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New design studio opens on Nu'uanu Roberta Oaks in front her new store at Nu'uanu and Pauahi. Credit Noe Tanigawa / Hawaii Public Radio Did you know that Nu'uanu Ave is the center of town? Our major streets, like Beretania and King, are numbered North and South relative to Nu'uanu. This essential thoroughfare is also home to several art hubs, including its newest addition, designer Roberta Oaks' store. Oaks spoke with Noe Tanigawa about opening a brick-and-mortar location during the pandemic, as well as the inspiration for her designs. Roberta Oaks

February 11, 2021 Jefferson Tester, professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, and Lance Collins, professor emeritus of mechanical and aerospace engineering and the former Joseph Silbert Dean of Engineering, are among the new class elected to the National Academy of Engineering. Election to the academy is among the highest professional distinctions for an engineer, with membership honoring those who have made outstanding contributions to “engineering research, practice, or education… and to the pioneering of new and developing fields of technology, making major advancements in tr...

mtanji@mauinews.com A diverse slate of nine residents was recommended by a Maui County Council committee on Tuesday to sit on a commission tasked with updating Maui County’s main guiding document. If approved by the full council, the nine nominees will join two mayoral appointees on the Charter Commission, which will meet from March 1 to July 1, 2022 to study and review the Maui County Charter, which outlines the responsibilities of the local government from the mayor to the council and each department. The commission convenes every 10 years and proposes charter amendments that are put to t...

The Maui News Every 10 years, a group of residents gather to review the Maui County Charter, the guiding document for local government. This year, the council will nominate nine members of the Charter Commission, while the mayor will nominate two. Here are the nine council nominees: • Grant Chun, current executive director for Hale Mahaolu; former managing director of Maui County from 1999 to 2002; A&B Properties vice president, 2002-17. Nominated by Council Chairwoman Alice Lee (Wailuku). • Keoni Kuoha, interim executive director, Maui AIDS Foundation, February 2019 to May 2019; ex...

UH Mānoa programs. Lance Collins and Zachary Lum, features 11 Filipino folk songs translated into ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi and two Hawaiian songs sung in Ilokano. Proceeds will benefit the Refugee and Immigration Law Clinic in the William Collins, an attorney on Maui, earned five degrees from UH—his last was a PhD in political science in 2010. Lum, a founding member of the Nā Hōkū Hanohano Award-winning group Keauhou, earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from UH Mānoa, and is currently pursuing his PhD in political science. “The goal of the project is to think of the futures...