Over 31,000 Kaiser Permanente nurses and healthcare workers in California and Hawaii are striking due to disagreements over working conditions and negotiations.

Maui County is offering design plans and extended application deadline for wildfire recovery home reconstruction, with funding and strategic support to address housing needs.

Volunteer networks on Maui are running an ICE tipline and ‘know your rights’ trainings as arrests across Hawai‘i climb. Organizers warn the presence of agents at churches and schools could chill daily life.

Maui's Office of Recovery offers a free educational event on wildfire risk reduction, featuring experts from Headwaters Economics, with support from Mayor Bissen.

Haleiwa’s Coffee Gallery will close next Saturday after nearly 40 years. The North Shore roaster thanked patrons in a social post and will hold a final weekend of service.

Presales opened for 396 HHFDC homes at Kahuina in Kakaʻako, with a DEP pilot offering priority to teachers, health‑care workers and other shortage professions.

A high‑end Wolfgang’s Steakhouse at The Shops at Wailea will close after under two years, an abrupt pullback that highlights pressure on resort dining. Local reporting and industry observers point to rising costs and softer visitor spending.

Maui Powerhouse bought a 2.2-acre parcel adjacent to Kahului Costco and plans a 25,000-sq-ft flagship gym plus roughly 10,000 sq ft of retail suites, with construction eyed for 2027.

A National Weather Service Flood Advisory covers Maui until 11:30 a.m. HST as heavy rain impacts West Maui and Haleakalā slopes. Residents should avoid streams and flooded roads.

Honolulu police say 37-year-old Tiofilusi Tongamoa escaped custody after an alleged assault in Aiea and is considered armed and dangerous. Authorities ask anyone with tips to call Crime Stoppers.

Jacob Rohrer was arrested in Maui for vehicle theft and assault after escaping a medical facility and injuring an elderly woman during the crime. Police used various resources in their search.

Scientists predict possible lava fountaining at Kīlauea's summit within two days, based on observatory models and increased activity, including earthquakes and persistent crater glow.

Kaiser Permanente healthcare professionals in Hawai‘i volunteered for ecological and cultural restoration projects on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, marking a decade-long tradition of community service.