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Kamehameha Maui, Maui High and King Kekaulike all have more than 50 athletes out for spring football practice, numbers rarely seen in the Maui Interscholastic League for the voluntary workouts.
The Coach Soichi Sakamoto Invitational swim meet has been a staple on the Hawai’i sports calendar for most of the past 49 years. This year it drew 232 swimmers from around the state and two teams from the Mainland.
County is already removing some trash but says it is all consensual, and nobody is being forcibly removed.
The median price for Maui condos has dropped almost 25%, from a whopping $962,500 in April 2024 before the proposed short-term rental ban to $727,000 in April of this year.
On Aug. 2, and for the first time in eight years, Maui will host the state championship regatta at Hanakaʻōʻō Beach Park, with organizers hoping it will provide a morale boost to West Maui that is still struggling from the 2023 Lahaina wildfire.
Kamehameha Schools Maui Cody Gardanier went from never having competed in track and field before his senior year to state champion in the boys high jump on May 9.
Removing black wattle is important to fire mitigation in Kula because the invasive species burns fast and it chokes out more fire-resistant native species.
The $1.56 billion budget, which is $55 million more than Mayor Richard Bissen’s, is up for first reading today.
Many referees, umpires and other sports officials in Maui County are retiring as they become too old to keep up with the action or are quitting after a few years for reasons that include being tired of the verbal abuse from coaches, players and fans.
The state pole vault record of 15 feet, 3 inches had stood since 1997, when it was set by St. Anthony’s Bubba McLean, and later tied by Waiākea’s Eric Cabais-Fernandez in 2019.
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