A team led by Kihei’s Adam Tabura took first place in the Food Network’s “The Great Food Truck Race.” The food reality TV show’s final competition, which ended in Washington, D.C., was televised Sunday night. Tabura, an executive chef and businessman from Kihei; his brother, Lanai Tabura, a radio personality and comedian from Oahu; and friend Shawn Felipe, a comedian and actor on Oahu and in Los Angeles, made up team Aloha Plate.
Haiku resident Leila Kalani Larson, Princess Kaua‘i for the 2022 Pa‘u Parade, sits atop her horse while wearing a purple gown and pa‘u adorned in Kaua‘i island’s flowers, mokihana. — Photo courtesy of Leila Kalani Larson Haiku resident Leila Kalani Larson will be honoring several traditions, people and values as she rides horseback today in the Pa’u Parade, a Hawaii-wide event that celebrates 150 years of history, culture and the legacy of King Kamehameha.
Kealia Pond National Wildlife Refuge has reopened its visitor center, which has been closed for over two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The visitor center reopened on Monday, just in time for the National Wildlife Refuge System’s 119th birthday, according to a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service news release. Hours are from 12 to 3 p.m. Monday and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, with closures on federal holidays.
Island Grocery Depot in Lahaina has extended its hours to a later closing time, the business announced Monday. The store at 58 Kupuohi St. in the Lahaina Industrial Park is now open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday and closed on Sunday. Hours continue to change over time, and updates can be found at islandgrocerydepot.com. Island Grocery Depot’s store in Kahului remains open daily from 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.
Maui County Mayor Richard Bissen (right) speaks with Gov. Josh Green during a visit to Front Street on Aug. 12 after a fire destroyed much of the town on Aug. 8. The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo Two days after saying “I’m not sure who was in charge” of the Maui Emergency Management Agency on the day of the Aug. 8 wildfires, Mayor Richard Bissen publicly detailed a timeline of the county’s response to the blazes that broke out Upcountry and in Lahaina.
Members of the University of Hawai‘i Maui College’s Culinary Arts Program help pack boxes of local produce for those impacted by the August wildfires. Photos courtesy UH-Maui College University of Hawai’i Maui College culinary students who helped cook thousands of meals in the wake of the August wildfires are now shifting to packing produce for those in need. On Thursday mornings, instructor Natasha Joslin and the seven students in her Culinary Arts Program purchasing class, along with some campus and community volunteers, pack up 200 boxes of local produce — cabbage, sweet potatoes, bok choy, onions, eggplant, kale, bananas, tangerines and more — that are distributed later in the day to students and community members affected by the wildfires.
The Maui Lu Resort is being torn down to make way for a 388-unit, time-share development on 28 acres in north Kihei. If all goes as scheduled, the $300 million Hilton Grand Vacations Timeshare Resort will open its first of three phases in 2017, said Will Beaton, president of Capbridge Pacific, which announced in October that it had purchased the beachfront property. The redevelopment will be a “very positive change” for north Kihei, Beaton said.
February 9, 2024 Gregory Wayne Medeiros, 77, of Pukalani, passed away on December 30, 2023 at Maui Memorial Medical Center. He was born on May 31, 1946 in Wailuku, Maui. Visitation will be at 8 a.m. on Friday, February 16, 2024, at Ballard Family Mortuary, service will begin at 9:30a.m., and urn burial ... February 9, 2024 John (Jac) Maxwell Kean 1953-2023 Our beloved Jac Kean left us on December 9 while bodysurfing at his favorite beach, Slaughterhouse.
The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photos FIRST PHOTO: Players from Maui’s Waste Pro Hawaii — winning pitcher Jack Blackwelder (from left), Mike Romano, Clarence Kenui, David Tyson, Graylen Strahan and Willie Alo — celebrate their 14-6 win over Barteks of Kauai in the Open A Division title game of the Senior Softball State Championships on Thursday afternoon at Maehara Stadium. WPH went 5-0 in the tournament, which featured 54 teams from around the state competing in seven divisions.
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