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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 ...

Ka‘ana Mana‘o: A powerful collaboration with Hawaiian Electric

Those of you who know me or read this column regularly, know we at UH Maui College believe that partnering with industry to ensure the future of Maui Nui’s workforce is a critical part of our mission. In a perfect example of that commitment, we recently celebrated the ten graduates of the ...

At last, Stephen King’s “The Long Walk” is now a movie

Francis Lawrence’s film version of Stephen King’s 1979 story, “The Long Walk,” presents the cinematic transformation of a novel, believed for decades to be unfilmable, into a movie that rewards and punishes its audience in equal measure. The film begins by showing us a letter that ...

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 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: If my joints ache after I work out, does that mean I have arthritis? Dr. Jonathan Eno, Orthopedic Sports Medicine ...