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Hawaii lawmakers approved a first-of-its-kind bill on Friday that increases the state’s lodging tax to fund environmental ...
State lawmakers passed a bill aimed at expediting the rebuilding process for hundreds of homes destroyed in the Lahaina fire.
Formerly a lush wetland carefully tended by Native Hawaiians, the colonial plantation system diverted Maui’s water to private ...
At 8 a.m. on Oct. 26, 2024, a crowd of over 100 people hovered around the TVs at Coco Deck Kitchen + Bar in West Maui. Chef ...
The Legislature is exempting properties destroyed in a disaster from certain permitting requirements to speed up recovery ...
MAUI, Hawai'i (Island News) -- The anxious, nearly two year-long wait to return to their leveled Lahaina properties has come ...
The Grassroot Institute of Hawaiʻi hailed the 2025 Legislature’s passage this week of bills intended to increase the state’s ...
LIHUE — The Kauai Interscholastic Federation released the KIF Tennis All-Stars on Thursday, ahead of the 2025 Island Insurance Hawaii High School Athletic Association Tennis State Championships that ...
HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii lawmakers passed on Friday first-of-its-kind legislation that will increase the state’s lodging tax to ...
Niko Sena, a native of Kula, signed up as a volunteer to help his neighbors after wildfires ripped through Upcountry Maui in August 2023. The 31-year-old has been helping to clear properties of debris ...
To honor Old Lahaina and to help support the revival of arts on the Valley Isle, the Maui Arts League has published ...