State hires contractor to build monument memorializing deadly Hanapēpē labor strike more than a century ago

Private contributions from Michael & Susan Dell Foundation and Ed Freedman’s Stable Road Foundation add to the “Fostering the Future” initiative, ensuring every eligible youth has funded savings account.

Businesses registered in the third quarter — July through September — can now file their annual reports, which must be filed by midnight Sept. 30 to avoid a late filing penalty fee.

With the completion of property damage assessments from South Kona's magnitude 6 earthquake that struck on May 22, Hawai‘i County officials now are waiting for Gov. Josh Green's decision about whether he will file for a presidential disaster declaration that will help individuals and business owners secure funding for repairs.

The 28 photographs — half of which had never been seen before — offer a rare visual account of Hawaiʻi's participation in the march in Alabama led by Martin Luther King Jr., honoring the role of the islands in the United States civil rights movement.

The Battle of Hanapēpē occurred just over a century ago, when 16 Filipino strikers and four police officers died in a violent clash over a labor strike in Hanapēpē. It is considered by many a foundational and tragic episode in Hawai‘i’s labor rights history.

After reaching a milestone of three decades with the County of Maui, County Director of Personnel Services Cynthia Razo-Porter has announced she is retiring, effective July 31, 2026.

“This study puts numbers to what our communities have long understood — that losing our reefs means losing the recreational opportunities, cultural practices and quality of life that define what it means to live in Hawaiʻi,” said Hawaiʻi Department of Land and Natural Resources Division of Aquatic Resources Administrator Brian Neilson.

Mālama Wao Akua (Caring for the Realm of the Gods) returns this fall, inviting Maui artists to celebrate the native plants, animals, and watersheds of Maui Nui through art.