Maui County has more than three dozen boards and commissions that are supposed to advise the county on matters of policy — from housing to conservation to fire protection. Unfortunately, many of these volunteer-led boards do not have clear missions, have too few volunteers to meet quorums ...
Why is our government so soft on meth use and sales? It’s like nobody cares anymore. So many people are strung out and the dealers are making a life out of ruining others. Just look around, it’s everywhere; in your workplace, in your homes, and some are just accepting it like nothing is wrong. The chronics are all over the streets, stealing anything that they can, ruining our everyday life. Cameras, fencing and security alarms don’t deter these people. They are growing in population everywhere like rats and still nothing gets done. We don’t have a mental illness problem, ...
When diagnosed with breast cancer last year, my PCP said women don’t die from this like they used to. Hope this is going to be the truth not only for myself, but for other women on Lanai and Maui who can’t get an oncologist to take them on. Why is this happening? A Maui oncology practice shut down overnight with an email on a Friday 5 p.m. Patients now left to find aa replacement oncologist to pick them up is not turning out so well. I personally called Queens, Straub and Kapiolani on Oahu after my PCP sent referrals, only to be told they are not accepting Lanai patients and to ...
Barry Wurst’s review of Steven Spielberg’s “Disclosure Day” takes readers on a condescending, roundabout journey through film school academia rather than getting to the meat of the matter. We don’t need a lecture on the Spielberg canon. It would have sufficed to say the movie is wet dog. In today's grueling, “get-it-done-yesterday” world, filmgoers just want to know if a movie is worth their hard-earned dollars as an escape from the daily grind. “Disclosure Day” is so topsy-turvy and void of believability that it’s mind-boggling to discuss it in the context of ...
My grandmother flew from Maui to Oahu sick and scared, paying the price for a procedure that went wrong. An understaffed and under-resourced system had failed her. One that lacked the specialists and expertise to make it right. She recovered, and our family is grateful. But I keep thinking about all the people who don't have this same outcome. This is the reality for too many neighbor island residents living under a healthcare system stretched too thin. Doctors are leaving the state, and a bill that would have raised insurance reimbursements to retain primary care physicians on ...
What does it mean to be an American in 2026? Two distinctly and significantly different visions showed themselves in recent days. On the South Side of Chicago, there was the long-awaited opening of the Obama Presidential Center. In the presence of three past presidents and an assembly of ...
