A “malicious fire” at an HC&S field in Kahului last year led to the early harvest of sugar cane in the area, and a subsequent air permit violation. “These circumstances led to confusion about the remaining cane in field 716 and resulted in 25 acres of field 716 being burned when HC&S completed the harvest in November 2011, rather than in 2012,” said Volner.

At least one neighbor has aired concerns over herbicide use at sugar cane fields in Ku’au on Maui. HC&S responds to questions relating to health and company practices involving the controversial substance, atrazine.

A brush fire on Maui on Thursday afternoon consumed a quarter-acre and caused $3,000 in losses at Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Company before being brought under control.

Four students from Maui were selected as recipients of annual scholarships awarded by A&B. All four recipients are children of employees at subsidiary Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Co.

Alexander and Baldwin today announced some organizational changes that include a retirement, two promotions and the search for a chief financial officer.

The Commission on Water Resource Management continues a public hearing on Maui today to gather testimony on existing water use at Na Wai ‘Eha.

By Wendy Osher Maui’s economic picture is marked by an impressive tourism industry rebound, according to First Hawaiian Bank economic advisor and Hawaii Pacific University professor Dr. Leroy Laney, who was the featured speaker at the 36th Annual First Hawaiian Bank Economic Outlook Forum, held at the Maui Beach Hotel in Kahului on Thursday. Get [...]

By Wendy Osher The environmental lawfirm, Earthjustice, filed a lawsuit today on behalf of two community groups on Maui challenging plans for a water treatment plant in Waiale.  The facility is proposed by Alexander & Baldwin, a company that has been fighting for water to sustain sugarcane crops under its Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Company [...]

A decision on the heated debate over water rights in east Maui will wait. That’s the decision state commission members made today as they deferred action on stream flow recommendations at 19 east Maui streams.

The State Commission on Water Resource Management will hold a meeting this Wednesday, December 16 to hear recommendations on 19 east Maui instream flow standard petitions. The streams under consideration have been used for more than 100 years to provide water for sugar in the central Maui plains.  More recently, surface water has also gone [...]