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Both the nonprofit and a land conservation expert described the $1.5 million purchase as a rare victory in a state where so many other lands are being sold and developed.
The children of Elmer Lee Stevens, who lost their mother in the Lahaina fire, filed a petition with the court that, if granted, would allow them to join the settlement for the many residents who lost loved ones and homes in the fire.
Four swimmers — Lahainaluna's Jake McGill, King Kekaulike's Xander Hurst, Maui Prep's Sacha Salem and Maui High's Aika Swanson — won two individual events on Saturday at the Kīhei Aquatic Center.
Measure specifically targets four affordable housing projects that offered 358 units before the fire.
Wehiwa Aloy, who is ranked as a possble first-round draft choice for the No. 5 Arkansas Razorbacks, will play this season with brother Kuhio, who transferred from BYU.
Sabers are 10-0 and have clinched a state berth as they try to claim their first MIL girls basketball championship since 1999
After a downed power line caused the devastating August 2023 wildfire, there was public outcry to bury all lines in Lahaina. But Hawaiian Electric says they can’t do that without delaying the rebuild.
Planners envision kalo fields, coconut farms and other natural buffers to help protect one of the state's most important reefs.
The Maui Fair is a beloved local tradition that drew about 90,000 people the last time it was held in 2019.
Pohai Lee takes reins of Sabers football program after being head coach for Baldwin High School from 2015 to 2021.
Maui County is planning to propose measures to make it easier to rebuild homes in historic and shoreline areas.
Chairperson Sharon Hurd said the Hawaiʻi State Department of Agriculture is investigating a complaint by Maui coffee farmer Gerry Ross that big company Mahi Pono was able to obtain coffee leaf rust-resistant cultivars that small companies could not.
A group of unsheltered residents living on Amala Place in Kahului sued the county in 2021, saying they weren't given enough notice and weren't granted a hearing to make their case before the sweep.
The agreement was hammered out in December following a three-day strike. The union wields significant power with 930 members — more than half of the 1,650 employees at Maui Health's three hospitals.
Kapalua Plantation Course is now home to top six under-par four-round tournament scoring marks all-time
Commercial operators at Kā‘anapali Beach say the court order could force them to shut down if their permits are not renewed this year, jeopardizing jobs of people impacted by the August 2023 wildfires.
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