Maui Fire Caused by Broken Power Lines, County and US Find October 3, 2024 By Mark Chediak The fire that razed the historic Maui town of Lahaina last year was caused when Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc. re-energized...
Hawaii Probe Finds No Single Factor Led to Maui Wildfire Losses September 16, 2024 By Mark Chediak No single factor led a fire in the seaside Hawaiian town of Lahaina last year to rage out of control...
Toxic Debris from Hawaii Wildfire Could Fill 5 Football Fields 5 Stories Deep September 10, 2024 By Claire Rush and Jennifer Sinco Kelleher Hinano Rodrigues remembers being 4 or 5 years old, carrying a bucket across a highway to the ocean in the...
Judge Bars Insurers From Going After Defendants Who Agreed to $4B Maui Wildfire Settlement August 15, 2024 By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher A Maui judge’s ruling resolves a critical roadblock to finalizing a $4 billion wildfire settlement: Insurance companies who have paid...
Hawaiian Electric Pegs Loss at $1.7 Billion From Maui Fire August 12, 2024 By Mark Chediak Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc. pegged losses from estimated accrual of liabilities stemming from one of the worst wildfires in US...
‘We’re Going to Survive and It’s Going to Come Back’: A Year After Maui Wildfire, Survivors Press on August 7, 2024 By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher and Audrey McAvoy They have combed the ashes for mementos, worried about where they would sleep, questioned their faith and tried to find...
Maui Officials Highlight Steps Toward Rebuilding a Year After Deadly Wildfire July 1, 2024 By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher Nearly a year after wind-whipped flames raced through Kim Ball’s Hawaii community, the empty lot where his house once stood...
Maui Council to Study Impacts of Eliminating 7,000 Vacation Rentals June 6, 2024 By Cammy Clark Blue Cleaning, a small business in West Maui that spruces up 27 vacation rentals, survived the sharp decline in tourists...
After Wildfire, Hawaii Fire Crews Take Stock of Their Ability to Communicate in a Crisis May 24, 2024 By Marcel Honore Fire departments across the state are reevaluating their emergency communication capabilities after the Maui wildfires, when the vulnerability of the...
After Maui, Hawaii Lawmakers Budget Funds for Firefighting Equipment and a State Fire Marshal May 15, 2024 By Audrey McAvoy Hawaii lawmakers appropriated funds for more firefighting equipment and a state fire marshal after the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more...