Tuesday, June 16th, 2026
Maui County News Release
The County of Maui Department of Agriculture encourages nonprofits and for-profit businesses to attend free workshops that will help them prepare for the Fiscal Year 2027 grant application period. Grant applications will be received starting June 22 until 4:30 p.m. July 22, 2026.
County Department of Agriculture priority grant funding areas will focus on agricultural infrastructure, operations, education, recovery, livestock, non-food agriculture and feral animal control. Special emphasis will be placed on supporting operations on Molokaʻi and Lānaʻi.
Four public workshops across Maui County will cover eligibility, grant requirements and the application process. In-person and online sessions are as follows:
Molokaʻi: Wednesday, June 17 from 4 to 5:30 p.m.…
Tuesday, June 16th, 2026
OHA News Release
The Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) will launch its ʻĪnaʻi Kōkua Gift Card Program on Friday, June 12, to support Native Hawaiian households recovering from damage caused by the March 2026 Kona Low storm events.
The program will provide a one-time $2,000 Home Depot gift card to eligible Native Hawaiian homeowners, renters and lessees whose primary residences sustained minor storm-related damage. OHA has allocated $410,000 for the program, making approximately 200 cards available statewide.
Applications will be accepted from June 12 through June 30, 2026.
“The ʻĪnaʻi Kōkua Gift Card Program is another way OHA is supporting Native Hawaiian families recovering from the March storms and flooding,” OHA Board of Trustees Chairperson Kaialiʻi Kahele said.…
Tuesday, June 16th, 2026
Molokai Bahá’í Community News Release
Cultural educator Aunty Louella Opu’ulani will speak on the tradition of Molokai Nui a Hina at the Molokai Public Library on June 17 at 5:30 p.m. as part of the Global Citizenship Speaker Series.
Moloka’i Nui a Hina is a foundational Hawaiian proverb and traditional chant. It translates to “Great Moloka’i, born of Hina,” and honors the moon goddess Hina and the sky god Wākea as the mythic parents of the island.
The phrase connects deeply to the island’s history, culture and identity. According to mo’olelo, Molokai is a cherished child of the gods. Because an island’s resources are finite, this metaphor teaches that the land must be deeply nurtured and cared for by its people.…
Tuesday, June 16th, 2026
By Léo Azambuja
Molokai’s resiliency and aloha keep inspiring other communities across the Pacific. Back in April, a group of four students and two faculty from the Environmental Law Clinic at the University of California, Berkeley, spent a few days on the island to find out about solar energy projects led by community initiatives, and potentially apply their findings to communities on the mainland.
The university’s Environmental Law Clinic has a series of projects trying to get residential solar systems installed in a quicker, cheaper and more reliable manner to give homeowners and renters energy independence.
“Molokai was a very logical place to come to look at the work of the energy co-op here,” professor and Law Clinic director Claudia Polsky said of the Hoʻāhu Energy Cooperative Molokai, whose mission is to produce community-owned, affordable, renewable energy for the benefit of their members, community and the environment.…
Tuesday, June 16th, 2026
Hawai‘i Craftsmen News Release
Hawai‘i Craftsmen invites Hawaiʻi-based artists to submit work for the 2026 Annual Statewide Exhibition — the organization’s premier juried showcase of traditional and contemporary craft. This year’s exhibition will open on O‘ahu at the Downtown Art Center Main Gallery in September, and will then travel to the Schaefer International Gallery at Maui Arts & Cultural Center through December.
The 2026 exhibition will be juried by Jonathan Yukio Clark, Director of the Schaefer International Gallery at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center. Clark is a multidisciplinary artist and curator whose work and leadership span sculpture, textile, printmaking, and gallery programming both locally and nationally.…
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