The deadline for people and businesses affected by the deadly Aug. 8 Maui wildfires to apply for federal assistance through the Federal Emergency Management Agency and U.S. Small Business Administration is Dec. 11. Read more
Gov. Josh Green and the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corp. are renewing their call for homeowners to offer their unoccupied rooms, units or houses to help Maui wildfire survivors. Read more
Maui County today lifted two more fire-impacted areas of Lahaina from an unsafe water advisory that has been in place since August following the deadly wildfires. Read more
The Pacific Gateway Center launched a multilingual telephone hotline and opened its Wailuku satellite office on Wednesday. Read more
As tourism returns and more businesses reopen, the lack of workforce housing could stall growth. Read more
Nonprofit Maui Economic Opportunity has received over 1,000 applications for its Maui Relief TANF program, the organization said in a news release Thursday. Read more
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded a $53.7 million base contract to Pono Aina Management, LLC, a Waianae-based Native Hawaiian company, to build the temporary school. Read more
So far, the EPA has removed about 100 EV batteries and 300 solar system batteries from the Lahaina burn zone, but is asking for help in locating others. Read more
Question: Can a Maui wildfire survivor who has been getting FEMA housing aid take that assistance with them if they are forced to relocate outside Hawaii because their job is not coming back (house and place of employment both burned down)? Read more
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The only remaining areas under the unsafe water advisory are Lahaina Areas L-3A through L-6, which will remain in place until further notice. Read more
Lee Rogo, 76, of Lahaina, was identified after his family was notified. Read more
Lahaina wildfire survivors cited financial recovery and permanent housing as their greatest needs, according to a recent survey by the state Department of Health. Read more
Kanani Oury cries at her computer a lot these days. Read more
Dreams shattered. Shops burned to the ground. Irreplaceable losses. Read more
Question: Regarding the Maui Relief TANF program, can wildfire survivors get this help only if they stayed on Maui after the fires? We have friends on Oahu who took in displaced family members and it would be a shame if they missed out. Read more
The free event, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 2435 Kaanapali Parkway, is open to the whole family. Read more
Members of the state House Finance Committee plan to visit Maui’s Soil & Water Conservation District today and Lahaina’s Mala Wharf on Thursday. Read more
A group of Maui renters held signs Monday afternoon at Queen Kaahumanu Center saying “Need over greed” and “Residents first” to call attention to the growing plight of tenants in the wake of the Aug. 8 wildfires. Read more
Merely threatening eviction under such circumstances may constitute an unlawful act, the department said. Read more
Educators and experts say it’s likely that hundreds of children and teens across Maui are going about their days with sad and frightening memories and emotions from the fires lying just below the surface. Read more
Every one of the approximately 190 seniors who was enrolled at Lahainaluna High as of Aug. 7 is eligible. Read more
