County’s updated plan for $1.6 billion in fire recovery funds includes help for first-time homebuyers, rebuilding homes
Plan on track to be submitted this week, with applications taken for programs in the summer.
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Hotels, highest residential users could see higher water rates as county tries to conserve more amid drought
Maui County is hoping increased rates as high as 25%, along with stricter measures that include limits on when people can water their lawns during a shortage, will curb water usage.
Decline in West Maui water supply means new housing projects will have to wait
Maui County is hoping to bring another well online by this summer, but it would be limited to temporary housing projects and homes rebuilt after the 2023 wildfire.
Monday Morning MIL: Kamehameha Maui baseball, Maui High boys volleyball clinch state berths
As spring season winds down, Warriors baseball team and Sabers boys volleyball team know they will be in their state tournaments. MIL track also shining through.
Reflecting on pandemic five years later, Maui hospital officials say crisis prepared them for fires, future emergencies
In the pandemic, Maui Health had to run an emergency operations center, set up community clinics, tap into other health care facilities for assistance and communicate better with staff and the community.
Monday Morning MIL: Gushiken, Seumalo looking forward to another football season after junior college court ruling
The decision granting another year of NCAA eligibility to former junior college players has allowed Moloka'i graduate Uso Seumalo and Kamehameha Maui graduate Kapena Gushiken the chance to play this fall at Kansas State and Mississippi, respectively.
Five years after pandemic, hospital workers on Maui still remember the mental toll
Nurses at Maui Memorial Medical Center during the COVID pandemic went to great lengths not to bring the virus home and spent months in isolation from loved ones and neighbors who applauded their bravery but feared being around them.
Maui County’s proposed short-term rental ban is still awaiting a decision, but already business in the industry is falling
Some owners are selling, and related businesses like cleaning services are seeing a drop in jobs and income. "We're just kind of in purgatory," one property management company said.
Years after Maui led the way, surfing could become a statewide sanctioned sport in Hawaiʻi high schools under proposed bill
The Maui Interscholastic League has sanctioned surfing as an official high school sport since 2014, and now the State Legislature is considering funding to make the sport sanctioned statewide at public schools.
Monday Morning MIL: Kamehameha Maui leads tight Division I baseball race at midseason
One year after putting two teams in the Division I state championship game, the MIL has reached the midway point of the baseball season with three teams — Kamehameha Maui, Maui High and Baldwin — all separated by just one game.
As property values climb, Maui County eyes lower tax rates for resident homeowners
Some property owners are seeing increases by as much as 50%, and even with a tax rate cut, they may still see a higher bill.
Hoping for an economic boost, mayor’s budget puts money towards major sports events
For the first time according to county officials, The Sentry PGA Tour golf tournament, the Maui Invitational college basketball tournament and the Maui Marathon are in the fiscal year budget.
U.S. Rep Tokuda tells Maui residents fearful of Trump’s changes: ‘You need to help us agitate’
Local voters are growing frustrated with Democratic leadership in the face of mass federal funding and job cuts.
Monday Morning MIL: Wrestler Nanea Estrella sets sights on Olympics, world team, after third-place finish at women’s collegiate nationals
Nanea Estrella, a 2020 Lahainaluna High School graduate, finished her senior season for the University of Iowa women's wrestling team with a 30-3 record.
Uncertainty over federal funding cuts hangs over the upcoming budget talks for Maui County
Council members say they'll be combing the budget for savings in case the county is impacted by cuts to federal programs or agencies helping with the Lahaina wildfire recovery.
Maui Police Commission decides not to place Chief Pelletier on leave over lawsuit allegations
The chief's lawyer said there was a filing error with the amended lawsuit, which claims Pelletier was involved in the coverup of a gang rape involving Sean "Diddy" Combs in 2018.
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