The tsunami warning event on Saturday resulted in sewage spills to the ocean at three locations. Officials with the County of Maui identified the specific areas where the public should avoid the ocean until results of bacteriological tests are complete. They are: Kahului (the ocean fronting Hale Nanea and some of the drainage ditches near [...]

By Wendy Osher The effects of a high surf warning are showing in the form of increased traffic and beach closures.  The county of Maui closed Baldwin and Hookipa Beach parks at 8:30 this morning.  By 10 a.m., county lifeguards on the north shore reported surf in the 40-45 foot range at the popular Hookipa [...]

A series of Kalaupapa family workshops begins this week to help people find information about ancestors that were forcibly relocated to the remote Molokai community.  There were an estimated 8,000 individuals who were sent to the Kalaupapa Peninsula between 1866 and 1969 because of government policies regarding Hansens disease. The meeting times are as follows: [...]