The start of a new school year is always exciting for our students—especially our new students—and for our administration, faculty, and staff, as well. Our Fall 2024 classes started exactly one month ago and we’re happy to report that the semester has gotten off to a great start. One ...

In September, we get to honor our kupuna during Healthy Aging Month. While older adults are at increased risk of chronic diseases, such as heart disease, diabetes, arthritis, cancer, and dementia, there are many healthy choices seniors can make to help prevent illness and live longer, more ...

Seeing some of the images from the nurse’s strike on O‘ahu has been distressing, to say the least. Images of kupuna being hauled away in handcuffs, fighting for what they believe in have made their way across the nation and world. And if it has gone this far, it’s clear these ...

I once interviewed the one time CEO of United Airlines when they were focusing on Hawaii as one of their regional markets from Denver. When I talked to him that June some five years ago on Kauai, we at the newspaper had started terming visitor and local deaths “recreational” if they ...

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 on Thursdays. Maui Health operates Maui Memorial Medical Center, Maui Memorial Medical Center Outpatient Clinic, ...

Everyone agrees there is a need for additional housing on Maui. The need is most urgent in the wildfire-impacted zones of Lahaina and Upcountry, where last year’s fires have taken our housing crisis into a housing catastrophe. With 2,173 structures destroyed in last year’s ...