Mess with Mother Nature — particularly nearshore waters — and you’re sure to run into one of Newton’s laws — for every action there is an equal reaction. Since so little is known about how the ocean f » Full Story

As long as there is water in the tap, a good flow from the shower and the toilet flushes, it’s easy to forget just how critical the water situation is on Maui.

The island is edging from dr » Full Story

It’s an understatement to say Lahaina has a colorful past. It was the capital of Kamehameha’s kingdom when he chose to live there. It was the guarded and sequestered home of some of the most revered a » Full Story

Three pickup trucks owned by Oahu residents are impounded on Maui. The owners of the trucks are facing a total of $9,150 in fines and penalties if found guilty of collecting 934 river rocks from the P » Full Story

There’s no better time to consider patriotism than on July 4, the date commemorating the creation of the United States of America, and, more importantly, the principles that spawned that birth.
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Gladys Baisa, a first-term member of the County Council, is showing political courage — or, possibly confidence — in pushing for a resolution to one of the hottest controversies to hit Maui in recent » Full Story

It may take a legion of lawyers, a battalion of bureaucrats and an army of accountants to unravel the increasingly tangled affairs of Molokai Properties Ltd., which has shut down Molokai Ranch and is » Full Story

The calendar says July 1. When it comes to many new laws and all of the budgets for state and county government agencies, this is new year’s day. The new year is FY 2009.

It’s one of the o » Full Story

You don’t have to look very hard to find a certain amount of irony in Maui County’s being named a “Preserve America Community.” The designation resulted in Mayor Charmaine Tavares taking a canoe ride » Full Story

Every other year, Maui voters have an opportunity to make major changes in the way the county operates. This is one of those years. All nine County Council seats are up for grabs. It takes only five l » Full Story