Though the fire that destroyed Lahaina and killed more than 100 people was the most destructive of the Aug. 8, 2023, Maui wildfires, the first blazes were reported in Upcountry Maui and burned for weeks afterward. Read more
The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Maui Police Department are investigating Improvised Explosive Devices left in the Kahului and Pukalani areas of Maui, according to a joint statement from the FBI’s Honolulu Division and MPD. Read more
Earthjustice, which represented the groups, said the agreement on Wednesday resolves the suit filed in May in U.S. District Court in Hawaii. Read more
Gov. Josh Green commended “the strength of our community” and said, “The world watched the heroism of the firefighters and the heroism of the people saving each other.” Read more
There was only the sound of Leimana Purdy’s voice and an occasional sniffle for much of the hour or more that volunteers and staff from Malu i Ka ‘Ulu took to drape a 600-foot ti-leaf lei that they had made across all of the crosses. Read more
A year after a wildfire killed 102 people, destroyed Lahaina and left thousands without a home, the public has yet to learn what started the fire and where it began. Read more
Local artists playing songs about Lahaina and West Maui will take the stage for “Puana Aloha no Lahaina — A Concert for Lahaina,” starting at 6 p.m. Friday in the Lahaina Civic Center Gymnasium. Read more
Today, it has been one full year since an inferno overwhelmed Lahaina — propelled by high winds, leaping from parched grass and fallow fields to trees, cars and buildings, destroying structures and trapping or overwhelming victims in its path. Read more
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Each of the 102 played a role in the diverse community, which was once the seat of the Hawaiian Kingdom, and attracted people from all over the world who came to work in the sugar and pineapple plantations. Read more
A Maui tradesman turned his passion for metal work into a 16-foot-tall, tear-shaped sculpture that he unveiled Wednesday night above the Lahaina burn zone on the eve of the one-year anniversary of the devastating wildfires. Read more
A brush fire just a day before the island commemorates the one-year anniversary of the deadly Aug. 8 wildfires prompted isolated evacuations that made for frayed nerves before it was quickly brought under control. Read more
The Maui Emergency Management Agency has lifted the evacuation order for residents off Akalani Loop and Kalialani Circle. Read more
Gov. Josh Green has ordered that the U.S. and Hawaii state flags be flown at half-staff from sunrise on Thursday to sunset on Monday in honor of the 102 lives lost. Read more
Some of the more important steps that might help get ready for — or prevent — the next catastrophe have not happened, in part because there are lingering questions about how to pay for them. Read more
State officials this week are scheduled to give house keys to about a dozen households for modular housing planted on vacant state land. Read more
DOH officials said an investigation determined conditions could increase the risk of transmission, given the highly dense populations of mosquitoes around the residence and high visitor traffic in the area. Read more
GoFundMe’s Wildfire Relief Fund, which has facilitated over 2,000 immediate-relief grants to those affected by the fires and supported local nonprofit organizations on the ground, has raised $1.3 million. Read more
Maui wildfire evacuees have begun moving into a former hotel in Kihei that the state has been fixing up since it bought the 175-room property in March from a religious institute. Read more
Enough grass has returned to the front of Scotty Rickard’s lawn in the Paunau subdivision of Lahaina that his grandchildren can bring out the swimming pool to play, as they did on hot summer days before the Aug. 8 wildfire took their home and devastated the community. Read more
