West Maui nonprofit, resort group unveil plan to restore eroding Kāʻanapali Beach

A West Maui nonprofit and the management association for Kāʻanapali Beach Resort have filed a permit application for a project aimed at reversing decades of erosion at Kāʻanapali Beach, one of the island’s most heavily used shorelines. Pilikahakai Foundation and Kāʻanapali Operations Association Inc. submitted an application for a conservation district use permit from the […]

Ka Hale A Ke Ola Homeless Resource Centers, the Maui nonprofit that has provided emergency shelter and homeless services on the island for more than 40 years, is one of three Hawaiʻi organizations whose medical respite care programs have earned certification from the National Institute for Medical Respite Care, according to the organizations. It is the first time agencies in Hawaiʻi have received the designation.

Maui County Council Member Kauanoe Batangan has picked up endorsements from the Hawaiʻi Government Employees Association and the United Public Workers, the two largest public-sector labor unions representing Maui County government employees, according to a campaign announcement. Batangan, who holds the Kahului residency area seat on the Maui County Council, said the unions’ backing carries […]

Once abundant across the Hawaiian Islands, the Ae‘o dwindled to roughly 200 birds in the 1940s after decades of overhunting, the loss of wetlands to agriculture and development, and the spread of invasive predators. Following its listing as endangered in 1973 and sustained conservation efforts, the population has since climbed to more than 1,500 birds today.

Hawaiʻi US Sen. Brian Schatz took to the Senate floor this week to accuse the US State Department of illegally withholding congressionally approved global health funding, saying the delays are costing lives around the world. Schatz, ranking member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations, said the department has failed to release […]

A Florida woman was airlifted to safety Wednesday after falling into ocean waters near Nakalele Point in West Maui and losing consciousness, according to the Maui Fire Department. The Department of Fire and Public Safety said firefighters and Ocean Safety officers responded at 12:42 p.m. to a report of a 27-year-old woman who had fallen […]

Kīhei’s monthly 4th Friday Town Party is set for 6 to 9 p.m. July 24 at Azeka Shopping Center Mauka with live music, food vendors, arts and crafts and family activities to the South Shore community.

The Maui Arts & Cultural Center will host its 28th annual Maui Calls benefit gala from 6 to 10 p.m. Aug. 22 at the Yokouchi Pavilion, the center announced. This year’s event is themed “Celebrating Vintage Aloha Wear” and will feature vintage aloha fashion, music, hula and dancing, according to the MACC. Maui Calls is […]

The Boys & Girls Clubs of Maui will hold its annual Back-to-School Health Fair from noon to 3 p.m. Friday at Queen Kaʻahumanu Center in Kahului, offering local families school supplies and other resources ahead of the new academic year. The free event, open to keiki ages 5 to 17, will include backpack and school […]

The Hawaiʻi Department of Health’s Food and Drug Branch is alerting residents to a recall of select Pumpkin Tree Peter Rabbit Organics Banana & Strawberry 4 oz. pouches due to a possible choking hazard. PT Organics Limited issued the recall after finding that a soft, food-grade plastic strand may be present in the finished product […]

Attorney General Anne Lopez and a coalition of conservation and public health organizations have each filed separate legal challenges to a US Environmental Protection Agency decision that partially rejected Hawaiʻi’s plan to curb pollution from power plants blamed for haze over Haleakalā National Park, including Hawaiian Electric Co.’s Kahului and Māʻalaea generating stations on Maui. […]

Hawaiʻi US Sen. Mazie Hirono has joined Sens. Andy Kim of New Jersey and Kirsten Gillibrand of New York in introducing legislation aimed at protecting language access requirements at federal agencies, a potentially impactful measure for Hawaiʻi’s large population of residents with limited English proficiency.