The Explainer: Paid Parking for Visitors is Coming—How Will it Affect You?
Park Maui—a new parking management program that officials assure us will generate revenue from visitors and improve access to parking for residents.
Maui County Adds Six Hybrid Electric Buses
The County Department of Transportation rolled out a half-dozen new hybrid electric, 35-foot buses produced by California-based GILLIG BAE, which will initially be deployed in Central Maui. They can carry 40 passengers and have rooftop batteries powered and restored by a diesel generator
The Explainer: Why Do Humpbacks Breach?
We’re at the height of humpback whale season, when our annual, seasonal visitors return to Maui to mate and birth their young. The shallow, warm waters between Maui County’s four islands are the largest humpback breeding ground in the northern Pacific. Visitors and...
Maui Turns to the Sun
Solar installations critical to state’s 100 percent renewable energy goal. By Dan Collins A variety of solar electric projects on Maui are moving forward, decreasing the island’s dependence on imported petroleum. And not a moment too soon, as fuel prices soar and...
Reckoning with a rising cost of living in the most expensive U.S. state
How much does it really cost to live in Hawaiʻi, why, and is there anything we can do about it?
The Mana of a Market
How the Hāna Farmers Market became the piko of the town, reinvigorating self-reliance and kokua in East Maui as food security waned throughout the county
Tasty Crust, Home of Maui’s ‘World Famous Pancakes!’
Tasty Crust, Home of Maui’s ‘World Famous Pancakes!’ More than a thrifty local diner, Tasty Crust is a third-generation Wailuku institution For nearly 65 years, Tasty Crust has been a home away from home for Wailuku residents. A no-frills diner on a semi-industrial...