A 47-year-old Kahului man arrested in connection with a series of improvised explosive devices discovered on Maui, one of which detonated and damaged a sport utility vehicle, will get a preliminary hearing Sept. 10. Read more
Gov. Josh Green this week announced a new initiative — Lahaina Honoring Employees’ Resilience and Optimism, or HERO, Awards — to recognize state Department of Education employees who have played critical roles in keeping Lahaina schools open following the Aug. 8, 2023, Maui wildfires. Read more
Edralina Diezon’s journey is emblematic of the toll taken on many survivors trying to navigate services after a climate disaster. Read more
The N5 Shield sensor program, made possible through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate and U.S. Fire Administration, samples the air and detects anomalies consistent with fire. Read more
As a single mother raising two teenagers with autism, Ashley Lagazo is still struggling to help her kids cope with the fear and anxiety that plague them, even a year after they drove desperately away from the Lahaina wildfire. Read more
In court documents filed in Honolulu Circuit Court, the insurance company attorneys allege that those responsible for igniting the wildfires are Hawaiian Electric, Kamehameha Schools and three telecommunication companies. Read more
Over a year since the fires, Maui County officials have yet to release the findings of a federal and county investigation into the cause of wildfires in Lahaina and Upcountry Maui, where nearly two dozen properties burned that same day. Read more
A private development partnership backed by state financing kicked off construction Tuesday on a 117-unit rental apartment complex in Kihei reserved for seniors with low incomes. Read more
Noted Maui artist and educator Edmund M.K. Enomoto, whose ceramic sculptures are part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum collection, died Aug. 3 at Kaiser Moanalua Medical Center. Read more
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The cesspools are potential sources of water contamination, the EPA said, and violations of the Safe Drinking Water Act. Read more
Fifty new modular homes at Kapalua Resort built for Kapalua Golf and neighboring hospitality employees displaced by the August 2023 Lahaina wildfire were unveiled Tuesday at a ceremony. Read more
An effort by insurance companies to upend or alter a tentative $4 billion settlement over the August 2023 Maui wildfire disaster was rejected in state court Tuesday. Read more
A 47-year-old Kahului man made his initial appearance in federal court Tuesday after he was arrested in connection with a series of improvised explosive devices found on Maui, one of which blew up and damaged a sport utility vehicle. Read more
Maui firefighters battled a brush fire in Wailuku that broke out this afternoon and contained it by 4 p.m., according to county officials. Read more
Robert Francis Dumaran, age 47, of Kahului, Maui, made his initial appearance in front of U.S. Magistrate Judge Kenneth J. Mansfield following his arrest by Maui police officers Saturday on a federal warrant. Read more
For Ernesto Perez, life on Maui wasn’t easy. But it was pleasant and peaceful, and a long way from the cartel violence of Mexico that his family escaped nearly three decades ago. Read more
Maui Police Department officers arrested a 47-year-old Kahului man Saturday in connection with the discovery of a series of improvised explosive devices, one of which detonated and took out a sport utility vehicle in Pukalani on Thursday. Read more
As drought continues to expand and intensify, Hawaii can expect more wildfires to occur across the isles the rest of this summer. Read more
On Thursday night, an improvised explosive device detonated in a trash can, shattering the windows and piercing the driver’s side doors of a sport utility vehicle passing near it in Pukalani. Read more
The massive fire destroyed the Waiola Church, the first Christian church on Maui, whose cemetery held the eternal resting place of several members of the Hawaiian royal family, including the church’s founder, Queen Keopuolani, and Princess Nahienaena. Read more
At least nine or so property owners on Komo Mai Street in a mauka section of Lahaina are in some stage of rebuilding — from ground compacting to framing. Read more
