The area in Wahikuli designated Zone 1C, which runs along Kaniau Road, will be open for escorted visits from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday and Tuesday. After that, entry will be restricted to local traffic only. Read more
Maui Mayor Richard Bissen cautioned a crowd of more than 600 during a community meeting Friday night at the Lahaina Civic Center that it would be a “fair estimate” of 18 months to two years before those who lost homes in the deadly Aug. 8 wildfire could begin to rebuild. Read more
The state Department of Labor and Industrial Relations announced Friday that the U.S. Department of Labor has approved moving the DUA application filing deadline to Oct. 26 instead of Monday. Read more
The team is made up of 25 public health service officers from the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. Read more
Green said he was astounded by how many survivors asked that Lahaina be reopened up for tourism. Read more
Thirty-six street addresses are included in the first residential zone to reopen to property owners and residents who will be able to see for themselves the destruction left behind by the deadly Aug. 8 Lahaina wildfire. Read more
Maui County plans to let some survivors back into the devastated historic Lahaina fire area Monday and Tuesday, but evacuees have mixed feelings about what they’ll see and how they’ll feel. Read more
The Maui Police Department on Wednesday added Lahaina resident Kirk Carter, who died Aug. 15 at Straub Medical Center’s Burn Unit in Honolulu, to its official list of fatalities from the Aug. 8 Lahaina wildfire. Read more
Maui County late Wednesday announced reentry procedures for Lahaina residents to access properties in the restricted disaster zone that have been off-limits in the aftermath of the Aug. 8 firestorm, which killed at least 97 people and destroyed more than 2,200 properties. Read more
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The first official entries into Lahaina follow demands from residents that continue more than a month after the deadliest U.S. wildfire in over a century. Read more
The University of Hawaii announced Tuesday that it will offer full scholarships to every Lahainaluna High School senior in the class of 2024, to support them in their recovery from the Lahaina wildfire disaster. Read more
The new PGA Tour season is just under four months away, and all signs point to it starting on the west end of Maui for the Sentry Tournament of Champions. Read more
Citing the immediacy of fundraising for Maui relief efforts, House Speaker Scott Saiki asked Gov. Josh Green on Monday to issue an emergency proclamation “to prohibit and criminalize fundraising under false pretenses.” Read more
Question: I’ve seen many stories of people fleeing Lahaina with just the clothes on their backs, and you just know a lot of them had to leave computers behind that they need to replace. Is any group on Oahu accepting used computers for this purpose? I have a laptop and two monitors. Read more
Most of the victims of the Lahaina wildfire were ages 65 and older — a demographic that struggles with technology — while Maui County sent cellphone text alerts as the fire all but obliterated Lahaina, killing at least 97 people. Read more
Resuming school routines like this in the aftermath of such a traumatic disaster is crucial to help the children find some semblance of normalcy, said Sacred Hearts Principal Tonata Lolesio. Read more
Maui police so far have been able to notify the families of 67 of the 97 known fatalities. Another seven have been formally identified but their families had yet to be notified. Read more
The following is a list of individuals who have been confirmed dead by authorities as a result of the Aug. 8, wildfire in Lahaina. Read more
For nearly 600 Maui public school students displaced by the closure of their schools by the Lahaina wildfire, Thursday was a “first day of school” like none other. Read more
Owners and renters who lost their homes and businesses in the deadly Aug. 8 Lahaina wildfire will be allowed escorted visits to their properties on a zone-by-zone basis starting Sept. 25. Read more
The agency is looking for writers, liaisons, planners, historic preservation and geospatial information specialists, and digital communications specialists, among others. Read more
