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November 01, 2025

Small businesses shine each year at Hawaiian Airlines’ Made In Maui County Festival

More than 140 vendors will have a chance Friday to show their wares to about 2,000 wholesalers and shoppers from 1:30 to 6 p.m. in the “Buyers Preview and Exclusive Shopping Day” when tickets to enter are $36 per person and on Saturday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., the “Big Shopping Day” that is open to everyone, is expected to draw between 8,000 and 10,000 people with tickets priced at $9 per person.

October 31, 2025

After 50 years of promoting golf on Maui, TV analyst Mark Rolfing’s next big shot is trying to save The Sentry

Mark Rolfing has survived stage 4 cancer and is now putting his energy into helping to save the PGA Tour tournament he was instrumental in bringing to Maui 28 years ago.

October 29, 2025

From losing her home to chairing Maui housing committee: Tasha Kama leaned on faith and family

The late council member’s personal struggles to find housing and the fact that some of her kids had to move off island drove her passion for affordable housing, her family says.

October 27, 2025

Monday Morning MIL: Baldwin football beats Lahainaluna 14-7 to clinch Bears’ first state tournament berth since 2019

Lahainaluna saw its remarkable Maui Interscholastic League record of 17 straight trips to state football tournaments come to an end with Saturday’s result.

October 26, 2025

Group that saved Honolua Bay from development now wants it to become a cultural sanctuary with fewer tourists

The Save Honolua Coalition wants to follow the success of places like Hā‘ena State Park on Kaua’i where visitor numbers were drastically reduced.

October 25, 2025

SNAP benefits to be suspended next month due to federal government shutdown, affecting 18,000 in Maui County

The Food and Nutrition Service notified states Friday that all November SNAP benefit allotments are suspended until sufficient federal funding is appropriated or the agency issues updated direction. 

October 22, 2025

Maui Gold Pineapple wants to ramp up to full production, but deer and drought stand in the way

The company says its fields are getting “eaten alive by axis deer and feral pigs,” and many Maui farms are facing similar challenges.

October 21, 2025

BREAKING NEWS: Los Angeles Angels hiring Maui’s Baldwin High grad Kurt Suzuki as next manager

Kurt Suzuki, a 2001 graduate from Mauiʻs Baldwin High School, will become the first MLB manager from Hawai’i when he takes command of the Los Angeles Angels.

October 20, 2025

Monday Morning MIL: Defending champion Kamehameha Maui rolls into Division II state football tournament as ‘best team on Maui’

The Warriors rolled to a 27-7 win over Lahainaluna on Friday night at Kana‘iaupuni Stadium to clinch another trip to state with a 3-0 record in the second round of Maui Interscholastic League play — they were already the first-round champions in Division II with a 4-0 record.

October 19, 2025

Lahaina’s affordable Front Street Apartments will be rebuilt with more units, but not soon enough for some former residents

Plans to rebuild the housing complex destroyed by the 2023 wildfire now call for an increase of 98 units, but with a four-year timeline, residents whose FEMA housing will end in February are left in limbo.

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