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Makawao Public House has a new happy hour

Makawao Public House has a new happy hour

Located in Upcountry Maui, the eatery recently launched a daily happy hour menu. The menu features plates priced at $8, $10 and $12; choose from hurricane fries, tofu katsu, rib-eye sliders and single smashburgers.

Kelli Shiroma BraiottaOctober 28, 2026

Hawai‘i soccer closes in on Mountain West tournament bid

Hawai‘i soccer closes in on Mountain West tournament bid

Despite their current hot streak, the Rainbow Wahine still have some work to do to clinch a spot in the four-team conference tournament.

Christian ShimabukuOctober 28, 2026

Halloween, movies, and more: your guide to the weekend on Oʻahu

Halloween, movies, and more: your guide to the weekend on Oʻahu

Halloween is creeping in. From where to eat to what to do, Aloha State Daily has compiled a list of ways to enjoy this Friday, Saturday and Sunday. In addition to Halloween fun, catch screenings at the Hawaiʻi International Film Festival or check out this new matcha spot that combines drinks with cookies.

Katie HellandOctober 28, 2026

Gotcha Matcha offers matcha lattes with cookie lids

Gotcha Matcha offers matcha lattes with cookie lids

The matcha trailer, which opened in early September, is located in Duke’s Lane in Waikīkī. The biz serves matcha and espresso lattes, and offers drinks with edible cookie lids on the weekends.

Kelli Shiroma BraiottaOctober 27, 2026

Hawaiian Airlines begins construction on new Honolulu lounge

Hawaiian Airlines begins construction on new Honolulu lounge

Located at the entrance to the Mauka Concourse at the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport in Honolulu, the nearly 13,000-square-foot lounge is expected to open in the first half of 2028.

Stephanie SalmonsOctober 27, 2026

Opera singer Ta’u Pupu’a stars in film with Hawaiʻi premiere

Opera singer Ta’u Pupu’a stars in film with Hawaiʻi premiere

This NFL defensive lineman’s career took a noteworthy turn when he decided to become an opera singer. Now that story is captured in the short film “The Platform,” which will have its Hawaiʻi premiere this week.

Katie HellandOctober 27, 2026

65-year Maui Coast Guard lease extension on pause

65-year Maui Coast Guard lease extension on pause

The Board of Land and Natural Resources held off on approving a rent-free 65-year lease extension for the U.S. Coast Guard to build an expanded facility on Maui.

Michael BrestovanskyOctober 27, 2026

The Hawaiʻi that Neal Milner says never existed

The Hawaiʻi that Neal Milner says never existed

Retirees in an Oregon care home keep their aloha shirts, but a Civil Beat columnist says the Hawaiʻi they remember was never real. ASD opinion columnist Sterling Higa on why willful forgetting is the one thing we can’t afford.

Sterling HigaOctober 27, 2026

Community Voices: Ka Moʻolelo o Kaululāʻau and other ghost stories from Lānaʻi

Community Voices: Ka Moʻolelo o Kaululāʻau and other ghost stories from Lānaʻi

This is how the story of a kolohe boy who was sent to a haunted island became inseparable from the island itself. Lānaʻi was no longer just the place where Kaululāʻau was banished; it became “Lānaʻi a Kaululāʻau,” the island forever associated with the young aliʻi who rid the place of its ghosts.

Lopaka Kapanui and Tanya KapanuiOctober 27, 2026

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