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Maui County Council Member Tasha Kama died at 9:25 p.m. Sunday, surrounded by her loved ones, according to a family statement posted on the Kahului council member’s Facebook page. She was 73.

The Save Honolua Coalition wants to follow the success of places like Hā‘ena State Park on Kaua’i where visitor numbers were drastically reduced.

The Food and Nutrition Service notified states Friday that all November SNAP benefit allotments are suspended until sufficient federal funding is appropriated or the agency issues updated direction. 

The Maui County Council’s Housing and Land Use Committee deferred action Thursday on recommendations for phasing out thousands of apartment-zoned short-term vacation rentals, shifting its focus instead to a proposal that would allow more than 4,500 current vacation rental units to continue operating legally. The committee plans to advance legislation to establish H-3 and H-4 hotel zoning […]

Kapalua Golf’s Plantation Course will reopen for play on Monday, Nov. 10, 2025. The golf course has been closed since Sept. 2, 2025 to allow Kapalua Golf’s agronomy team to restore turf health following prolonged irrigation restrictions. 

The Maui County Council’s Housing and Land Use Committee recessed a discussion Wednesday after a brief deliberation on the path forward for Bill 9, which aims to phase out thousands of short-term rentals in apartment-zoned districts to free up housing for residents.

For two decades, Hawaiʻi’s Deposit Beverage Container program has been run as an “honor system,” reliant on unverified self-reported data and plagued by alleged fraud, State Auditor Les Kondo told a state Senate committee during an informational meeting Thursday.

The Maui County Council’s Water Authority, Social Services and Parks Committee recommended adoption of a resolution Monday that would authorize the county to execute a park assessment agreement with Waiʻale 905 Partners LLC, the developer of the Waikapū Country Town project.

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.

National Geographic announced today its annual Best of the World 2026 list, the 25 destinations that define how and where we’ll travel in 2026: this year,Maui has earned a spot among them.

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.

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.

The Maui Department of Water Supply on Friday announced a Stage 3 water shortage for consumers in the Upcountry Maui service area, requiring the implementation of mandatory and strict water conservation measures.

Maui’s Elizabeth Kamaile Kahailihauwelo Kekahuna, representing Hālau Keʻalaokamaile under the guidance of Nā Kumu Hula Kealiʻi Reichel and Henohea Kāne, was announced as the winner of the 33rd annual Hula O Nā Keiki competition at Outrigger Kā’anapali Beach Resort.

Kaiser Hawai’i employees say they’re being treated like “second class” as their counterparts in other states make much higher salaries.

As part of their quarterly “Manaʻo on The Mountain” Community Potluck series, Kula-based nonprofit, Mālama Kula, will be hosting Department of Water Supply Chief Engineer James Jensen, for an Oct. 22 discussion on Upcountryʻs water system, and where Kula gets its water from.

Council Member Nohelani Uʻu-Hodgins announced that a report from the temporary investigative group she led on policy responses to the possible phasing out of transient vacation rental uses in Apartment Districts will be released Tuesday.

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.

Gov. Josh Green today announced the upcoming opening of Kīpūola Kauhale, the state’s first and largest kauhale village on a neighbor island. Built from the ground up on Maui, Kīpūola – meaning “to enfold oneself with life, health, and well-being” – will provide 64 tiny homes and a new path to economic mobility for wildfire survivors and individuals experiencing homelessness.

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.