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A&B vice president of diversified agriculture, Rick Volner, is resigning to take on a new opportunity as GM of Maui operations for HC&D (formerly Ameron).

A&B on Tuesday presented their “diversified agriculture” plan to the Maui Policy, Economic Development and Agricultural Committee.

Kit Okazaki of Kit Okazaki State Farm Insurance Company was selected as the new Maui Chamber of Commerce Chairman of the Board.

The final load of sugar from Maui went out of port at Kahului Harbor this morning. Blaring boat horns could be heard throughout central Maui as the departure marked the end of an era for sugar in the islands.

For those that have flown in to Kahului Airport, including tourists and visitors alike, the fields of cane have served as a green welcome-carpet of sorts to those arriving on Maui. Will that green turn into a brown dust bowl, or be replaced by a different crop going forward?

Robert Luuwai, vice president of factory operations at HC&S give us an inside look at mill operations and a bit of history about the original 1890 building.

As the last harvest at Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Company nears its end, we had the opportunity to document some of the work that goes into the operation, and discuss the company’s new venture into diversified agriculture.

HC&S General Manager, Rick Volner tells Maui Now that the company had a couple of major goals that they set out at the beginning of the year. “One was obviously finishing this last year and getting the sugar production and the crop through.”

The Maui Non-Profit Directors Association selected winners of its annual Legislative Pau Hana awards event held on Thursday, Oct. 29, at the Hui Noʻeau Visual Arts Center.

Evaluations conducted by independent experts, as well as our own review, have exposed significant flaws in the study’s methodology and analysis. Moreover, the authors’ conclusions are undermined by the study’s own data.

The Maui group Stop Cane Burning has filed a new motion in Second Circuit Court seeking injunctive relief to invalidate the 2015 Burn Permit issued to Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Company and ban parent company A&B from conducting agricultural burning operations on Maui.

Days after the celebratory release of water at ʻĪao, parties involved in the settlement remain at odds over the amount of water being returned in Wailuku.

The Hawaiian Commercial and Sugar company on Maui will host a community open house from 6 to 9 p.m. on Tuesday, April 15, 2014, at the Maui Waena Intermediate School Cafeteria.

“Bottom line here is the working people need jobs on this island. To be honest with you, it’s kind of rediculous–people come here and try to stop a lifestyle here on the island,” said HC&S retiree, Charles Jennings.

One of the missions moving forward is to explore options for converting the plantation from a sugar farm into a bio-energy farm, said HC&S.

A&B’s financial contributions over the past 35 years, has helped Kaunoa’s Congregate Nutrition program provide nutritious meals at 17 satellite centers throughout Maui County, officials said.

At least one neighbor has aired concerns over herbicide use at sugar cane fields in Ku’au on Maui. HC&S responds to questions relating to health and company practices involving the controversial substance, atrazine.

Alexander and Baldwin today announced some organizational changes that include a retirement, two promotions and the search for a chief financial officer.