Subpoenas on Maui Agencies and Officials Delay Release of Report Into Wildfire March 20, 2024 By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher Hawaii’s attorney general blamed a delay of the release of a key report into a deadly Maui wildfire on county...
Maui’s Mayor Prioritizes Vows to Hire More Firefighters After Hawaii Wildfire March 19, 2024 By Audrey McAvoy Maui’s mayor says he is prioritizing housing, evaluating evacuation routes and hiring more firefighters as his Hawaii community recovers from...
911 Calls From Maui Capture Pleas for Stranded, and Those Caught in Fire’s Chaos January 23, 2024 By Rebecca Boone, Claudia Lauer and Lindsay Whitehurst The day after the deadliest U.S. wildfire in a century destroyed a seaside community on Maui, the barrage of 911...
Maui Needs Tourists. Can They Visit Without Compounding Wildfire Trauma? January 3, 2024 By Audrey McAvoy The restaurant where Katie Austin was a server burned in the wildfire that devastated Hawaii`s historic town of Lahaina this...
Hawaii Fire Shows Wildfires Pose Particular Threat to Elderly and Other Vulnerable Individuals December 28, 2023 By Gene Johnson, Jennifer Sinco Kelleher and Mark Thiessen Sharlene Rabang and her calico cat fled the wildfire that destroyed her town on Maui and arrived at a family...
Heart of Hawaii’s Historic Lahaina Reopens to Residents and Business Owners December 13, 2023 By Audrey McAvoy The heart of Lahaina, the historic town on the Hawaiian island of Maui that burned in a deadly wildfire that...
Most Of West Maui Will Welcome Back Visitors Next Month September 11, 2023 Most of West Maui will officially reopen to travelers Oct. 8 under a new wildfire emergency proclamation signed last week...
Things to Know About Lawsuits and Tourism a Month After Fire Leveled a Hawaii Community September 6, 2023 By Gene Johnson, Jennifer Sinco Kelleher and Audrey McAvoy Nearly a month after the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century killed at least 115 people, authorities on...
FEMA Has Paid Out $5.6M so far to Hawaii Wildfire Survivors August 24, 2023 By Ken Sweet and Mae Anderson The Federal Emergency Management Agency said it has approved more than $5.6 million in assistance to nearly 2,000 households in...