Frustrated residents say they face a nearly impossible task in stopping the amphibians, as the under-resourced county group tasked with combating invasive species focuses on other priorities.

Police were not notified until more than an hour after the incident, which took place in a county building.

Some members of the Maui community worry that proposed upgrades to Mākena State Park could pave the way for more transformative changes in the future.

The National Park Service is working with the late Meli Watanuki’s estate and tour operators on options to continue.

The county has installed dozens of traffic-calming devices to improve public safety. Some residents say it has gone too far.

By throwing a wrench in the state’s Regional Haze State Implementation Plan, advocates say HECO can sidestep rules years in the making.

This election will bring new faces — and possibly a progressive majority — to the county’s nine-member lawmaking body.

A Seattle visitor was arrested a week after lobbing a rock at an endangered seal on Maui. But cases involving people killing the seals are rarely prosecuted.

Residents remain frustrated by the county’s lack of progress in addressing the decades-long problem facing the burgeoning South Maui town.

Lawmakers did not pass a bill that would have funded the continuation of the most comprehensive study of the long-term health effects of the wildfires.