Maui County will hold a tree-planting ceremony in honor of the late U.S. Sen. Daniel K. Inouye at 9 a.m. Friday at the Central Maui Regional Sports Complex in Kahului.

The entrance to the park is at the south end of South Kamehameha Avenue, just past Pomaikai Elementary School. Light refreshments will be served.

Similar tree-planting ceremonies honoring Inouye have been held on Kauai, Oahu and Hawaii island. The Maui County ceremony will feature the planting of a kamani tree, “which is symbolic of Inouye’s strong and long-lasting commitment to the people of Maui County,” said Maui Mayor Alan Arakawa.

Hawaii isle has most pot patients

HILO >> New state data aimed at helping newly licensed marijuana dispensaries determine where to set up shop show Hawaii island has nearly twice as many medical marijuana patients as Oahu.

The Hawaii Trib-une-Herald reported Monday that the state Department of Health figures show there were about 6,100 patients on Hawaii island as of June 30. That number compared with Oahu’s 3,400 patients and comprised more than 40 percent of the medical marijuana patients statewide.

On the Big Island about 700 patients live in Pahoa, while only about 640 patients were counted on Hilo, which has roughly three times as many people as Pahoa. Kona also had about 700 patients.

Health Department spokeswoman Janice Okubo says the July data on census-designated places will be updated yearly and used to determine where future dispensary