Editor’s note: Maui County Environmental Coordinator Rob Parsons, a longtime contributor to MauiTime, felt that our recent cover story on anti-seawall activists in Olowalu left out others who helped stop the road project. Here are his thoughts: I was glad to see MauiTime featured the story on how activists helped the DOT rethink a project for […]
ACLU Hawaii Sues State Of Hawaii Over Special Puna Election
When I was talking with political analysts immediately following the Aug. 9 Hawaii Primary Election, I kept hearing the same thing: the situation down in Puna on the Big Island was a mess and it would be weeks before we got closure on the very tight U.S. Senate race, which they day after the election […]
Maui Chamber Of Commerce Backs Duke Aiona For Hawaii Governor
Just as they did four years ago, the Maui Chamber of Commerce has backed former Republican Lt. Gov. James “Duke” Aiona for Hawaii Governor, according to an Aug. 22 Chamber news release. While the Chamber hasn’t yet released its report explaining why it’s backing Aiona (or anyone else, for that matter), Chamber President Pamela Tumpap gushed […]
SNAP Recipients Can Get Reimbursements For Food Lost During Hurricane Iselle
It looks like most, if not all, Maui County residents who lost power during Hurricane Iselle have gotten back online, though thousands of people across the state remain in the dark (and heat) even now. We forget sometimes that losing power in the tropics causes more trouble than simply forcing us to cope with high […]
Today: Hawaii Primary Election
The polls are open across Maui County and won’t close until 6pm tonight. Just two polling places are closed on the Big Island due to Hurricane Iselle. Given the relative calm weather out there, we should have our normally poor turnout, rather than the abysmal numbers political analysts were forecasting. You’d think that since Hawaii votes […]
Hawaii Officials Assessing Hurricane Iselle Damage
For residents either still taking refuge from now-Tropical Storm Iselle or waiting for it to hit, Governor Neil Abercrombie’s repeated use of the cliche “keep calm and carry on” during a press conference earlier today was the best indicator that the storm wasn’t nearly as destructive as residents had feared. At current time, Abercrombie said, […]
Amazed That Two Hurricanes Are Threatening Hawaii This Week? Get Used To It.
There have been many stories about Hurricanes Iselle and Julio coming to Hawaii this week, and virtually all of them mention how rare and unusual it is to have even one large named storm threaten the state (the last one that actually caused substantial damage was Hurricane Iniki, which hit Kauai in 1992–as a Category 4 […]
All Non-Emergency Departments Of County Of Maui Shut Down Thursday At Noon
Looks like the county is closing up shop on just about everything it does tomorrow because of Hurricanes Iselle and Julio: “In preparation for Tropical Storm Iselle, all non-emergency County personnel will be sent home at noon tomorrow (Thursday, August 7) with the possible exception of County elections employees,” stated a county news release sent out earlier […]
Despite CNN Reporting That People In Hawaii Don’t Care About Hurricanes, Maui Electric Still Sending Out Safety Tips
Leave it to CNN to report today that even Hurricanes Iselle and Julio are bearing down on Hawaii, one a mere thousand miles behind the other, “Tropical cyclones in the Pacific do not worry some Hawaiian residents because direct hits historically have been so rare on the islands.” Their source for the non-worry? A guy in […]
Prepare Now: Hurricanes Iselle, Julio Headed To Hawaii Later This Week
As you’ve no doubt heard, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) says that two hurricanes are currently on track to hit Hawaii later this week. First up is Hurricane Iselle, which is scheduled to hit Maui–as a tropical storm–late Thursday, early Friday. Then Julio, assuming it stays on its current track–hits the Big Island […]