
February 3, 2024
As the cleanup of Lahaina steadily ramps up, Maui County officials are asking the community to help decide the final resting place for an estimated 300,000-400,000 tons of contaminated ash and debris. Maui County Director of Environmental Management Shayne Agawa laid out the county’s top ...

January 2, 2024
LAHAINA — The restaurant where Katie Austin was a server burned in the wildfire that devastated Lahaina this summer. Two months later, as travelers began to trickle back to nearby beach resorts, she went to work at a different eatery. But she soon quit, worn down by constant questions from ...

December 16, 2023
HONOLULU — Hawaii Gov. Josh Green on Friday said he wants 3,000 condos and homes that are normally rented to Maui tourists converted to long-term housing for displaced wildfire survivors who are now living in hotels. Green said he’s prepared to use the “hammer” of post-fire emergency ...

December 16, 2023
With Lahaina exploding into flames all around them, Wainee Street resident Sue Brimeyer, 77, knew she had to keep her cool for the sake of her 11-year-old grandson. “Being calm is probably the best way to survive things,” Brimeyer said this week from her new home in Kihei. “I was pretty ...

November 24, 2023
First photo: Maui residents are in the stands at the Stan Sheriff Center during this week’s Allstate Maui Invitational. The college men’s basketball tournament — moved to Oahu this season following the devastating Aug. 8 wildfires — and its partners Hawaiian Airlines, Polynesian ...
November 23, 2023
The Maui News Residential Zone 11C and Zone 12B, which both include Luakini and Prison streets, will reopen to residents and property owners from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, Maui County announced. Zone 11C also includes Waianae Place and Zone 12B includes Shaw and Wainee streets. ...
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