- By Star-Advertiser staff
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July 8, 2024
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Maui County said it plans to work with Lanai residents to determine the best use of the prime location.
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Gov. Josh Green on Friday signed a series of bills to enhance the state’s response to fires and other emergencies and disasters in the wake of the Aug. 8 Maui wildfires that killed at least 102 people and destroyed 3,971 properties, most of them homes.
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This week marks the start of Hawaiian Electric’s program of proactively shutting off power in specified areas to protect the public if and when there is a high risk of wildfires on all the islands it serves.
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Gov. Josh Green announced Tuesday that Maui residents displaced by the Aug. 8 wildfires can now apply for the Hawaii Interim Housing Program, which offers temporary state- sponsored housing to those affected.
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After two sets of bids and protests, the state said contracts for ground ambulance emergency services on Kauai and Maui will be awarded to American Medical Response.
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July 2, 2024
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MEMA changed name of the incident to Ukumehame brushfire from the Olowalu brushfire to clarify the area impacted.
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The time to rebuild is different for everyone, and there is some community concern that owners in complicated situations might give up.
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Maui awarded a contract Tuesday to an undisclosed company to review the response of the Maui Emergency Management Agency during the fatal Aug. 8 wildfires.
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The state Department of the Attorney General filed a motion Monday to force the director of the Maui Emergency Management Agency to answer questions about how he commanded the response to the 2018 West Maui fires fueled by Hurricane Lane.
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- By Star-Advertiser staff
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June 24, 2024
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Of the 102 confirmed fatalities, all of them have been publicly identified after notification of next of kin.
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A Honolulu Star-Advertiser analysis of all the units slated for conversion in West Maui under Mayor Richard Bissen’s proposal shows that most of them were originally condominiums developed for resort use.
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- By Star-Advertiser staff
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June 21, 2024
The Disaster Recovery Center at the Hyatt Regency Maui Resort & Spa, and the Community Resources Center at Royal Lahaina Resort officially close their doors on June 29.
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In the six months after the wildfires, over $25 million in real estate was sold in Lahaina, according to a new report.
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Homeownership is on the near horizon for an initial group of Native Hawaiian households to benefit from a historic 2022 appropriation by the state Legislature.
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The driver of the van, a 54-year-old woman from Kihei, and her passenger, a 13-year-old teen, were not injured in the collision.
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New data released by the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement on Thursday illustrates the continued recovery status and community needs of families affected by the Aug. 8 wildfires that killed 101 and displaced thousands.
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Maui county officials are trying to block the state Department of the Attorney General from questioning the head of the Maui Emergency Management Agency about what the county learned from the 2018 West Maui wildfires.
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King Kamehameha III Elementary had operated on Front Street in Lahaina for over a century until a wildfire swept through the site, displacing students, families, faculty and staff from their learning environment
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