Haleakala National Park has opened new exhibits in Hawaiian and English at the Haleakala Visitor Center in the park’s summit district. The exhibits share stories of the mountain, its cultural significance and its natural features. Displays pictured at the center cover traditional Hawaiian ...
An 18-year-old man from Lahaina died in a single-vehicle wreck Sept. 23 on Honoapiilani Highway in Lahaina. Police identified the man as Manuel Olivas on Tuesday. The wreck happened at about 1:33 a.m. near the highway’s intersection with Kaanapali Parkway. Police said Olivas was driving a white 2000 Chevrolet Silverado south on Honoapiilani Highway in the inner lane at high speed when he lost control of the vehicle. The Silverado then went off the road, down an embankment and hit a tree on the driver’s side of the vehicle. Olivas was not wearing a seat belt at the time of ...
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The public is invited to hear ReTree Hawaii founder Andrew “Andy” Fox discuss native trees, climate resilience and Maui’s environmental future from noon to 1 p.m. Oct. 5 at a Rotary Club of Kahului meeting at Tante’s Island Cuisine at the Maui Seaside Hotel. Fox, a retired pediatrician who practiced on Maui for 24 years, founded ReTree Hawaii, a nonprofit that provides free native trees and shrubs to individuals and community groups. The organization has planted nearly 70,000 plants statewide since 2020, with the majority planted on Maui. Fox will discuss how native plants ...
The emergency shelter at Lahaina Civic Center Gym closed Monday afternoon after power was restored to nearly all West Maui customers, and four Lahaina public schools that were closed Monday are scheduled to reopen Tuesday. The shelter, which opened Saturday after an evacuation order was issued for Olowalu Village because of a fast-moving brush fire, closed at 4 p.m. Monday. Charging stations and Starlink satellite internet service also had been available at the site during the power outages. Mandatory evacuation orders for Olowalu Village were lifted at 5:45 a.m. Monday after the fire, ...
Metal mixtures found in the leftover smoke, ash and debris from the deadly 2023 Maui wildfires were harmful to the lung health of people living nearby long after the burning ended, a new study says. The work shows that major wildfires, which are worsening with the planet’s warming, could ...
