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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 “Healthwise Maui,” which appears on Thursdays. 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 is a wound care center, and who should go there? Barron Elleby, DPM, Podiatrist and Wound Care Provider, Maui Memorial Medical Center ...

Lanai bowling alley saga shines light on county’s cumbersome parking mandates

Maui County lawmakers have approved a bill that clears the way for a new four-lane bowling facility in the heart of the island's “downtown” area. But the project’s almost-two-year saga of obtaining its regulatory clearances is a striking example of how the county’s inflexible zoning mandates can delay or even possibly block much-desired community projects. The estimated $5 million project was initiated in May 2023 by land-management company Pūlama Lānaʻi. Its plan was to tear down an old government building at Dole Park — once used as a bowling alley itself — and build a ...

Community reports essential as little fire ant detections increase on Maui

The Maui Invasive Species Committee (MISC) is highlighting the critical importance the community plays in protecting the island from little fire ants (LFA). This news comes during October as invasive species response programs across Hawai‘i highlight invasive ant awareness during “Stop the ...

Ka‘ana Mana‘o: The future of nursing in Maui County is bright

Beginning with the Fall 2026 semester, our college will offer a Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing. This is a big, BIG deal. It means Maui County will have the best prepared new RNs we can offer. And it also means we will have the potential to graduate enough nurses to serve our county’s ...

Maui Indivisible: Maui County Council right to pause on Bill 92

Maui County Council Chair Alice Lee has boldly tabled Bill 92 to begin a community conversation on President Donald Trump’s definition of terrorism and safeguarding our free speech, freedom of the press, freedom of assembly, and peaceful dissent. Maui Indivisible had urged the Council to pause approving a signed contract between the FBI and Maui Police Department to allow the FBI to deputize and directly supervise Maui taxpayer funded Maui police officers under Trump’s dictates on terrorism. The agreement would also require deputized officers to use Trump Administration equipment ...