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mauinow.com/2026/04/27/mau… Maui County's not seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell from 2.9% in February 2025 to 2.5% in the same month this year, according to monthly statistics provided by the state Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism.

mauinow.com/2026/04/26/cou… The County of Maui Department of Human Concerns Immigrant Services Division offices on Maui, Molokaʻi and Lānaʻi will be closed on Friday, May 1, 2026, due to staff training. #immigrantservices

mauinow.com/2026/04/26/v-f… The 5-year All-Star Translational Award from the North Carolina-based cancer research foundation will support study of mesothelioma in patients carrying BAP1 mutation.

mauinow.com/2026/04/26/ai-… Data gathered from the University of Hawaiʻi AI chatbot is being used to identify when students may need help, often before they ask for it. #AI #chatbot #UH

mauinow.com/2026/04/26/uti… Hawaiian Electric crews will be removing retired streetlights along Puʻunēnē Avenue between Wākea Avenue to E. Kauaʻi Street in Kahului on Tuesday, April 28 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. No service interruptions are planned for this work. #Puunene #HECO

mauinow.com/2026/04/26/lan… The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation is notifying the public that there will be single lane closures at the roundabout on Piʻilani Highway (Route 31) from April 27-29, 2026. #roundabout #PiilaniHwy

mauinow.com/2026/04/25/dis… Researchers with the help of a Mauna Kea observatory on the Big Island construct first complete spectrum of the two distinct rings orbiting around the seventh planet in the solar system, revealing composition and formation history. #WMKeck #Maunakea

mauinow.com/2026/04/25/vol… Conditions in and around the closed area at the summit of Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park can evolve quickly, and elevate the risk of rockfalls, ground cracking and other potentially life‑threatening hazards. #VolcanoWatch #Kilauea

mauinow.com/2026/04/25/hid… The Hawaiʻi State Department of Education marked the opening of its Lahaina educator workforce housing development, a $20 million project designed to support teacher retention and strengthen public education on Maui. #Lahaina #workforcehousing #HIDOE

mauinow.com/2026/04/25/202… Twenty-three residents were honored today as 2026 Volunteer Heroes for their contributions to community nonprofit organizations, as Mayor Richard Bissen proclaimed Volunteer Week from April 19-25, 2026, in Maui County. #VolunteerHeroes #MauiVolunteer

mauinow.com/2026/04/25/mau… The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation congratulates the 2026 Hawai‘i Bridge Builder Competition champions, Ian Payba and Jeter Hondo of Maui High School. #bridgebuilder #MauiHS

mauinow.com/2026/04/24/coa… The Coast Guard and Navy medevaced an ailing cruise ship passenger 58 miles offshore of Oʻahu, Thursday.  #USCG #medevac

mauinow.com/2026/04/24/haw… Organized by STEMworks™, a program of Maui Economic Development Board (MEDB), the two-day event is the program’s largest student career awareness and teacher professional development event of the year.  #HawaiiSTEMConference #STEMworks

mauinow.com/2026/04/24/haw… Forty-three of the state’s top public school seniors, including two top honorees from Maui were honored April 22 at the Citizen-Scholar Awards luncheon held at the Prince Waikīkī. #citizenscholar #JeremiahJacinto #BaldwinHS #AaronOmuro #MauiHS

mauinow.com/2026/04/23/uni… The discovery offers new clues into how brown dwarfs grow and change over time. #UH #Maunakea #WMKeck

mauinow.com/2026/04/23/uh-… University of Hawaiʻi students developed a project that could help support sustained human activity on the Moon, Mars and beyond.

mauinow.com/2026/04/23/may… Highlighting last year’s successful comeback of the beloved fair, Mayor Richard Bissen today announced that the Maui County Fair is returning once again October 1-4, 2026.

mauinow.com/2026/04/23/new… Hawai'i Visitors and Convention Bureau appoint leaders for a new enterprise that focuses on treating Hawaiʻi as a living system to be stewarded rather than a product to be sold. #HVCB

mauinow.com/2026/04/23/cau… The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation notifies highway users that runners will be on a portion of Honoapiʻilani Highway (Route 30) for the Maui Marathon on Sunday, April 26. #MauiMarathon #Honoapiilani

mauinow.com/2026/04/23/hal… Hale Makua is inviting the community to register for its 6th Annual Charity Golf Tournament on Saturday, June 27, 2026, at The Dunes at Maui Lani. #HaleMakua #charitygolf