Maui

The PGA Tour won't be starting the new year at Kapalua on Maui. The tour says the Plantation course is so baked and brown from a drought and a water dispute on the island of Maui that it can't be ready for The Sentry on Jan. 8-11.

The 65-foot “Hula Girl,” owned by Kapalua Kai Sailing, ran aground at the bay in January as it was sheltering during windy conditions and rough seas. The boat’s crew anticipated a storm, but it was reportedly stronger than expected.

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Michelle Ankele-Yamashita’s medical saga started almost a year ago, beginning with a bad case of the flu. The Conversation spoke with her and the transplant doctors who saved her life.

The order from Friday stems from the state Board of Land and Natural Resources renewing four revocable permits in 2020 that allowed developer Alexander & Baldwin and its subsidiary, East Maui Irrigation, to divert the water for a year.

The 21st annual cleanup of coastal areas in Lahaina will be held on Sept. 27 and highlights student volunteerism. Volunteers will pick up rubbish along seven square miles of highway and Lahaina coastline in what organizers call the longest-running annual cleanup in the state.

Hawai'i Organics Compost on Maui is the island's largest facility of its kind. It has a goal of keeping green waste out of the landfill and using local landscaping resources

Maui community members are calling for changes to homeless encampment sweeps. Maui County lawmakers this week shelved Bill 111, which proposed a more "empathetic" approach to relocating homeless individuals in encampments on county land.

Kapalua Golf Resort has been without irrigation water for seven days as it grows worried about keeping the Plantation course in shape for the PGA Tour season opener. Kapalua decided to shut down the golf course Tuesday to use what little water was available to the resort.

The ACLU of Hawaiʻi on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against the school, saying the policy discriminates against transgender students. The organization did so on behalf of the family of an unidentified 9-year-old transgender student who has lived openly as a girl since she was 5 years old, according to the complaint.