When Flood Models Meet Local Knowledge

Share: On a clear morning in March 2023, a fleet of off-road vehicles climbed the slope above Waiheʻe-Waiehu, Maui. Along for the ride were both local residents from the nearby Hawaiian Homestead community, Waiehu Kou, and students from a University of Hawai’i Mānoa...

Scientists Are Tracking ‘Ghost Gear’ and Recycling The Plastic

Share: This article is co-published through our collaboration with Hawaii Business Magazine. Like a gyrating solar system casting particles across the universe, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch swirling near Hawaiian waters litters archipelago beaches with tons of...

State May Consider Contested Case Hearing to Assess East Maui Water Authority

Share: This article was updated on April 9, 2026 at 8:10p.m. to include the cancellation of the BLNR meeting originally scheduled for April 10, 2026, due to severe weather conditions. Nāhikū resident Moses Bergau Jr. sat by the entrance of Ke‘anae Uka after a meeting...

Living at the Summit of Hawaiʻi

Share: There is a place in Hawaiʻi where you step outside your front door, and the universe meets you halfway. At the highest residential point in the Hawaiian Islands, the night sky opens wide with stars, planets, and galaxies visible without effort, without filters,...

West Maui Seeks to Make Water a Public Resource

Share: This article is co-published with Hawaii Business Magazine as part of our ongoing series: Hawaiʻi’s Water Crisis. Hawai’i waterman Archie Kalepa says when it comes to preserving water systems for future generations on Maui, the time is now. “Any successful...

East Maui Prepares for Historic Takeover of Local Water Systems

Share: This article is co-published with Hawaii Business Magazine as part of our ongoing series: Hawaiʻi’s Water Crisis. Norman “Bush” Martin, Jr., Ke’anae resident and member of Aha Wai O Maui Hikina, East Maui Regional Community Board, says when it comes...