Sanctuary staff confirmed the whale had multiple deep entanglement wounds, encrusted with red-colored cyamid amphipods (white lice) around her rostrum (upper jaw) due to a previous mouth entanglement ...

Palette was calm upon approach, but the team was unable to determine whether gear was still present due to “the nature of the ...

HONOLULU (AP) — A Maui doctor tried to use two syringes on his wife after pushing her off a hiking trail and hitting her head with a rock about 10 times, police said in court documents released ...

Maui County Mayor Richard Bissen has appointed Jacky Takakura, a former deputy planning director, to serve as the county’s ...

NOAA is asking Maui’s on-water community to be on the look out for a recently-entangled 40-foot female humpback whale off ...

Maui must be steadfast and brisk in converting short-term units into housing under new law. Moving to align property usage with county zoning would seem, by definition, the only proper course. However ...

Maui, one of the country’s most heavily visited island destinations, is preparing to dramatically shrink its short-term rental market after county leaders approved a law that will gradually eliminate ...

A historic law has been passed on Maui that will phase out about half of the island’s vacation rentals. Maui Mayor Richard Bissen signing Bill 9 Monday afternoon (Dec. 15, 2025). In a process ...

An environmental law firm is objecting to state condoned use of potable water for irrigating a Maui golf course that recently reopened after a two-month closure and loss of an economically valuable ...

MAUI, Hawaii (Island News) – Maui residents are expressing frustration with the slow approval process for water-use permits following the Lahaina fire. At a recent Commission on Water Resource ...

Kapalua Plantation Course was closed in September due to dramatically decreased levels in the surface water system. A staffer mowed the fairway on the 17th hole. DLNR, to which the water commission is ...

In 2023, wildfires devastated the Hawaiian island of Maui, destroying much of the historic town of Lāhainā along with parts of the island's "upcountry." But now, over two years later, Maui is calling ...