There have been reports of sign-waving rallies on Maui this week in opposition to sand mining. Last week, Mayor Alan Arakawa sent a letter to the Maui County Council to consider a moratorium on ...

Sand mining first ramped up in the 1980s and vaulted Maui as the primary source of sand used in Honolulu concrete. By 2006, 70 percent of the island’s sand stock had been shipped to Oahu.