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Ongoing coverage of the 2023 wildfires that destroyed much of Lahaina and burned for weeks in Upcountry Maui. We are closely following the fires’ aftermath including efforts to rebuild and consequences for the entire state.
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The report provides a blueprint for the critical first steps necessary to improve fire safety statewide.
Hawaiʻi will see its annual income drop by $53 million due to migration from Valley Isle, researchers say.
A Kula ranch has provided more than 1,800 equine-therapy sessions to help survivors of the Lahaina and Upcountry fires cope with their grief and other deeply rooted trauma.
A Maui judge will decide this month how to divide up a $4 billion settlement among many groups of lawyers representing fire victims.
The sale to investors allows the company to focus on its core utility business and legislative agenda in response to the Maui wildfires.
A proposed wildfire settlement fund tops the utility’s legislative agenda for 2025.
The same day flames tore through Lahaina in 2023, another fire in Kula caused millions of dollars in damage. The recovery effort there has been quiet but intense.
Living without immediate neighbors can be creepy and lonesome, but the owners of the famed red-roofed house are determined to help bring their community back.
“This is workable but it’s only the beginning,” one advocate said as the Legislature prepares to consider the details.
The federally funded initiative run by Maui Economic Opportunity employed hundreds and was to last two years. The nonprofit’s CEO announced this month that it would end early.