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Athletes Gearing Up for Maui to Molokai Challenge

Thursday, July 3rd, 2025

By Léo Azambuja
In a couple weeks, more than 200 ocean athletes from all ages and at least 15 different nationalities will race across the challenging waters of what is considered the windiest of all inter-island channels. The Maui to Molokai Challenge — an ocean race more than 20 years old — kicks off this year’s Molokai Holokai Ho‘olaue‘a.
“It’s really about inspiring our kids that they can do good things; they can do great things. If it’s something they want to do, then go for it,” said Clare Albino, mastermind and organizer of the 27-mile race across Pailolo Channel.
Competitors will check in at 8 a.m.…

No Kings Ever

Friday, June 27th, 2025

By The Molokai Dispatch staff

Molokai residents gathered in front of the Molokai Library holding signs and waving United States flags to passersby, joining the No Kings protests that swept the nation recently.

While the gathering on Molokai was rather small, several media outlets reported more than 2,000 protests spread throughout the country, with an estimated four-to-six million people attending the No Kings rallies June 14. This would potentially make it the largest single-day protest in the U.S. to date.

The protests were held on the same day President Donald Trump turned 79 years old, and the U.S. Army was celebrating its 250th anniversary.…