It’s Primary Election Day: Kauaʻi residents vote for mayor, all 7 council seats and state, federal offices

There have been a total of 466 DUI arrests made so far this year, a 14.02% decrease compared with the total 542 during the same period last year.

A quick look at news happening throughout the state.

Whose in the races, which seats are up for grabs and reminders on how and where to vote all included here — it's everything you need to know to vote in this year's Hawai‘i Primary Elections.

The reluctance to vote for OHA is a complicated mix of Native Hawaiians who don’t want to participate in an American election system, non-Hawaiians who feel like they shouldn't decide the agency's leaders and voters who simply don’t know what OHA does.

A ninth person was arrested in connection with an investigation into an assault and riot that occurred on Friday, July 17, 2026, at the pool area of Kāʻanapali Aliʻi in Lahaina.

Since MHLA started hosting the Charity Walk in 1980, more than $23 million has been raised for Maui County, with Maui raising the most dollars per capita for 17 consecutive years.

It's Primary Election Day in Hawai‘i. There are 17 official Ballot Dropboxes in Maui County that are open until Aug. 8 at 7 p.m. The Wailuku, Lāna'i, Moloka'i, and Lahaina Voter Service Centers are open for extended hours today from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. for in-person service.

As Maui marks the anniversary of the deadly blaze today, residents see hope in the rebuilding but sorrow in the people and things they can never bring back.