There's a lot of garbage on social media these days, but one of the best things I've seen lately is the Access Denied! Surf? Fish? Dive group on Facebook. Here, Westside residents and activists like Kai Nishiki and Randy Draper post photos, videos and information about their fights to stop big resorts from encroaching on public beaches with concession stands, endless lines of … [Read more...] about Maui County Council is on verge of making Kaanapali public beach access parking even worse
Michelle McLean
Maui County Planning Department Will ‘Revisit’ Travel Logistics To Neighbor Islands
Last week I reported that a vocal contingent of County of Maui employees were nervous about the recent spate of small plane crashes on Maui and the neighbor islands. The story was anecdotal, based on my talking with various sources through a few different departments, but made the case that a considerable number of employees didn’t like having to fly to Lanai and Molokai so … [Read more...] about Maui County Planning Department Will ‘Revisit’ Travel Logistics To Neighbor Islands
Recent Small Plane Crashes Are Making County Of Maui Employees Nervous
Normally, I don’t attend press conferences, much less ask questions at press conferences, but everything about the Feb. 27 gathering at the Mayor’s Lounge, on the ninth floor of the Kalana O Maui building in Wailuku, was different. It was in response to the crash of an Maui Air charter flight–a Piper Chieftan–on Lanai the night before that killed three people and injured three … [Read more...] about Recent Small Plane Crashes Are Making County Of Maui Employees Nervous
Maui Mayor Alan Arakawa: ‘We lost two of our own last night’
A few minutes before the Maui County officials' press conference today on last night's crash of an Maui Air charter flight on Lanai that killed three people and injured three more–five of which were county employees–a county staffer circulated the Mayor's Lounge, where the conference was to take place. As TV crews set up in the front of the room and county officials like … [Read more...] about Maui Mayor Alan Arakawa: ‘We lost two of our own last night’
3 Killed, 3 Injured In Lanai Plane Crash
[NOTE: County officials rescheduled the press conference listed below to 11:45am today.] County of Maui officials are reporting that three people died and three others badly injured last night when a twin-engine charter aircraft crashed shortly after taking off from Lanai Airport. Names of the deceased and injured haven't been officially released yet, but County of Maui … [Read more...] about 3 Killed, 3 Injured In Lanai Plane Crash