Maui fishers hope new proposal will ensure there’s enough catch to go around
A team of fishers and marine resource advocates are working to overhaul reef fishing rules — but they say it needs to come with tougher penalties.
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Monday Morning MIL: Warriors snap Lunas’ eight-year, 46-game league winning streak
Kamehameha Maui came into the game with a 1-35 record all time against Lahainaluna but made a statement behind a strong run game and solid defense. Elsewhere around the MIL, Baldwin and Seabury, the defending MIL girls volleyball champion in Division I and II, respectively, remained unbeaten in league play.
Judge approves agreement that stops cutting of live trees on wetlands parcel in Kīhei
Work on the parcel originally started to clear a firebreak following concerned neighbor complaints, but a conservation group says it's gone far beyond that and put wildlife habitat at risk.
Lahaina fire leads to disappearing tourism jobs, desperately needed construction workers
Demand for constructor workers and contractors is outpacing the need in Lahaina, where a massive rebuild effort is just getting started.
End of an era? Lahaina fire delivers big blow to already declining commercial fishing industry
There is much uncertainty about the rebounding of the Lahaina fishing industry with only two of the commercial fishing boats docked in the harbor having survived the fire and a timeline of at least two more years before the damaged harbor can reopen.
Fishpond and hundreds of acres are for sale on Moloka‘i. A local nonprofit wants to buy it
It wouldn’t be the first time that a small community group secured ownership of a loko i‘a, the traditional fishponds used by early Hawaiians to sustainably grow fish. State laws prevent the sale of fishponds on state-owned land, but private owners are free to sell.
Lahainaluna’s 46-game MIL football win streak on line Saturday in de facto ‘Maui championship’
Kamehameha Maui senior safety/wide receiver Nohi Casco, a threat on both sides of the ball, said the Warriors are gunning to end the Lunas' eight-year MIL victory run.
Monday Morning MIL: Kūlanihākoʻi High School hosts its first varsity event
Seabury Hall continues cross country dominance, Lunas extend MIL football winning streak and Baldwin stays undefeated in girls volleyball.
Federal government’s response to Lahaina fire takes center stage in congressional hearing on Maui today
Elected officials will hear from federal and local witnesses as it looks into whether the government followed the lessons it learned from other disasters.
Monday Morning MIL: Lunas welcome Farmers to 11-player football in more ways than one
The two teams joined in the potluck tradition after Lahainaluna beat Moloka‘i in the Famers' MIL 11-player football debut on Saturday night.
Prices of burned-down properties in Lahaina spark conflict between land trust, sellers
The land trust says listings of burned properties in Lahaina with prices well above their assessed land values pre-fire will draw outside investors and put properties out of the reach of local buyers. But sellers say it's a tough call to put their properties on the market and that they're just trying to recoup their losses and move on with their lives.
Maui County issues violation for debris, warning for unpermitted tree-clearing that began as fire prevention
A conservation group said the "illegal" cutting of trees and other vegetation is destroying precious wetlands and habitat for the Hawaiian hoary bat, a state and federally listed endangered species.
Kahale family’s vision leads to Molokaʻi’s historic MIL 11-player football debut tonight
The Farmers have gone from playing flag football and borrowing equipment to dominating the eight-player ranks and finally making it to the 11-player stage.
Historic and hazardous structures are focus of final fire debris cleanup stages in Lahaina
Waiola Church members are eagerly awaiting the call from the Army Corps of Engineers to notify them when their property is next for cleanup. The church is among the properties that have been put off until the end of the cleanup process because of their historic characteristics and physical hazards.
Monday Morning MIL: Corniel steps down as two-time state champion coach at Maui High
Corniel say's he's "fulfilled my coaching goals" and plans to focus on his family. Also in Maui County sports over the weekend, Baldwin broke its 22-game losing streak and Hawaiian Canoe Club won big at World Sprints in Hilo.
Lahaina Aquatic Center to reopen soon after volunteers led effort to clean up the fire mess
Volunteer LeCamieann Shiffler, whom one swim coach called "an angel" who dropped out of the sky, has spearheaded the effort to cleanup the fire debris from the popular pool so it can reopen for the community.
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