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Maui County urges farmers, ranchers to prepare for Tropical Storm Lala
The Maui County Department of Agriculture is urging ranchers, farmers and other producers to complete preparations for Tropical Storm Lala, which is forecast to strengthen into a hurricane before affecting Hawaii Island as early as Saturday. The storm could bring dangerous winds, heavy rain, flooding and large waves to Hawaii Island, Maui County and other islands this weekend. Maui and Hawaii Island could receive 5 to 10 inches of rain, according to the National Weather Service. A combination of storm surge and tides also could flood normally dry coastal areas. The Department of ...
Mahi Pono has water license hearing Friday
Native Hawaiian taro farmer Ed Wendt said he’s against a proposal to allow a private entity to obtain a license for East Maui water — a proposal that is going before the state Board of Land and Natural Resources on Friday. “Water is a public trust resource and it is highly inappropriate to allow a private, much less foreign, for-profit corporation to control any part of it,” said Wendt, who grows taro in Wailuanui. The board meeting will start at 9 a.m. Friday in Honolulu. The public can watch the hearing through a live stream at the J. Walter Cameron Center in Wailuku or via ...
UHERO: Housing recovery advances while jobs, incomes lag three years after wildfires
Three years after the August 2023 Maui wildfires, housing conditions have improved for many affected families, but employment and incomes lag behind pre-fire levels, according to a new report from the University of Hawaii Economic Research Organization. Released Tuesday, the report used findings from the Maui Recovery Survey, an ongoing survey of people who lived, worked or owned a business in West Maui or Kula at the time of the wildfires. About two-thirds of fire-affected households now live in permanent housing, up from just over half in early 2025, while homeownership has ...
Nā Hōkū-winning group Ekolu to bring ‘Ekolulauleʻa’ to Kihei
Fresh from winning their latest Nā Hōkū Hanohano Award for reggae album of the year, Maui’s Ekolu will headline an “Ekolulauleʻa” celebration Saturday at Kihei Charter School. “Ekolulauleʻa is all about bringing everybody together and making it feel like one big family party, ...
Healthwise Maui: Experts answer your health-related questions
EDITOR'S NOTE: Physicians, providers, and administrative staff who practice at Maui Health hospitals and clinics answer questions from the public in "Heathwise Maui." Maui Health operates Maui Memorial Medical Center, Maui Memorial Medical Center Outpatient Clinic, Kula Hospital & Clinic and Lana‘i Community Hospital and accepts all patients. To submit a question, go to the website at mauihealth.org/healthwise. Q: What are some tips for preventing colds and flu when my child goes back to school? Travis Glenn, MD, Family Medicine, Glenn Family Medicine at Maui Memorial Medical Center ...