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April 15, 2025

Decline in West Maui water supply means new housing projects will have to wait

Maui County is hoping to bring another well online by this summer, but it would be limited to temporary housing projects and homes rebuilt after the 2023 wildfire.

April 14, 2025

Monday Morning MIL: Kamehameha Maui baseball, Maui High boys volleyball clinch state berths

As spring season winds down, Warriors baseball team and Sabers boys volleyball team know they will be in their state tournaments. MIL track also shining through.

April 09, 2025

Reflecting on pandemic five years later, Maui hospital officials say crisis prepared them for fires, future emergencies

In the pandemic, Maui Health had to run an emergency operations center, set up community clinics, tap into other health care facilities for assistance and communicate better with staff and the community.

April 07, 2025

Monday Morning MIL: Gushiken, Seumalo looking forward to another football season after junior college court ruling

The decision granting another year of NCAA eligibility to former junior college players has allowed Moloka’i graduate Uso Seumalo and Kamehameha Maui graduate Kapena Gushiken the chance to play this fall at Kansas State and Mississippi, respectively.

April 06, 2025

Five years after pandemic, hospital workers on Maui still remember the mental toll

Nurses at Maui Memorial Medical Center during the COVID pandemic went to great lengths not to bring the virus home and spent months in isolation from loved ones and neighbors who applauded their bravery but feared being around them. 

April 04, 2025

Maui County’s proposed short-term rental ban is still awaiting a decision, but already business in the industry is falling

Some owners are selling, and related businesses like cleaning services are seeing a drop in jobs and income. “We’re just kind of in purgatory,” one property management company said.

April 02, 2025

Years after Maui led the way, surfing could become a statewide sanctioned sport in Hawaiʻi high schools under proposed bill

The Maui Interscholastic League has sanctioned surfing as an official high school sport since 2014, and now the State Legislature is considering funding to make the sport sanctioned statewide at public schools.

March 31, 2025

Monday Morning MIL: Kamehameha Maui leads tight Division I baseball race at midseason

One year after putting two teams in the Division I state championship game, the MIL has reached the midway point of the baseball season with three teams — Kamehameha Maui, Maui High and Baldwin — all separated by just one game.

March 30, 2025

As property values climb, Maui County eyes lower tax rates for resident homeowners

Some property owners are seeing increases by as much as 50%, and even with a tax rate cut, they may still see a higher bill.

March 29, 2025

Hoping for an economic boost, mayor’s budget puts money towards major sports events

For the first time according to county officials, The Sentry PGA Tour golf tournament, the Maui Invitational college basketball tournament and the Maui Marathon are in the fiscal year budget.

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