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October 26, 2025

Group that saved Honolua Bay from development now wants it to become a cultural sanctuary with fewer tourists

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.

October 25, 2025

SNAP benefits to be suspended next month due to federal government shutdown, affecting 18,000 in Maui County

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. 

October 22, 2025

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.

October 21, 2025

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.

October 20, 2025

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.

October 19, 2025

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.

October 18, 2025

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.

October 17, 2025

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.

October 15, 2025

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.

October 13, 2025

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. 

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