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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: My doctor told me I am in pre-heart failure. Does that mean heart failure is inevitable? Dr. Jason Call, Interventional Cardiologist, Pacific ...

Guest column: Community Services Block Grant Funding in Jeopardy

Federal budget reductions, especially in human services, has been well publicized. Maui Economic Opportunity, Maui County’s Community Action Agency fighting poverty in our communities, has not been spared. Recently, we announced the suspension of our long-running Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) due to uncertainty over federal funding. While our Head Start preschool program received notification of funding for the upcoming school year, we are awaiting word from federal agencies about funding for other programs for the next fiscal year, which begins Oct. ...

Guest column: Food truck bill would right a wrong for Maui farmers

It has been part of Maui’s Countywide Policy Plan for years that local lawmakers “support opportunities for local merchants, farmers and small businesses to sell their goods and services directly to the public.” But in 2023, the Maui Planning Department called that ideal into question by banning local farmers from operating food trucks on their own lands in agricultural zoning districts without a special-use permit. Now there is a bill before the Maui County Council, Bill 76 (2025), introduced by Councilmember Gabe Johnson, that would right that wrong. Intended to restore the ...

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 causes viral hepatitis, and what are the different types? Dr. James R. Williams, Infectious Disease, Maui Memorial Medical Center ...

The grandeur of Italy’s Dolomites

Editor’s note: Jon Woodhouse, who writes regular arts and entertainment articles for The Maui News, is currently traveling in Europe and writing about his journey along the way. The Dolomites have been called one of Italy’s most spectacular beauty spots. "Not mountains, these pale ...