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Maluhia Maui Rotary Club plans electronics recycling pickup

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The Maluhia Maui Rotary Club will hold a community E-Cycle pickup from 8 to 11 a.m. Aug. 22 to help Maui residents responsibly dispose of unwanted electronics. The club will accept televisions, computer monitors, desktop and laptop computers and printers. A $20 donation per item is suggested, with optional data destruction available for an additional $10 per device. Proceeds from the event will help support Maluhia Maui Rotary Club community service projects benefiting Maui and local families. Organizers said recycling electronics helps keep potentially harmful materials out of ...

UHERO: Housing recovery advances while jobs, incomes lag three years after wildfires

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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 ...

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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 ...

Mahi Pono has water license hearing Friday

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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 ...