Northern Ontario Business

Maui County hopes to launch a program to buy properties makai of Front Street and create a connected waterfront to protect against flooding and create more open space and shoreline access.

Oceanside property owners on Lahaina’s Front Street face dilemma: Sell to Maui County or wait to rebuild? ↗

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Watching the majestic humpback whales has become a tradition woven into the tourism economy of Maui Nui ever since they started coming back from near extinction in the 1970s due to successful conservation efforts.

Maui’s major winter attraction – the humpback whales — are back, drawing visitors to recovering tourism industry ↗

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Hale Makua Health Services, a Maui-born nonprofit serving the island for 80 years, today announced two landmark projects inspired by the community. The first project is an innovative health care complex in collaboration with Hawaiʻi Medical Service Association (HMSA) currently referred to as the “CarePlex.” The second project is a 100-unit workforce housing development.

Hale Makua announces new ‘CarePlex’ and workforce housing initiatives on Maui ↗

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Pacific Whale Foundation reports it has successfully retrieved a rare, nearly intact whale placenta—the most complete specimen it has ever had the opportunity to study. This is the second full placenta that has been collected in Hawai’i, the most recent one was in 2020 by Pacific Whale Foundation.

Rare discovery: Nearly intact whale placenta retrieved by Pacific Whale Foundation ↗

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The Maui Planning Commission unanimously recommended Tuesday that the Maui County Council defer action on the 1,608-unit Hoʻonani Village project near Kahului Airport until a draft environmental impact statement is published.

Housing dilemma: Maui Planning Commission strikes compromise between housing urgency and due diligence ↗

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Maui police released body worn camera footage and further details, regarding Thursday night's deadly shooting in which a suspect was killed during an exchange of gunfire with police in Wailuku. Police have since identified the deceased as 40-year-old Kristopher Austin.

Maui Police release details, body worn camera footage from fatal Wailuku shooting ↗

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Maui Economic Opportunity will be undergoing a leadership transition in 2026 with Debbie Cabebe retiring as the seventh chief executive in the 61-year-old Maui County nonprofit’s history and Maggie Clark Batangan succeeding her as the eighth leader beginning Aug. 1.

MEO CEO Debbie Cabebe to retire in July; Maggie Batangan to succeed her ↗

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The Federal Emergency Management Agency has extended its temporary housing and financial assistance to Feb. 28 for the approximately 1,500 people still receiving it.

FEMA housing assistance for Maui wildfire survivors extended 18 days while yearlong extension under review ↗

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