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Do you think the @outriggerkaanapalibeach can claim “Maui’s most Hawaiian hotel” if they’re funding and pushing a union-busting campaign? We sure don’t.

The ILWU has 5,300 members on Maui. Maui residents who work hard across many industries and who make up the strength of the ILWU.

The Outrigger Kā’anapali would love to pull these 116 members from the Union but that’s not how our Union works. They can throw money at Union-busting but they can’t buy off solidarity.

Attempting to weaken the 116 is picking a fight with the 5,300. An injury to one is an injury to all.

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Not on our watch. #demilitarizehawaii

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Sending a giant SALAMAT to Kaibigan Ng for putting together a wonderful gala on Saturday. It was so good to see hundreds of fellow community members, dressed up, having fun, eating good food—for many of us, itʻs the first time weʻve gathered at an event that isnʻt a meeting or a work day, in a very long time.

LCLT is also so proud to have received an award for our work in community—none of us do this for awards, but it is a special kind of honor when your community sees you. And for that, we are grateful.

We are so proud of Blake Ramelb and Catherine Ngo, who were also honored that night.

Mayor Bissen said a beautiful thing in his speech: “Iʻve never been in such a large crowd that still felt so intimate.”

That was the feeling. Intimate. Thatʻs this work. Intimate.
And hard.
And so, so worth it.

We love you, Lahaina.

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Our members showed up for Mayor Richard Bissen.

He walked the whole line, shook every hand, and took the time to talk story with our guys. Even had a keiki up on someone’s shoulders for the occasion.

And when the Maui Fire engine rolled by, the whole line lit up.

Mahalo to every HFFA member who came out to wave signs and represent Local 1463.

#HFFA #Local1463Strong #HawaiiFireFighters #MauiStrong

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Fire ant infestations have been found across roughly 40 acres in the Plantation Golf Course, Plantation Estates, and Mokule’ia bay. Surveys are being conducted in surrounding areas including Kapalua Golf Course, surrounding roadsides, Honoapiilani Highway, Honolua Valley, and Honokahua Beach Park.

The Maui Invasive Species Committee (MISC) capacity is strained, so they’re seeking community volunteers to help:

- Volunteer for survey work

- Property owners near red zones on the map: contact MISC for a free survey

- Report sightings directly: stoptheant.org/report-little-fire-ants/

- If you hire a landscaping company, please share their contact
info with MISC. Fire ants are most commonly spread through infested plant materials

- For more info you can contact Richard Martinez at MISC at rm75@hawaii.edu or txt 808-633-6148

The plan is:
1. Delimitation (current phase) — mapping exact infestation boundaries, which requires surveying private residences near confirmed zones
2. Treatment (1–3 years) — customized plans built with homeowners; products reviewed with them in advance
3. Monitoring (5 years) — after zero LFA is confirmed, the site is watched for 5 clean years, then officially declared eradicated
Cost: Free — funded by county, state, and University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

Save Honolua will continue working w/ MISC to monitor for ants in Honolua and work w/ stake holders to do the same.

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Check out this explainer video by the YouTube Channel, How Money Works.

The short-term rental industry started as a simple idea, rent a spare room, make a little extra income, give travelers something different.
AirBnB turned that into a $100 billion market.
And somewhere along the way, the spare rooms became entire apartment complexes. The extra income became speculative portfolios. The “alternative to hotels” became the reason your neighbor can’t afford to stay.
Here in Maui, there are thousands and thousands of illegal and legal short term rentals, and a few more thousand that operate in between. The list of in-between units operating on exemptions had a name: the Minatoya List.
Roughly 7,000 apartment-zoned units, locked up as vacation rentals, many of them sitting empty between bookings while families are consistently being priced out and moved into diaspora.
We fought for Bill 9 to address this issue. Alongside the Housing Back Hui Coalition, we called on the Maui County Council to pass it clean with no carve-outs, no exemptions, and definitely no compromise with the investors who turned our housing into their income stream.
Bill 9 passed and is law now.
West Maui is supposed to get those units back by 2029. The rest of the island by 2031.
But the fight isn’t done. There are already efforts moving to gut the bill before it takes effect.
The STR market is cracking nationwide. Hosts are selling, platforms are struggling, the easy money is drying up.
The return of thousands of units to the housing market is the single fastest way to increase the housing supply. Way faster than building, and no issues with lack of water.
We’re watching. We’re organizing. And we’re not going anywhere.

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Battle of the Badges. Police and Fire, one field, one night, and the whole place went pink.

Team Fire took the trophy. But the real opponent was never on the field.

Battle of the Badges benefits Pacific Cancer Foundation, and every dollar raised stays right here in Maui County, helping local families when they need it most.

Mahalo to everybody who played, everybody who cheered, and everybody who wore pink.

HFFA Local 1463

#BattleOfTheBadges #MauiFire #Local1463 #PacificCancerFoundation #hffa1463ohana

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Mahalo nui to everyone who joined us for the third annual Kuhinia Maui, as we gathered in remembrance of the August 2023 Maui fires. Together, we shared a meaningful time of reconnection, reflection, healing, and remembrance; honoring the memories we carry while holding space for hope, community, and aloha.

We are deeply grateful to everyone who came together to remember, reconnect, and continue moving forward as one Maui ʻohana.

#kuhiniamaui

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The photos speak for themselves.

These images, taken this morning by a Maui County lifeguard, show the north and south ends of Kāʻanapali Beach. Once again, the sand has returned. Beaches are dynamic—they naturally erode and rebuild with the seasons.

Despite this, Kā’anapali operators association and @pilikahakaifoundation continue to push beach nourishment as the solution. Beach nourishment is a temporary fix that can have long-term impacts on offshore ecosystems while failing to address the root cause of chronic erosion.

Look closely at where the beach continues to struggle. The worst erosion is occurring where shoreline hardening has been implemented over the years—sandbags, erosion skirts, sand burritos, and landscaping designed to protect oceanfront development. These projects interrupt the natural movement of the shoreline.

Instead of repeatedly engineering the beach, it’s time to restore our natural sand dunes and have an honest conversation about managed retreat. The shoreline needs room to migrate naturally if we want healthy beaches to exist for future generations.

The beach came back. The question is whether we’ll continue trying to force nature to conform to development—or finally adapt our development to nature.

Shame on @pilikahakaifoundation we are not backing down. The community will not let this happen.

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So happy for the families that get to move back home to Lahaina🙌🏾❤️ it’s great to be apart of such a special day!

#waikomoshaveice #letgoodgrow🌱 #lahaina

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Hauʻoli loa!

Some highlights from our first regatta of the 2026 season, the Mayors ‘Umeke hosted by Laeʻula O Kai Regatta in Kahului.

Mahalo nui to all of our paddlers, coaches, ‘ohana and supporters who came out to represent Kahana. As we continue finding our stride, it was incredible to see our club show up strong, support one another, and fill the beach with smiles. It was a reminder that Kahana is back, and we’re just getting started.

As we look ahead to the Nāleiʻehā Regatta this Saturday, we’re especially excited to celebrate a major milestone, Kahana Canoe Club’s 50th Anniversary. Founded in May 1976 by the Nāleiʻehā ʻohana, we are honored to carry forward a legacy that has spanned generations.

Mahalo for an amazing start to the season. More highlights from this past weekend coming soon! Look forward to seeing you all this upcoming weekend.

Imua Kahana 💜💚

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Was so awesome sharing our film @lahainarising with the National Association of County Officials @nacocounties and the National Organization of Black County Officials @nobcoinc

Not only did we get to screen the film, but we got to bring our community leaders and organizers like @mikey_no_c with @lahainacommunitylandtrust our councilwoman @tamara4mauinui and Jee, @mauiunitedway CEO, and @paele_kulani of course. We all got together to have great discussion with county officials from all over the United States about things like disaster preparedness, and bottom up approach to decision making.

The Lahaina Rising Impact Campaign aims to do exactly this type of thing. Use the film to make as great of an impact as possible by showing it to decision makers, leaders, and change makers from all over the world, get them to feel the weight and raw emotion and then let them sit down and listen first-hand to the community leaders who are doing the real impactful work.

Follow @paele_kulani @lahainarising @officiallahainastrong hawaiian

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