Buy local, give local. The holidays is a time to show thanks for all the aloha and acceptance our columnist and her husband have received living in Hana.

Longtime Maui councilwoman plans to stay involved in local issues — and do a lot surfing.

The iconic but usually congested Hana Highway is quiet as confident residents get ready to hunker down.

Hana native Nakua Konohia-Lind, 24, the youngest captain of the storied voyaging vessel, manned the helm as it sailed in to East Maui.

As researchers look for ways to preserve and expand the varieties, a pair of Maui events are set to celebrate the ubiquitous food.

The Maui Humane Society partners with Alaska Airlines to fly dogs and cats to West Coast shelters where people are anxious to adopt them.

A woman gathers a group of volunteers to construct a facility at the Humane Society where people can say goodbye.

The rodent population on a Hana school campus was recently assessed by representatives of a company that produces the liquid contraceptive.

A Maui Ocean Center exhibit offers visitors magical views of the air and sea inhabitants of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands’ national marine monument.

Thanks primarily to volunteer efforts, more than 1,000 yellow rescue tubes have been installed on beaches on the Mainland and Hawaii, including 240 on Kauai.