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Maui High graduate Rachel Kondo and husband Justin Marks captured a record 18 Emmys for the series, which was hammered out through a pandemic, work stoppages and plenty of arguments in the writers’ room.
More than 100 coral fragments were rescued from the bay over a year ago and coaxed back to life in the Maui Ocean Center Marine Institute’s saltwater tanks.
Lahainaluna, Kamehameha Maui and Maui High win in football, while Baldwin and Seabury stay undefeated in volleyball.
A team of fishers and marine resource advocates are working to overhaul reef fishing rules — but they say it needs to come with tougher penalties.
Kamehameha Maui came into the game with a 1-35 record all time against Lahainaluna but made a statement behind a strong run game and solid defense. Elsewhere around the MIL, Baldwin and Seabury, the defending MIL girls volleyball champion in Division I and II, respectively, remained unbeaten in league play.
Work on the parcel originally started to clear a firebreak following concerned neighbor complaints, but a conservation group says it’s gone far beyond that and put wildlife habitat at risk.
Demand for constructor workers and contractors is outpacing the need in Lahaina, where a massive rebuild effort is just getting started.
There is much uncertainty about the rebounding of the Lahaina fishing industry with only two of the commercial fishing boats docked in the harbor having survived the fire and a timeline of at least two more years before the damaged harbor can reopen.
It wouldn’t be the first time that a small community group secured ownership of a loko i‘a, the traditional fishponds used by early Hawaiians to sustainably grow fish. State laws prevent the sale of fishponds on state-owned land, but private owners are free to sell.
Kamehameha Maui senior safety/wide receiver Nohi Casco, a threat on both sides of the ball, said the Warriors are gunning to end the Lunas’ eight-year MIL victory run.
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