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With the rebuilding of homes underway and the commercial cleanup nearly finished, businesses say the timing is crucial to rebuild and provide jobs for returning residents.
The Maui Invitational has been away from the Lahaina Civic Center for three of the past four years. It returns with an impressive field next week.
The Ah Hees are days away from their final inspection and plan to spend Thanksgiving surrounded by loved ones more than a year after they were displaced by the August 2023 fire.
The Lunas finished 6-5 and said goodbye to 22 seniors after the game. “We’re just proud of our seniors and what they were able to accomplish in the last four years, considering everything that’s been going on,” Rickard said. “It’s not an excuse. They played through it, they played to the end and we’re very proud.
The Wahikuli neighborhood watch program works with the Maui Emergency Management Agency to augment checkpoints in the area to prevent looters and disaster tourists.
The two candidates were separated by fewer than 100 votes in the closest Maui County Council contest of the election. With no recount triggered and the deadline for cured ballots passed, the only other option is a legal challenge.
Two charter amendments passed with nearly 60% of the vote. The third, which proposed consecutive terms for board members with no waiting period, was narrowly defeated.
Bubba Ho'opi'i-Tuionetoa was a standout youth and high school baseball player growing up on Maui. Now, he is one step away from becoming the fifth player from Maui to make it to Major League Baseball.
While the planned yearlong renovation of War Memorial Stadium will interrupt high school and public use, the long-term goal includes attracting major sporting events, including the Hula Bowl, and large concerts and rodeos.
The Maui County Clerk's Office is notifying voters whose ballots have signature issues to fix them by 4:30 p.m. Nov. 13.
All Maui County Council members appeared to have won reelection, though the South Maui race was separated by just over 100 votes as of Wednesday morning, and it was unknown how many more ballots were pending. In the presidential race, voters said concerns over the economy pushed them to back Trump.
Money is flowing into the most closely contested races for the council, including the South Maui race, and contributions from vacation rental organizations reflect the hot-button proposal to ban short-term rentals that the council will have to consider.
The two championship games came down to key defensive stops.
After losing his home, running marathons to raise money for the Lahaina community has become Kahaiali'i's mission. "Every step I take, they're taking those same steps with me," he said.
Baldwin plays Lahainaluna Friday, Kamehameha Maui takes on King Kekaulike Saturday with state berths to each winner
Projects would boost on-call staffing and technology used by the county's emergency management agency, as well as improve evacuation access.
