In the absence of formal evacuation efforts, friends and neighbors tried to save seniors from the fire. Some succeeded. Others could not.

ʻO kēia hana ka hehi hope loa ma ka haku ʻana i ka papa luna hou, ka mea nona ke kuleana no ke koho ʻana i ka luna o kēia keʻena aupuni hou. 

Concerns were raised that planning department staff would be given even more discretion over reducing or waiving fines.

Food accounts for roughly 19% of all the trash thrown out in the county, which lacks a municipal composting facility.

Several residents had complained last year about the cloud of dust that occasionally blanketed Central Maui.

The 0.5% surcharge takes effect next year.

The action marked the last step in creating the new board, which is tasked with choosing the director of the new government entity.

For the state, the purchase was a "huge victory" for the environment. For Brendan Balthazar, it was a devastating loss of agricultural land.

The Kihei campus is the first new public high school to open in Hawaii in 23 years.