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The Maui Hero Project has received $65,300 in funding from Rotary District 5000 to support mental health programs for Lahaina youth affected by the 2023 Maui Wildfires. The funding will help provide ...
State lawmakers passed a bill aimed at expediting the rebuilding process for hundreds of homes destroyed in the Lahaina fire.
MAUI, Hawai'i (Island News) -- The anxious, nearly two year-long wait to return to their leveled Lahaina properties has come ...
Hawaii lawmakers approved a first-of-its-kind bill on Friday that increases the state’s lodging tax to fund environmental ...
At 8 a.m. on Oct. 26, 2024, a crowd of over 100 people hovered around the TVs at Coco Deck Kitchen + Bar in West Maui. Chef ...
The Legislature is exempting properties destroyed in a disaster from certain permitting requirements to speed up recovery ...
The Grassroot Institute of Hawaiʻi hailed the 2025 Legislature’s passage this week of bills intended to increase the state’s ...
Formerly a lush wetland carefully tended by Native Hawaiians, the colonial plantation system diverted Maui’s water to private ...
Niko Sena, a native of Kula, signed up as a volunteer to help his neighbors after wildfires ripped through Upcountry Maui in August 2023. The 31-year-old has been helping to clear properties of debris ...
Some 237 non-historical, concrete pilings along Front Street have been removed, completing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ ...
The Deals are the first oceanfront property owners on Front Street to try rebuilding in an area that scientists say is at ...
Gov. Josh Green supports the bill, indicating he will sign it. The bill adds a 0.75% levy to the state's existing tax on ...