The 2011 XTERRA World Championship makes a venue change this year, moving from the volcanic vistas of South Maui to the verdant terrain of the Kapalua Resort.

The old ML&P Cannery building in Kahului is in the process of being gutted. By noon today, just the bare bones of the structure were were left standing, at a place where pineapple on Maui once thrived as a leading industry.

Maui Land & Pineapple Company, Inc. reported a net loss of $2.5 million for the second quarter of 2011, but a net income of $10.0 million for the first six months 2011.

Maui Land & Pineapple Company has updated its management plan for the Puu Kukui Watershed Preserve through 2018.

Maui Land & Pineapple Company today announced that it has entered into an agreement for the sale of The Kapalua Bay Course and Maintenance Facility.  The $24.1 million agreement with TY Management Corporation of Hawaii is expected to close before the end of this month. In the interim, MLP will enter into a lease to [...]

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 [...]

January 1, 2010 marks a new day for pineapple production on Maui, as a team that includes five former Maui Pineapple Company executives assume operations of Maui Land & Pineapple Company, Inc. The five join Ulupalakua Ranch’s Pardee Erdman in running the newly named Haliimaile Pineapple Company, Ltd. The new company will officially assumes operations [...]

By Wendy Osher [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSTAYat44SA[/youtube] A report filed Monday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission shows doubts over future operations at Maui Land & Pineapple Company. The document detailed uncertainties in the company’s ability to continue after ceasing pineapple planting last week and laying off 208 employees by tomorrow, New Year’s Eve. The audit also [...]

By Wendy Osher [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exGK5X7izr4[/youtube] After nearly 100 years in the pineapple business, Maui Land and Pineapple Co. harvested its last pineapples from fields in Haliimaile and Haiku on Wednesday, December 23, 2009. The company had announced plans earlier this year to lay off 285 workers and cease pineapple operations by December 31st. Another 133 employees [...]

Many on Maui are calling it the end of an era as Maui Land and Pineapple Company pulls the plug on pineapple production.  An estimated 285 lay offs are planned by the end of the year in a move that was announced to workers Tuesday morning. After losing $115 million in agriculture over the past [...]