Maui

A Stanford University Ph.D. student from Molokaʻi is researching coral genetics in Maui Nui. As HPR's Catherine Cluett Pactol reports, his results could impact our understanding of reef health across Hawaiʻi.

Maui has been dealt a bad hand in recent years as the effects of the deadly 2023 wildfires still loom amid other economic concerns. The rebuild efforts are expected to give the island's economy a boost, but it's also facing a tourism slowdown, workforce shortage issues and housing supply scarcity.

Aleeya Cantor-Charles is a ballet dancer at the Alexander Academy of Performing Arts on Maui. The King Kekaulike High School senior has been dancing at the Alexander Academy since she was 3 years old, where the teachers made dance and learning fun. This year will be her third Nutcracker. Her past roles include Arabian Coffee, The Columbine Doll, The Snow Queen, and this year, The Sugar Plum Fairy.

The 98th Maui County Fair was back last weekend after a six-year absence, drawing more than 115,000 people over four days. HPR's Catherine Cluett Pactol was there to take listeners along for the ride.

After a lengthy selection process, a final site to rebuild Lahaina’s King Kamehameha III Elementary School has been chosen at a 14-acre Kuʻia site below the Lahaina Bypass.

For more than 100 Hawaiian Homes beneficiaries on Maui, a decades-long wait is over. HPR’s Catherine Cluett Pactol reports on the first Department of Hawaiian Homelands’ agricultural lease awards in more than 20 years.

Maui County officials have lifted evacuation orders for residents living near a wildfire that broke out late Tuesday. Before the situation improved, emergency sirens sounded and police went door-to-door evacuating residents.

Maui County's First-Time Homebuyer assistance program for fire survivors has received so applications that the program is closing earlier than planned. Eligible residents can apply until Sept. 30.

Gov. Josh Green spoke to The Conversation's Catherine Cruz about the pullout of the Kapalua golf tournament on Maui due to the drought conditions.

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.