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Maui entrepreneur builds self-sustaining farm model

Entrepreneur John G. Varel remembers growing up in a family of six children with his great-uncle and grandfather on a 120-acre farm in a small Illinois town 35 miles from St. Louis. At the farm, they grew corn, soybeans and wheat to pay the rent and to feed the cows, chickens and pigs they ...

State seeks comment on Puaʻahala forest management plan

State officials are seeking public comment on a draft management plan for the Puaʻahala section of the Molokai State Forest Reserve, where eight endangered plant species have been documented and one endangered wildlife species could be present. The plan from the Department of Land and ...

Mayor says improper Haiku speed tables will be removed

After hearing residents’ testimony for two hours about traffic-calming devices in Haiku, Maui County Mayor Richard Bissen assured them that devices found to have been installed improperly would be removed. According to county officials, 31 speed bumps and speed tables approved under the ...