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Residents Ask Mayor for Continued Social Services Funding

Thursday, October 30th, 2025

Residents Ask Mayor for Continued Social Services Funding

By Léo Azambuja
Maui Mayor Richard Bissen visited Molokai last week to meet residents and hear their priorities for the county’s budget in the upcoming fiscal year. Most testifiers asked the administration to continue funding several social services on the island.
“I would like to offer my sincere mahalo to the county for your generous and continued support of MEO. Because of the county’s partnership, MEO is able to provide services that truly touch the lives of entire families,” said Mahie McPherson, Molokai branch director for Maui Economic Opportunity.
The event at Mitchell Pauole Center Tuesday evening was the last in a series of eight meetings statewide to hear priorities from different communities in preparation for crafting the Operating and Capital Improvement Program budgets for Fiscal Year 2027, which starts July 1, 2026.…

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Lei Making with Maiʻa Bark

Thursday, October 30th, 2025

Lei Making with Maiʻa Bark

By Léo Azambuja
Early Polynesian seafarers brought at least 23 different plant species to Hawaii, and among them the maiʻa, or banana. The Hawaiian Arts program at Molokai Arts Center singled out the maiʻa for a free two-part lei-making workshop that concluded last weekend in Hoʻolehua.
“Today, we are going to learn how to make roses first, and then we are going to try and build the lei,” Kaulananapua Dudoit told about a dozen people at the start of the workshop, as she grabbed a piece of dried banana bark and gracefully twisted it to create a small rose in a few seconds.…

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New Pharmacists at Molokai Drugs

Thursday, October 30th, 2025

New Pharmacists at Molokai Drugs

Molokai Drugs News Release

Please welcome our new pharmacists, Brandi Hutchins, PharmD, and Xrystina Bicoy Nims, PharmD.

Brandi has been working for us since 2019 as an intern (prior to pharmacy school) rotations and as a grad pharmacy intern. She became a licensed pharmacist last week and is now working part-time. Brandi is a graduate of Maryknoll High School, the University of Hawaii at Manoa, and the University of Hawaii College of Pharmacy. She and her husband Cory Kamehanaokala Holt Taum married at Keawanui and have decided to raise their daughter on Molokai.

Born and raised on Molokai, Xrystina graduated from Kilohana School, Molokai Middle, Molokai High, the University of Wyoming and Belmont University’s College of Pharmacy.…

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12th Annual Floating Lantern Ceremony

Thursday, October 23rd, 2025

Hospice Maui Molokai News Release

Join us for a multi-cultural event to honor our loved ones who died with love, gratitude, peace, and harmony at the Molokai Community Health Center on Saturday, Nov. 8 from 4-6:30 p.m. 

Participate and join others in decorating and assembling your own personal lantern to be released at dusk. One lantern per family (four sides of lantern can be decorated). Bring your tabis if you want to walk in the water; it’s muddy. Assistance to float the lantern is available.

While decorating and waiting for lantern release, enjoy music, hula, etc. Food available for purchase. Sponsored by Hospice Maui Molokai and the Guzeiji Soto Mission.…

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ʻIndigenous Insights for Planetary Health’ Book Launch

Thursday, October 23rd, 2025

 

Molokai Baháʻí Community News Release

The Global Citizenship Speaker series resumes at the Molokai Public Library Oct. 29 at 5:30 p.m. 

This presentation and book launch features Noa Kekuewa Lincoln sharing learning from the newly published book Indigenous Insights for Planetary Health and Sustainable Food Systems, a collection of experiences from Indigenous communities and scholars from around the world, including Hawaii. 

As an editor and co-author of the book, Noa will provide an overview of how indigenous food sovereignty connects to planetary health for all people and beings. A draw will be held for a copy of the new book.…

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Molokai’s ‘No Dictators’ Protestors Join Millions Nationwide

Thursday, October 23rd, 2025

Molokai’s ‘No Dictators’ Protestors Join Millions Nationwide

By Léo Azambuja

A group of Molokai residents joined millions of Americans taking part in the No Kings protests against President Donald Trump in thousands of cities in the United States last Saturday.

“I’m a midwife who serves the community, and I’m extremely worried about the potential harms that the current administration could reap on this community,” Kalae resident Michelle Palmer said.

Approximately seven million people participated in the No Kings rallies in more than 2,700 cities across all 50 states and the U.S. territories of Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands. In Hawaii, organizers called the protests No Dictators in respect to the Hawaiian monarchy.…

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Food Summit Celebrates Youth in Agriculture

Thursday, October 23rd, 2025

Food Summit Celebrates Youth in Agriculture

By Léo Azambuja
The Molokai Youth Food Summit underscored the importance of getting the youth interested in agriculture. At least 85% of Hawaii’s food is imported, so a key aspect of lessening Molokai’s food dependency on the mainland in the future could be in the youth’s hands.
“Youth is important in agriculture, because they’re going to be our future. We’re going to be standing up and we’re going to be doing what’s right for the world,” Molokai High School student Francis Leo Bumatay said. “If we don’t start now, or if we don’t care about the plants or the ground that we have, what do we have after that?”…

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Kualapuʻu ʻOhana Fun Fair

Thursday, October 23rd, 2025

Kualapuʻu ʻOhana Fun Fair

By Léo Azambuja
Pristine blue skies begging for a trip to the beach, plus a handful of simultaneous events happening across Molokai, did not deter hundreds of people from coming to the 12th Annual ʻOhana Fun Fair at Kualapuʻu School Saturday morning.
“We wanted to have a community event that was specifically here, and have everybody come around from across the island to enjoy free activities like the horseback rides, the water slides, the photo booth, pumpkin patch,” event organizer Kui Adolpho said.
The school campus was crowded all morning. Adolpho said she estimated between 700 and 900 people coming and going during the event.…

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Hattie Keliiaea Peelua Silva

Thursday, October 16th, 2025

Hattie Keliiaea Peelua Silva

Hattie Keliiaea Peelua Silva, 89, of Kalamaʻula, Molokai, passed away peacefully at home on Aug. 26, 2025, surrounded by her loving ʻohana.

Born on April 23, 1936, to Jesse and Eva Peelua, Hattie was raised on Molokai and carried with her the values of aloha, family, and hard work throughout her life. She worked as a bartender at Pauhana Inn and for many years at the Sheraton Molokai before retiring. She was also a proud member of several organizations, including ʻAhahui Kaʻahumanu, Hale O Na Ali‘i, and the Molokaʻi Veterans Auxiliary. Hattie was a living link to old Hawaii, carrying forward the culture, traditions, and history of her ancestors.…

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October Wildfire Tip

Thursday, October 16th, 2025

HWMO News Release

Wildfire safety tip from Hawaii Wildfire Management Organization: Did you know embers from a wildfire can ignite a home up to one mile away? Keep grass four inches or shorter. For more wildfire preparedness information visit hwmo.org.…

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