“Then it removes the threat to public health and safety, and it restores public access to the beach.” The public beach access near Kahana Sunset in West Maui leads straight into the ocean.

The Maui News / BRIAN PERRY photo While surf splashes against bulging sand mattresses just a stone’s throw away from a Kahana resort’s eight-story towers, plans to shield them from erosion ...

Ocean Safety officers and jetski operators had long days manning Maui’s beaches, with some remaining on duty until sunset for precautionary purposes. The weekend incidents began on Friday ...

The following day, on Jan. 9, officials said people on shore and flying approved drones overhead reported an entangled adult humpback whale off Kahana, Maui. Officials said that whale also had a ...

Sand bags armor the shoreline in Kahana during an ... million and $40 million. The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo Citing severe coastal erosion that puts public safety and infrastructure at ...

In Kahana, nine condominium complexes are imminently ... there are iwi kupuna exposed and portions of the beach walk undermined. West Maui’s State Highway 30 is often wet from ocean swells ...

Kihei (foreground) and Kahana canoe clubs battle in the women’s 70 race at the Naleieha Regatta on Saturday at Hanakao‘o Beach. -- The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo LAHAINA — Members of ...

The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo LAHAINA — The back of their shirts read “Live Like Geoff.” The Kahana Canoe Club women’s novice A and mixed open crews honored Geoff Hunter ...