Thursday, December 18th, 2025
Community Contributed
By Rick Schonely
The Hui O Kukui Golf club held its Ace of Aces Club Championship on December 6th at Iconic Ironwood Hills Golf Course and this year’s champion and the Ace of Aces and the club president for 2026 is Jennie Makaiwi.
Makaiwi, a long-time supporter and member of the club and a beautiful person who makes awesome desserts, shot 52–52 for a gross total of 104 and with her 36 handicap her 68 net got her the victory. She will now get her name on the Carl Puhi Perpetual Award for the Club Champion of the year.…
Thursday, December 18th, 2025
Community Contributed. By Edwin Mendija
Molokai Robotics opened its 2025-2026 season with a decisive win at the Maui High School Valley Isle VEX Tournament, overcoming a major pre-event crisis to secure multiple top awards and end a six-year championship drought.
Just hours before the event, the team’s robots were delayed during interisland transport and failed to arrive with the team. The machines reached Maui only on the morning of the tournament, forcing an urgent scramble to assemble, calibrate and prepare them minutes before the opening match.
Competing in this year’s game, VEX Push Back, Molokai fielded three teams: high school groups 1037C and 1037X, and the new middle school team, 1037M.…
Thursday, December 18th, 2025
Maui County News Release
Eligible homeowners are reminded to apply for the Circuit Breaker Tax Credit or Home Exemption before the end of this year, the County of Maui Department of Finance Real Property Tax Assessment Division said. The County Real Property Assessment Division applications are due by Dec. 31, 2025.
Applications for the Circuit Breaker Tax Credit and the Home Exemption may be found on the County Real Property Tax website, www.mauipropertytax.com, by clicking the “Forms” link.
The Circuit Breaker Tax Credit is available to taxpayers who apply by the deadline and meet criteria, including:
Own and occupy their property as their principal residence with a home exemption Real property taxes exceed 2% of their adjusted gross income
The Home Exemption is available to taxpayers who apply by the deadline and meet criteria, including:
Own and occupy their property as their principal residence Filed a State of Hawaiʻi resident income tax return with a reported address in the County prior to Jan.…
Thursday, December 18th, 2025
The Molokai Dispatch Staff
The Maui County administration announced it will conduct a scheduled night work in Kaunakakai this Thursday, impacting water service to a few properties and closing a portion of Ala Malama Avenue.
The work will be conducted on Ala Malama Avenue between the intersections of Makaena Place and Kamehameha V Highway, starting Thursday, Dec. 18 at approximately 7 p.m. The work is expected to last until approximately 3 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 19, according to county officials.
The roadway in the affected area will be closed while work is underway. A water outage will affect six properties, according to the county.…
Thursday, December 18th, 2025
By Léo Azambuja
The Molokai Education Center, an outreach site of the University of Hawaii Maui College, offers higher education, career and lifelong training. But providing a little fun — actually, a lot of fun — during Christmas can’t hurt.
The Kukui Holiday Bazaar, held at the center’s kukui grove and parking lot, had live music, local crafts and clothing vendors, food booths, plants for sale, keiki activities and a lot of free stuff on the evening of Dec. 12.
“This is our second year doing it, and it was a way for us to showcase mainly our students’ work and to engage our community and to give back to them during the holidays,” said Theresa Tamanaha, event organizer and UHMC instructional and student support services.…
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