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A Super PAC Backed By The Carpenters Union Is Pouring Cash Into This Maui Council Race Marina Riker/Civil Beat/2022

A Super PAC Backed By The Carpenters Union Is Pouring Cash Into This Maui Council Race

Be Change Now is pushing three candidates who are trying to win seats on the Maui County Council.

Wastewater Executive Milton Choy Charged With Bribing Former Maui Official Screenshot: Hawaii Senate

Wastewater Executive Milton Choy Charged With Bribing Former Maui Official

The county’s former environmental management director was also indicted for accepting more than $2 million in bribes to steer contracts to Choy’s company.

Maui May Crack Down On Haleakala Bike Tours That Crowd Narrow Roads Down The Mountain Marina Riker/Civil Beat/2022

Maui May Crack Down On Haleakala Bike Tours That Crowd Narrow Roads Down The Mountain

If the council decides to make it a law, commercial bike tours down the iconic volcano would be banished from some Kula roadways.

Maui Entrepreneur Says County Is Determined To Put Him Out Of Business Ryan Siphers/Civil Beat/2022

Maui Entrepreneur Says County Is Determined To Put Him Out Of Business

Paia Inn owner Michael Baskin says he’s the victim of retaliatory zoning enforcement because of a decade-long personal dispute with the county’s planning director.

Maui Police Commission Finds Complaints Against New Chief ‘Not Substantiated’ Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

Maui Police Commission Finds Complaints Against New Chief ‘Not Substantiated’

Outside investigators were hired to look into several complaints made against John Pelletier, who has hired a coach to address his management style.

A Buddhist Temple On Lanai Sheds Tradition To Fight Decline Ryan Siphers/CivilBeat/2022

A Buddhist Temple On Lanai Sheds Tradition To Fight Decline

The 97-year-old Lanai Hongwanji Mission faces a reckoning as older members die and a younger generation fails to succeed them.

County Officials Fear Kids Won鈥檛 Have A Safe Way To Get To New Kihei High School Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2022

County Officials Fear Kids Won鈥檛 Have A Safe Way To Get To New Kihei High School

Representatives from the Department of Education, which is overseeing the construction of the new school, didn鈥檛 show up to a county meeting discussing the project.

Outside Investigator Sought To Probe Maui’s Monster House Permits Ryan Siphers/Civil Beat/2022

Outside Investigator Sought To Probe Maui’s Monster House Permits

The Office of Council Services is requesting proposals to conduct a formal legislative investigation of the county Planning and Public Works departments.

Widespread Power Outage Left Thousands Of Trout Dead At This Maui Farm Marina Riker/Civil Beat/2022

Widespread Power Outage Left Thousands Of Trout Dead At This Maui Farm

For some residents, last week’s still unexplained power outage was an inconvenience. For one farmer, it was devastating.

Could The End Be Near For Hawaii’s Resort Penguins? Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Could The End Be Near For Hawaii’s Resort Penguins?

Local views are changing on what it means to provide an authentic Hawaii visitor experience. A recent failed vote to send more penguins to Maui reflects that.