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Ka‘ana Mana‘o: Our commitment to agriculture

Readers of this column know that we’re committed to training Maui’s future workforce and we’re big on partnerships that help us achieve that goal. One of the best examples of the confluence of these is our participation, along with other stakeholders, in the Hawai’i Farmers Union’s ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: Physicians, providers, and administrative staff who practice at Maui Health hospitals and clinics answer questions from the public in “Healthwise Maui,” which appears in The Maui News. 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: Will taking vitamins or supplements help my wound heal faster? James R. Williams, MD, Infectious Disease, Maui Memorial Medical ...

Alyssa Condrey: The cost of complacency: Reclaiming activism in Maui County

Maui is portrayed as an idyllic tropical paradise, but for those of us who call it home, the reality is far more complex. Our island grapples with many foundational issues, such as an affordable housing crisis, stalled wildfire recovery, persistent drought, governmental gridlock and stagnant ...

Autumn Ness: What is Maui’s housing worth when it becomes housing again?

With the passage of Bill 9, Maui County corrected a decades-old zoning exemption that allowed thousands of units in apartment-zoned districts — land zoned for housing — to operate as short-term vacation rentals. Now, the county is considering new hotel zoning designations and deciding ...

Froma Harrop: Closed primaries are a curse on our Democracy

I didn't leave my political party; my party left me. Both of them. I've been a Democrat, and I've been a Republican. What I am now doesn't matter. The point is that a lot of American voters feel perpetually frustrated by the choices they find on the November ballot. The Democratic or ...