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Why Is This New Super PAC Spending Big Bucks On Maui Council Races? Screenshot/2020

Why Is This New Super PAC Spending Big Bucks On Maui Council Races?

Little is known about Hui O Maui Citizens For Change but the group is backing conservative-leaning members.

Why An Artist From New York Chose To Die In A Maui Forest Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Why An Artist From New York Chose To Die In A Maui Forest

In 2009, Deborah Anne McNeely died alone in a solar-powered hut she erected deep in the Maui jungle. Five years passed before her remains were discovered.

Ambulance Services Could Be On The Chopping Block Throughout Hawaii Allan Parachini/Civil Beat/2020

Ambulance Services Could Be On The Chopping Block Throughout Hawaii

The state Department of Health asked service providers to prepare for cuts up to 20% in anticipation of budget cuts related to the coronavirus pandemic.

Proposed Detonation of World War II-Era Bombs at Molokini Angers Activists Flickr: Forest and Kim Starr

Proposed Detonation of World War II-Era Bombs at Molokini Angers Activists

State and federal agencies have been planning to dispose of the bombs since last year.

Maui Council Has Figured Out How To Do Virtual Meetings Right Screenshot/2020

Maui Council Has Figured Out How To Do Virtual Meetings Right

Maui County Council is using a live videoconferencing system for its council sessions.

Hawaii Supreme Court Hears Maui Water Case In A Historic Online Session Screenshot/2020

Hawaii Supreme Court Hears Maui Water Case In A Historic Online Session

The Hawaii Supreme Court is weighing long-standing disagreements over stream water diversion in East Maui.

US Supreme Court Rules Against Maui In Major Clean Water Case Nick Grube/Civil Beat/2019

US Supreme Court Rules Against Maui In Major Clean Water Case

UPDATED: The decision averted what many environmentalists feared was a gutting of the Clean Water Act.

Kaiser Coronavirus Experts Fly In For Damage Control At Maui Hospital Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2016

Kaiser Coronavirus Experts Fly In For Damage Control At Maui Hospital

The Kaiser team from the mainland is expected to significantly bolster the hospital’s efforts to control the spread of the virus.

Staff: Things Got Out Of Hand Quickly At Maui Hospital Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2016

Staff: Things Got Out Of Hand Quickly At Maui Hospital

Staff at the Maui medical facility that is the center of a COVID-19 cluster describe a chaotic week on the job.