In 2002 The Maui News featured the first three students that were embarking on internet high school. Myron B. Thompson Academy out of O‘ahu facilitated the remote education model. Eighteen years later Hawaiian educators have quickly championed the new space of virtual learning without skipping a beat. One notable favorite forum was created by Maile […]
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Restoration Day for Hawai‘i
‘Iolani Palace, Hawaiian Kingdom – In irrefutable measure of the need for government transition protocol, sovereign Hawaiians and supporting sovereign Americans will ceremonially mark the time in which implementors further define and burnish the administrative steps for the restoration of the Kingdom of beloved Hawai‘i. Restoration Day on January 17, 2021 at ‘Iolani Palace […]
UnTitled
Okay, i’ve avoided it long enough. I’ve procrastinated, made excuses, pretended there was other things to do. I know some people I’ve promised answers about land titles in Hawai‘i are questioning my follow through. Afford me a moment, I have some twisted emotion around the subject. Two years ago my two eldest and I immersed […]
Damming Evidence
UPDATE The river of justice is still dammed. Annual, month-to-month Revocable Permit 7340, for Kaua‘i waters of Wai’ale’ale and Waikoko, has been approved again for Upper Waiahi Hydropower plant. Rubber stamp approval, again, for the 18th year even though it has not produced reliable power since April of 2018. Kauai Island Utility Cooperative (KIUC) does […]
Dismantling Hopelessness on Maui
A girl can’t escape danger from an abusing partner because her paperwork is incomplete. A double amputee man struggles to make the long trip to the bathrooms because the gates are locked. A pregnant woman walks almost a mile to the only water access in the precarious night. Children are riddled in unhealthy conditions due […]
Water Guns
In an astonishing series of events, an East Maui farmer has been attacked by corporate third-party aggressors in attempts to continue stealing water and they are using guns to do it. Hawai‘i has been in 127 years of occupation and those corporations who advantaged the illegal overthrow are pulling triggers to hold on to stolen […]
Surviving the Jaws of Corporate Fraud
In the current surf-turf tug of war in the area popularly known as “Jaws,” the World Surfing League (WSL) is struggling to hang ten in 2020. The WSL has been denied juried events at epic surfing spots around the world, courtesy of COVID-19, and now the WSL is doing some head-scratching as lawful Hawaiian Nationals […]
Re-Elect the “New Kids on The Block”
This last term of the Maui County Council has provided a refreshing experience for Maui residents with the ‘New Kids on The Block’ leading strong. Wasting no time in office, first time Council members Keani Rawlins-Fernandez, Tamara Paltin and Shane Sinenci have successfully introduced new departments, commissions and clarifying procedures that have set new precedence. […]
Photographs by Stephen Loftin
Photos by Stephen Loftin
After Affects of “After-the-Fact” Special Management Area Permit
Wahinepe‘e, Waikamoi Forest Preserve, Maui, Hawaii – Lifetime East Maui farmers of the abundant watershed of Waikamoi have discovered an environmental crisis. The roadwork along the Hana Highway on the island of Maui has been a busy place with multiple road repairs. Three different major areas worked on have produced many semi truck loads of […]
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