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July 18, 2025

Last people leave homeless community along Amala Place as county clears out vehicles, belongings

Maui County said that of the 46 people living there, 21 went into shelter and two entered recovery programs. On Thursday, 10 truckloads of trash were removed and two truckloads of personal items were put into storage, where residents have 30 days to claim them.

July 16, 2025

The beauty of it all: New program at UH Maui College offers esthetician, nail tech programs at request of high school students

Reese Yap is instructing the first Beauty Operator Program at the University of Hawaiʻi Maui College, with 13 students aged 19 to 61 learning hands-on beauty courses to become licensed as an esthetician and/or nails technician.

July 14, 2025

Monday Morning MIL: Football returns to traditional schedule for the first time since the fires

The league will use the eight-game, two-round system to determine Division I and Division II state tournament berths after two seasons of unbalanced schedules were needed due to the Aug. 8, 2023, fires and the expansion to a six-team league that included Moloka’i in 2024. 

July 14, 2025

Maui’s ‘Lady Samurai’ faces biggest challenge of her mixed martial arts career as co-main event in South Africa

Maui’s Sumiko Inaba will battle undefeated Dakota Ditcheva (14-0-0) on Sunday in a Professional Fighters League bout for flyweight women (125 pounds).

July 12, 2025

Homeless community at Amala Place must leave by next week, Maui County says

All belongings left on site by Thursday morning will be impounded, and residents will have up to 30 days to pick up their items, the county said.

July 11, 2025

In Hawaiian Electric’s first proactive power shutdown, Upcountry customers frustrated by long outage but supportive of fire prevention program

Some farmers lost thousands of dollars in products when their generators couldn’t keep their operations going. But even the hardest-hit businesses and their neighbors say shutting off the power is a good measure to prevent another tragedy like the 2023 wildfires in Lahaina and Upcountry.

July 09, 2025

Youth volleyball team from Maui wins national championship in Minneapolis; returns home to heroes’ welcome

The Hawaiian Style Volleyball Club’s boys under-15 team won the national title on Saturday in Minneapolis, a feat a longtime Maui volleyball coach says has never been done before.

July 07, 2025

Monday Morning Maui Sports: Nick Rolovich returns to islands as camp draws over 500 top football players to King Kekaulike Stadium

The Under Armour Next Camp at King Kekaulike Stadium on Saturday was the final stop of 14 on the camp tour. The camp, which included several NFL players or retirees as coaches, was the brainchild of Baldwin High School graduate JoJo Dickson.

July 07, 2025

St. Anthony School banks on new sports academy, ʻŌlelo Hawai‘i program to boost plummeting enrollment

The blueprint to attract students to St. Anthony, the alma mater of Maui County Mayor Richard Bissen and Major League Baseball two-time champion Shane Victorino, has been developed over the past year and is being implemented for K-12 for the 2025-26 school year.

July 06, 2025

50-year love story: Mike and Joycelyn Victorino’s life full of family, public service and now a Parkinson’s diagnosis

While life has been difficult for Mike Victorino after losing his reelection bid for Maui County mayor in 2022 and taking on new health challenges, he has the love and support of his family and a strong will to see his great grandchildren grow up.

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