• Failure notice from provider:
    Connection Error:http_request_failed

  • Submission Deadlines

    Advertising

    Thursday 4pm

    December 18, 2025

    Content

    Friday 4pm

    December 19, 2025

    To print on:

    Wednesday

    December 24, 2025

  • Join us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter Follow us on Google Plus Subscribe via RSS
in

Search Results for: <

Makaiwi Takes Ace of Aces Title

Thursday, December 18th, 2025

Makaiwi Takes Ace of Aces Title

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.…

Posted in , commentsAdd your comment

Molokai Robotics Wins Valley Isle VEX Tournament

Thursday, December 18th, 2025

Molokai Robotics Wins Valley Isle VEX Tournament

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.…

Posted in , , commentsAdd your comment

Deadline Approaching for Home Exemption Applications

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.…
Posted in , commentsAdd your comment

 Portion of Ala Malama During Water Service Thursday

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.…

Posted in , commentsAdd your comment

Kukui Holiday Bazaar

Thursday, December 18th, 2025

Kukui Holiday Bazaar

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.…

Posted in commentsAdd your comment

Five Nurses Graduate in Historic Class

Thursday, December 18th, 2025

Five Nurses Graduate in Historic Class

By Léo Azambuja

Five Molokai women became the first graduates of the University of Hawaii Maui College’s Practical Nurse program based on the island. The pinning ceremony brought approximately 100 people to the college’s Education Center in Kaunakakai to congratulate the historic Class of 2025 Saturday morning.

The graduates, Diane Pascual, Harriet Mokiao, Lahilahi Manaba, Lorna Keliipuleole and Summer Jenks-Puaa, held candles while reading Florence Nightingales’ pledge — a traditional oath for nurses — under the guidance of UHMC nursing professor Mary Farmer. 

“Before God and those assembled here, I solemnly pledge to adhere to the code of ethics of the nursing profession,” they all said.…

Posted in , commentsAdd your comment

MAC Saturday Market Has It All for Christmas Shopping

Thursday, December 18th, 2025

MAC Saturday Market Has It All for Christmas Shopping

By Léo Azambuja

The Holiday Season is in full swing on Molokai. With several Christmas bazaars and markets spread throughout the island, a particular market stands out with a wide selection of last-minute gifts; the MAC Saturday Market at the Molokai Community Health Center.

“We’re all so happy to be here, because for me this isn’t a business. This is my fun Saturday job that keeps me connected to the community,” photographer Betts Cruz said. “You can sit underneath the tree, listen to music, shop, run into people you haven’t seen in a while. It’s great. It really is great.”

The Mac Saturday Market opened in July 2024 to fill a void left by the original Saturday Farmers Market held in Kaunakakai for many years.…

Posted in commentsAdd your comment

Earline Lucy Luukia Peelua Johnston

Thursday, December 11th, 2025

Earline Lucy Luukia Peelua Johnston

It is with great love and humility we announce the passing of our mother and grandmother, Earline Lucy Luukia Peelua Johnston of Kapaʻakea, Molokai.

Born on Oct. 16, 1940, the “Matriarch” of our family and a woman of unwavering faith, strength and promise, on Sept. 6, 2025 surrounded by her loved ones in California, she entered eternal rest. Earline was 84.

Born and raised on the island of Molokaʻi, Earline worked many years as a cook and baker at the Hotel Molokai, “Old Pau Hana Inn” and past establishments like Hele on and Kane’s Bar. She was known for her sweet yet “feisty” personality and the aunty that you could have “good fun” around.…

Posted in , commentsAdd your comment

Speaker on Hawaii’s Historic Role in World Affairs

Thursday, December 11th, 2025

Molokai Bahá’í Community News Release

The Hawaiian Kingdom played an important role in global affairs in the 19th century. Dr. Ron Williams, a historian specializing in Hawaiian history and Native language resources, will make a presentation on this theme at the Molokai Public Library on Wednesday, Dec. 17 at 5:30 p.m., as part of the Global Citizenship Speaker Series.

In the illustrated presentation, titled Hawaiʻinuiākea: The 19th-century Hawaiian Kingdom as Global Citizen, kumu Ron Williams will explain how the Native-led government of Hawaii, a remote group of islands in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, managed to become a core member of the family of nations that dominated 19th century international politics.…

Posted in , commentsAdd your comment

Free Workshop on How to Start a Food Truck

Thursday, December 11th, 2025

YWCA News Release

YWCA Maui Women’s Business Center and UH Maui College’s Food Innovation Center Launch “From Dream to Drive: How to Launch Your Maui Food Truck” Workshop

YWCA Maui Women’s Business Center (MWBC), in partnership with the UH Maui College Food Innovation Center (MFIC), is excited to announce “From Dream to Drive: How to Launch Your Maui Food Truck,” an interactive workshop designed for aspiring food truck owners across Maui County. The event will be held on Dec. 11 from 12 to 2 p.m., offered both online and in-person at UHMC’s MFIC.

This hands-on workshop will walk participants through the essential steps of planning, launching, and running a profitable food truck business on Maui.…

Posted in , commentsAdd your comment