Maui County Council urges more civic engagement By Alice L. Lee I want to express my deepest appreciation to everyone who participated in the 2022 general election on Nov. 8, from candidates and their campaign supporters to the tireless and conscientious election workers and volunteers and, most important, to those who took the time to […]
Strides toward affordable housing for local residents By Gabe Johnson As a former member of the working poor who’s lived on Lānaʻi in low-income housing as a single father, I know the struggle of trying to make ends meet in a housing crisis. That is why I have made it my mission during my first […]
Coastal erosion, large-wave impacts and sea-level rise are distinct and serious issues for our shorelines. In Kahana, nine condominium complexes are imminently threatened, and another building was deemed uninhabitable because of increasing coastal erosion cracking the foundation. Lower Honoapiʻilani Road, fronting Kaʻōpala Bay, is facing a similar threat. The road covers a charged waterline located […]
“Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves, and the only way they could do this is by not voting.”—President Franklin D. Roosevelt The right to vote has thankfully become deeply ingrained in our American psyche as an assumed right, one that is owed to us […]
