News Releases

Attendance Wins Big at Maunaloa

Thursday, May 21st, 2026

Maunaloa Student Council News Release

Did you know that our school went from 39% to 6% absentee? That’s almost the whole school body! 

At our school, we have a program called M.A.P. (Molokai Attendance Program) for success. This program has helped our school and families get on track and improve our absences. But that’s not the only thing that has helped us on our journey in school attendance. In this article we will discuss why school attendance matters, what we did to improve it, and more!

Attendance matters because we need to maximize our learning and improve it so we’re not, not smart.…

Spectrum Awards $6K to Homestead Alliance

Thursday, May 21st, 2026

Spectrum News Release 

Spectrum announced a donation of $6,000 to Molokai Homestead Farmers Alliance through the company’s national community philanthropic program, Spectrum Employee Community Grants. 

The Molokai Homestead Farmers Alliance advocates for water rights, agricultural law awareness and technology adoption among homestead and commercial farmers. MHFA runs the Molokai Digital Hub, which provides local residents access to high-speed Internet, computer literacy and telehealth resources at the Lanikeha Community Center in Ho‘olehua. 

Spectrum’s grant will help support these services, including hands-on technology education, workforce training, and support for remote healthcare appointments.

Spectrum presented the grant on May 9 at the 5th annual Molokai Homestead Farmers Alliance Educational Resource Fair.…

What Does Community Governance Look Like for Molokai? 

Thursday, May 14th, 2026

Molokai Bahá’í Community Media Release

“Ea: Community Governance” will be the topic of a community talk story at the Molokai Public Library on Wednesday, May 20 at 5:30 p.m. This session, presented by Zhantell Dudoit Lindo and Kawaipuna Kalipi of Molokai Heritage Trust, explores how communities build the capacity, structures, and collective responsibility needed to steward our own lands, resources, and future.

Molokai Heritage Trust is rooted in the belief that our communities already hold the knowledge needed to reshape our future. This workshop explores community governance as a living, place-based practice grounded in ʻāina. Participants will reflect on how governance begins within ʻohana and grows through relationships across neighborhoods, districts, and island-wide networks.…

Digital Literacy Classes for Nāʻiwa Homesteaders

Wednesday, May 6th, 2026

NASA Press Release

Māpunawai is a Hawaiʻi-based nonprofit focused on closing the digital divide by providing culturally responsive digital literacy training, tools, and support—especially for kūpuna, rural residents, and underserved communities. 

Working with libraries and community partners across the state, it has served over 10,000 people through hands-on education and technology access programs.

The Nāʻiwa Agricultural Subdivision Alliance supports lessees and beneficiaries of the Nāʻiwa Agricultural Subdivision in achieving homeownership and sustaining subsistence farming through home builder assistance and farm development programs.

In early 2026, a joint initiative delivered basic digital literacy training to Nāʻiwa homesteaders, including access to laptops and Wi-Fi hotspots to support connectivity in their remote subdivision near Hoʻolehua Airport.…