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MEO Head Start Preschool Remains Open

Thursday, November 6th, 2025

MEO News Release

Maui Economic Opportunity’s Head Start preschool classrooms on Maui and Molokai are not currently impacted by the federal government shutdown and will remain open.

While some of our Head Start partners have had to close due to funding issues, MEO’s Head Start operates on a different program year, June 1, 2025, to May 31, 2026, explained MEO CEO Debbie Cabebe. This means that MEO Head Start is funded for the current school year.

“MEO would like our Head Start parents and the community to know that our preschool program remains open,” Cabebe said. “This is not the case for some communities across the nation, forcing families to scramble to secure childcare or to stay home from work.…

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Help Available for Molokai Irrigation System Users

Thursday, November 6th, 2025

DAB News Release

The Hawaii Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity (DAB) is hosting an in-person event to assist Molokai Irrigation System users filling out the Settlement Agreement and Irrigation Water Application that were mailed and delivered to your property. 

DAB staff will be available on Wednesday, Nov. 12 at OHA-DHHL Office, Kūlana ‘Ōiwi Conference Room, 600 Maunaloa Highway, Suite D-1, Kaunakakai, Hawaii, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. (preferred location for homesteaders) and the MIS Baseyard, 801 Pu‘upe‘elua Ave., Ho‘olehua, Hawai‘i, 8:30 am – 6:00 pm. 

Contact DAB at 808-973-9473 to schedule an appointment or with any questions. …

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Compost Reimbursement Program Accepting Applications

Thursday, November 6th, 2025

DAB News Release

The Hawaii Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity (DAB), Plant Industry Division, is now accepting applications for the Compost Reimbursement Program for fiscal year 2026, The program may reimburse agricultural producers for the cost of purchasing compost, including transportation expenses.

During the 2025 legislative session, the legislature and Governor Josh Green approved funding for the program totaling $400,000 for fiscal year 2026. Under the program, agricultural operations may apply for reimbursement of up to 50% of compost and compost transportation costs expended between July 1, 2025 and May 1, 2026. Reimbursement applications will be processed in the order received, not to exceed $50,000 per qualified purchaser and as funds are available.…

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Gov. Announces Efforts to Protect Families from Federal Shutdown Impacts

Thursday, November 6th, 2025

Office of the Governor News Release 

Gov. Josh Green today announced new coordinated state actions to protect Hawaii families from the impacts of the ongoing federal government shutdown and disruption to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

To provide necessary support, the state will issue a $250 emergency relief payment per eligible individual, for a total cost of $42.2 million in November, helping households bridge the gap created by the pause in federal SNAP funding.

In addition, the governor has directed $2 million in state support through the Department of Human Services (DHS) to Hawaii’s food banks to maintain essential operations and food distribution across every island.…

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Molokai Farmers Market Returns

Thursday, November 6th, 2025

Molokai Farmers Market Returns

By Léo Azambuja

For several decades, the Molokai Farmers Market was a weekly fixture on Saturday mornings along the strip of Ala Malama Avenue across the street from the Molokai Public Library. The market, closed since the COVID-19 pandemic, reopened last week. 

“The Molokai Farmers Market is a place where the community can come if they have vegetables in their garden that they want to sell,” market manager Tylor Tanaka said. “It’s just a place where everyone can come and kind of convene and enjoy one another’s company, and kind of bring that life back into Kaunakakai.”

The market’s focus, he said, is to get farmers back in the market and put more locally grown produce on the table, but all vendors are welcomed, including food vendors and artisans, similar to the old farmers market that thrived for so many years.…

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Princess Kaʻiulani, the Island Rose

Thursday, November 6th, 2025

Princess Kaʻiulani, the Island Rose

By Léo Azambuja

She was a surfer, an artist and a writer. She spoke four languages. She was a princess and the heir to the throne of the Hawaiian Kingdom, a nation stolen by the descendants of the people the Hawaiians had welcomed with their aloha.  

“The missionaries came here to us and taught us to look to Heaven for happiness, and while our eyes were on the skies they have taken our land from under our feet,” Princess Kaʻiulani said in an interview to The San Francisco Call newspaper Aug. 7, 1898.

Awaiulu head researcher Kalei Roberts highlighted the life of Princess Victoria Kaʻiulani Kawēkiu i Lunalilo Kalaninuiahilapalapa Cleghorn during October’s E Hoʻomanaʻo series event at Molokai Public Library Oct.…

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Creepin’ It Real on Halloween

Thursday, November 6th, 2025

Creepin’ It Real on Halloween

By Léo Azambuja

Oh, the irony! On the scariest day of the year, the children had absolutely no fear. It was them who walked around Kaunakakai spreading terror. Grownup witches better have their candy. Or something wicked may come their way. 

Perhaps in a foolish attempt to stave off panic and chaos, or maybe just to offer the kids a free event that was a skele-ton of fun, the Friends of Molokai Public Library revived the popular Halloween Costume Contest on the lawn in front of the library Oct 31.

“The Lions Club used to have the costume contest every year, but once we had COVID, they stopped,” FOL president Joan Howard said.…

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Library Unveils ‘The Plants of Molokai Over Time’ Mural

Thursday, October 30th, 2025

Library Unveils ‘The Plants of Molokai Over Time’ Mural

By Léo Azambuja

A gyotaku artist who was part of the Molokai Arts Center’ Artist in Residence program last April returned to the island this month to unveil a mural that wasn’t in his plans when he first came to Molokai.

“We came to this artist residency here on Molokai thinking about one thing, and it turned into something else in the middle of it. This mural is really the result of what happened to us during this process of mutual flourishing with the community,” Duncan Berry said of the time he and his wife, Melany, spent on Molokai. 

The mural, “The Plants of Molokai Over Time,” is now on permanent exhibit at Molokai Public Library, where Berry had an informal talk Oct.…

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Remembering Aunty Vivian ‘Vani’ Ainoa, a Faithful Servant of Molokai and the Sea

Thursday, October 30th, 2025

Remembering Aunty Vivian ‘Vani’ Ainoa, a Faithful Servant of Molokai and the Sea

By Nā Puʻuwai Native Hawaiian Health Care System
Aloha ke kahi i hele aku. The island of Molokai grieves the passing of Aunty Vivian “Vani” Ainoa, a woman whose heart, faith, and aloha touched many. A beloved daughter of Kamalō and lifelong steward of her community, Aunty Vani’s hands, spirit, and voice will be remembered in the ocean breezes, the gathering of limu, and the strength of Molokai’s people.
Born in ‘Ualapu‘e and raised in Kamalō, Aunty Vani’s roots ran deep in the land and sea that sustained her ʻohana. The daughter of a fisherman, she learned early how to be in relationship with ocean.…

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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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