Hurricane Lowell Impacts Ease on Maui; Kauaʻi Still Faces Closures
Maui Council Ties Apartment-to-Hotel Rezoning Eligibility to Sea-Level-Rise Zones
The Maui County Council's Housing and Land Use Committee voted 5-4 to use sea-level-rise exposure data as a key factor in deciding which apartment-zoned vacation...
County May Rezone Sea-Level-Risk Condos to Keep Vacation Rentals Operating
Maui County is considering a resolution that would initiate rezoning of coastal condos within the Sea Level Rise Exposure Area to hotel zoning, potentially allowing...
Maui Council Weighs Adding Hundreds of Coastal Condos to Vacation Rental Zones
Two resolutions before the Maui County Council would rezone up to 26 shoreline condo properties into new hotel zoning districts, potentially allowing them to continue...
Wildfire Recovery
Lahainaluna and Paradise High Schools Play 'Unity Bowl' in West Maui
The football teams of Lahainaluna High School and Paradise High School — both from wildfire-devastated...
Government & Policy
Maui Council Committee Backs New Wells for Native Hawaiian Homesteads
A Maui County Council committee unanimously advanced Bill 97 (2026), which would allow the state...
Tourism
Four Seasons Wailea Opens Hawaiian Royal Heritage Garden for Guests
The Four Seasons Maui at Wailea has unveiled 'The Queen's Garden: Uluhaimalama,' a botanical courtyard...
Weather & Safety
Hurricane Lowell Forces Multiple Road Closures Across Maui
Multiple sources including Maui County and Maui Now report that Hurricane Lowell's impacts triggered widespread...
Short-Term Rentals
Letter Criticizes Maui Council Over Wailea 670 Labor and Water Conditions
A Kihei resident's letter to the editor argues that several Maui council members failed to...
Travel & Airlines
Maui County Eyes Subsidized Ferry Service to Lanai and Molokai
Maui County is holding public meetings in mid-September on a proposal to create a county-subsidized...
Economy
Scaled-Back Mākena Mauka Project Gets Planning Nod, Needs State and County OK
A 652-home, $4 billion master-planned community in South Maui received Maui Planning Commission approval after...