In an early show of support union leaders with the International Longshore and Wearhouse Union Local 142 on Maui endorsed Mayor Alan Arakawa, 2 years before he comes up for re-election.

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=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 [...]

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.