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October 08, 2025

‘We just have to start’: Nonprofit faces $40 million task of restoring 8 historic sites in Lahaina

The earliest building, the Baldwin Home, could potentially be finished around 2028, while the last buildings, the Seamen’s Hospital and Plantation House, would take until roughly 2032.

October 06, 2025

Monday Morning MIL: Baldwin alum Donan Cruz joins University of Hawai’i men’s volleyball coaching staff

The 41-year-old Donan Cruz was named an assistant coach for the University of Hawai’i men’s volleyball program that he has battled for the last four years as head coach at Ball State University in Muncie, Ind. 

October 05, 2025

Lahaina businesses took a ‘backseat’ in fire recovery. Now the focus is turning to rebuilding Front Street

Maui County recently released design options for the once-bustling business district of Front Street that include plans to keep it as a two-lane road open to pedestrians and cars.

October 04, 2025

Kids too young to remember the last Maui County Fair create new memories as opening night draws crowd of 30,000

Maui County provided $1.5 million to bring back the beloved fair that was held for 97 years, but not since 2019 due to reasons that included the COVID-19 pandemic and rising transportation costs for amusement rides.

October 03, 2025

King Kamehameha III Elementary School will be rebuilt close to original site on Front Street

The elementary school that burned in the Lahaina wildfire of 2023 will be rebuilt on the 14-acre Ku’ia site that is near the original location but inland and out of the tsunami inundation zone.

October 01, 2025

New Pā‘ia siren expected in late 2026, as recent emergencies show they’re no longer a ‘last resort’

Sirens used in last week’s fire and the tsunami warning earlier this summer show how the approach to sounding the sirens has changed since the deadly 2023 Lahaina blaze.

September 29, 2025

Monday Morning MIL: Kamehameha Maui runs away from Baldwin to open second round of football season

The Warriors took another impressive step towards showing everyone who’s boss in Maui high school football with a 49-28 win over Baldwin on Friday night at Kanai’aupuni Stadium.

September 27, 2025

Petition calls for Holomua Road closure after 380-acre fire; houseless community says it’s not to blame

Maui County is moving closer to installing gates on the road, but residents and emergency officials aren’t sure it will deter people from starting fires.

September 26, 2025

Maui High School Hall of Honor dinner to honor graduates Rachel Kondo, Faith Ito, Katsugo Miho, Glenn Otani

Rachel Kondo and Faith Ito are the two alive members of the four-person class entering their alma mater’s Hall of Honor at the Maui High School Hall of Honor Banquet at the school’s gymnasium on Tuesday.

September 25, 2025

State-run Ka Laʻi Ola temporary housing for Lahaina fire survivors is finished; 450 units soon-to-be full

Wednesday’s celebration announced that the 450-unit, $185 million West Maui complex is complete and ready to be filled to its capacity with about 1,500 people who were displaced by the 2023 Lahaina wildfire.

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