Maui

A request for the aircraft was made at a Maui County Council meeting to expand rescue capabilities for remote locations of the county at all hours.

The new Kam Scholars Program is meant for top-ranked first and second year students getting their Associate Degree in Nursing. It will start this fall and covers tuition, books and fees for the students.

Martha Guzman heads up the Environmental Protection Agency’s Region 9, covering the southwestern states as well as Pacific islands like Hawaiʻi and Guam. The Conversation talked with Guzman about this particular phase of assessing the infrastructure critical to building Maui back better.

Community input is invited on three proposed sites for the school's future location. The meeting will offer a presentation of the locations, a chance to offer feedback, and an explanation of the next steps in the selection process.

The final map will serve as a public tool to help reduce flood risk. This could save lives, as well as property, and restore Maui County’s prominent natural wetland ecosystems.

Community members in Mākena on the southeast coast of Maui are invited to take part in the construction of a traditional Hawaiian hale, or house, beginning this Friday in Waipao.

The Board of Land and Natural Resources approved the purchase of more than 250 acres of watershed lands in southwest Maui known as Pōhākea or Māʻalaea Mauka for $8.2 million.

Hawaiian Electric has rebuilt a backup power line to West Maui that can feed electricity to about 11,000 people. The line serves as a redundancy in case one of the other lines or circuits goes out of service.

Interim housing developments taking shape on Maui offer a sense of hope to fire survivors. HPR's Catherine Cluett Pactol spoke with one family who just moved into their new modular home. But no matter where fire survivors find housing, there's no place like home.

Epic Swim Maui is a first-of-its-kind, weeks-long expedition swim around The Valley Isle scheduled this summer. Several open water endurance swimmers from around the world have committed to brave the sun, salt and sea to raise awareness of ocean health.