Maui Gold Pineapple wants to ramp up to full production, but deer and drought stand in the way
The company says its fields are getting "eaten alive by axis deer and feral pigs," and many Maui farms are facing similar challenges.
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BREAKING NEWS: Los Angeles Angels hiring Maui’s Baldwin High grad Kurt Suzuki as next manager
Kurt Suzuki, a 2001 graduate from Mauiʻs Baldwin High School, will become the first MLB manager from Hawai’i when he takes command of the Los Angeles Angels.
Monday Morning MIL: Defending champion Kamehameha Maui rolls into Division II state football tournament as ‘best team on Maui’
The Warriors rolled to a 27-7 win over Lahainaluna on Friday night at Kana‘iaupuni Stadium to clinch another trip to state with a 3-0 record in the second round of Maui Interscholastic League play — they were already the first-round champions in Division II with a 4-0 record.
Lahaina’s affordable Front Street Apartments will be rebuilt with more units, but not soon enough for some former residents
Plans to rebuild the housing complex destroyed by the 2023 wildfire now call for an increase of 98 units, but with a four-year timeline, residents whose FEMA housing will end in February are left in limbo.
Hunting, camping, watershed protection in plan for Maui’s new Kamehamenui State Forest Reserve in Upper Kula
The State of Hawaiʻi continues to work on a 10-year management plan for a 3,434-acre parcel of watershed conservation land in Upper Kula that was acquired five years ago from a private trust.
Tonnessen to retire next year after 13 years leading Friends of the Children’s Justice Center of Maui
Paul Tonnessen has been putting the final touches on Healing Hearts, the largest annual fundraiser of the Friends of the Children's Justice Center of Maui that will be held Friday night at the King Kamehameha Golf Club.
Hundreds of Kaiser Permanente health care workers on Maui go on strike, forcing temporary closure of Kīhei clinic
Kaiser Hawai'i employees say they're being treated like "second class" as their counterparts in other states make much higher salaries.
Monday Morning MIL: Kamehameha Maui clinches another state tournament berth in girls volleyball, league semifinals set for tonight
Archer Fabrao will participate in her fourth state tournament that runs Oct. 27 and Oct. 30-Nov. 1 after the Warriors clinched their 21st consecutive state tournament appearance with a 25-12. 25-20, 26-24 win over King Kekaulike on Tuesday.
Hundreds more ‘paper leases’ for Hawaiian home lands are being awarded on Maui. Now the state must deliver
Driven by a historic $600 million allocation and the 2023 wildfires, the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands is making a push to award over 2,600 leases statewide by the end of the year, including over 1,200 on Maui.
State, Maui County trying to boost sports tourism, targeting events for competitors on way to 2028 Los Angeles Olympics
Imagine Olympic windsurfing or kite surfing competitors stopping at Ho’okipa and Kanaha beach parks on Maui to practice on their way to the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games in less than 3 years — it's an idea that state and county officials hope can spur the economy.
33 years after first playing Dr. Frank-N-Furter in ‘The Rocky Horror Show,’ Eric Gilliom is ready for his last run
The 62-year-old will play the lead role in the cult classic for the eighth and final time during a run from Oct. 17 to Nov. 2 at the historic ʻIao Theater on Maui.
‘We just have to start’: Nonprofit faces $40 million task of restoring 8 historic sites in Lahaina
The earliest building, the Baldwin Home, could potentially be finished around 2028, while the last buildings, the Seamen's Hospital and Plantation House, would take until roughly 2032.
Monday Morning MIL: Baldwin alum Donan Cruz joins University of Hawai’i men’s volleyball coaching staff
The 41-year-old Donan Cruz was named an assistant coach for the University of Hawai’i men’s volleyball program that he has battled for the last four years as head coach at Ball State University in Muncie, Ind.
Lahaina businesses took a ‘backseat’ in fire recovery. Now the focus is turning to rebuilding Front Street
Maui County recently released design options for the once-bustling business district of Front Street that include plans to keep it as a two-lane road open to pedestrians and cars.
Kids too young to remember the last Maui County Fair create new memories as opening night draws crowd of 30,000
Maui County provided $1.5 million to bring back the beloved fair that was held for 97 years, but not since 2019 due to reasons that included the COVID-19 pandemic and rising transportation costs for amusement rides.
King Kamehameha III Elementary School will be rebuilt close to original site on Front Street
The elementary school that burned in the Lahaina wildfire of 2023 will be rebuilt on the 14-acre Ku’ia site that is near the original location but inland and out of the tsunami inundation zone.
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