With a state budget surplus of about $2 billion, Gov. Josh Green and the Hawaii Legislature have an opportunity to help Hawaii residents struggling to make ends meet. Tax relief and truly affordable housing are needed now, as the state experiences a steady decline in population due to ...
According to the Maui Food Bank, Hawaii holds the second highest rate of child food insecurity in the country. Here on Maui specifically, one in four keiki experience food scarcity. Launched to help families during the COVID-19 pandemic, a USDA waiver program that allowed ...
West Maui County Councilwoman Tamara Paltin last week Friday was expected to introduce a resolution to urge the new county administration to capitalize on federal funds and establish a Homeowner Assistance Fund. Adopted by the federal government under the American Rescue Plan Act of ...
In response to efforts from local groups and Hawaii’s congressional delegation, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) last week announced that Hawaii’s reimbursement rates for school lunch and other federal child nutrition programs will be increased by 13 percent. These higher ...
Maui County’s Planning Department is a backlogged mess, with West Maui resorts waiting for several months to obtain permits for much-needed repairs. It’s very hard to get anything accomplished, even for emergency work. Housing is similarly stalled. According to the ...
There are few more vital contributors to the integrity of the Lahaina community than Mary Helen “Kehaulani” Lindsey, who passed peacefully away on Jan. 13. Born on March 16, 1941, she was 81 years old. Mary Helen followed her mother, Rose Pua Wright Lindsey, as the dorm matron at ...
The West Maui community bid a fond aloha to an iconic kupuna in December, as Henrietta Heneli Kan Hai Mahuna passed away to her final resting place with the Good Lord above. Henrietta Mahuna came from a Maui family in which she was the second oldest of 16 children. She met her ...
Do you have any old eyeglasses sitting in your dresser drawers or closets? They could change the lives of needy people living in developing countries. It’s time again for the 14th annual “Lions in Sight” Statewide Eyeglass & Hearing Aid Collection. Maui residents can ...
Na Aikane O Maui is beginning 2023 with an important project. U’ilani Kapu wrote, “We will be having a Mokuhinia cleanup, inviting the community to the New Year, and what a better way of starting the New Year with respecting our Sacred Places.” The event is set for ...
The Hawaii Emergency Management Agency (HI-EMA) is asking members of the public to help build a safer Hawaii. The agency is now gathering public input for the state’s update to its Hazard Mitigation Plan. Last published in 2018, the plan is used to guide work in the years ...
