The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo UKUMEHAME — Nakai Ribao gently scattered plumeria flowers into the ocean at Ukumehame Beach ... lives in Kahana, so he was safe from the fires, but the ...

Lung, whose family was at home the morning of Aug. 8 and barely escaped the fires, is a returning participant ... Their boat ramp on Kahana Beach, 9 miles north of the historic Lahaina town ...

If approved, a strip of beach that stretches about 0.7 mile from Kahana Stream to Pohaku Park would have sand brought in from three offshore sites for beach nourishment and berm enhancement ...