer Food Service Program is a federal program made available in eligible areas...

Puunene, Hawaii (KITV4)- Maui Humane Society is looking for pics of your pets for a calendar photo contest. Pets who get the most votes will win a featured spot in the 2024 MHS Pet Calendar. Each vote is $1 (required minimum of 5 votes) and 100% of proceeds will be used to help shelter animals at the facility.

Honolulu (KHON2) – Maui native, Madame Donut is heating things up on Season 13 of FOX’s MasterChef as one of this years’ contestants. Owner and baker of Donut Dynamite, Madame Donut is bringing a Hawaii twist to MasterChef as she spreads the Aloha spirit through her recipes.

We have reports that the road is now OPEN. Honoapiʻilani Highway is closed just north of Mile 13.5 due to a brush fire in Olowalu. Police say the north bound lane will be the only lane open until further notice. The Hawaii Department of Transportation advises motorists to avoid the area.

A blessing and groundbreaking ceremony for the new County of Maui West Maui Water Source Development Project was held on 10.5 acres of former pineapple land below the West Maui Mountains in Honokōwai. The county Department of Water Supply project will develop the Kahana Well, an existing exploratory well,...

KIHEI (HawaiiNewsNow) - There is another potential roadblock in the decade-long effort to safely open a new high school in South Maui. Kulanihakoi High School in Kihei hopes to welcome its first students this fall — if it can get through all the red tape. Sen. Angus McKelvey said...

Ebb & Flow Arts will present Piano Synergy – four concerts of multi-piano music on June 17 and 18 at the Maui Music Conservatory, located at the Queen Ka‘ahumanu Center (first floor near the old Sears store) in Kahului. Admission is free. “Our invited composer/pianists from Canada and...

WAILUKU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A Maui woman accused of trying to kidnap a child could face even more charges. But the woman’s mother says what she really needs is more compassion. “It concerns me that she’s out in the world and being misperceived as somebody dangerous, and she really isn’t,”...

The Hāna Metals Recycling Event will be held on June 16 and 17 at the Hāna Landfill's Hāna Recycling Center. The event will operate on a first come, first served basis, and equal amounts of bin space will be available on both days.

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HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Following recent rockfall, slope stabilization work is slated to begin next week to remove 1,500 tons of rock debris from above Hana Highway in East Maui. A one-mile stretch of the roadway between the Alelele and Lelekea bridges has been closed for over three weeks after being...

AARP Hawaiʻi welcomes former Maui County managing director Grant Chun to its Executive Council, a team of volunteers who provide strategic direction and leadership of AARP priorities in Hawaiʻi. Chun is executive director of Hale Mahaolu, a nonprofit developer and owner of housing for low-income seniors, families and...

The Maui Department of Water Supply reports that a water service outage will occur on June 1, 2023 from 10 p.m. to June 2, 2023 at 7 a.m. in Wailuku. All water services will be affected in the vicinity of the intersection of Waiʻale Road and Kuikahi Drive.

From June 1 to June 30, Hawaiian Electric and Kauai Island Utility Cooperative customers in need may apply for a one-time credit to reduce their energy bills under the federal Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, or LIHEAP. LIHEAP Energy Credit applications are taken annually only during the month of June...

Governor Josh Green, M.D. has named three interim appointees to serve on the State Board of Education, including University of Hawaiʻi Maui College dean of arts and sciences, Kahele Dukelow. Warren Haruki, former CEO of Maui Land & Pineapple Company from 2009 to 2023, has been appointed to serve...

The Maui County Council will consider passage on second and final reading of the county’s fiscal year 2024 budget Tuesday. The Maui County Charter requires the council to take final action on the budget by June 10. The council, which normally meets on two Fridays each month, has adjusted...

Maui shop owner, Shane Rosberg of Kula, was arrested last week and charged with 26 counts of wildlife trafficking and 26 counts of possession of endangered and protected wildlife. Executing a search warrant, officers from the DLNR Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement (DOCARE), and NOAA’s Office of Law Enforcement...