Victims of a deadly 2023 Hawaii wildfire that decimated the town of Lahaina are expected to testify in court during an unusual trial to determine how to divide a potential $4 billion settlement.
Lahaina schools in Hawaii were closed for about two months for cleaning and environmental testing following August 2023 wildfire.
Hawai'i's Fire Safety Research Institute recently released its final report on the devastating Lahaina Fire. Here's what it said.
The Lahaina Community Land Trust is announcing a partnership with several Maui real estate professionals who recognize that the rebuilding and re-envisioning of Lahaina — with a future where all kamaʻāina families can thrive — demands thoughtful and caring collaboration among all.
U.S. Senator Brian Schatz announced that Hawaii will receive nearly $9.8 million dollars in new federal funding from FEMA to support ongoing recovery efforts on Maui.
Fire debris cleanup is still ongoing, and amid the many losses, the Lahaina Restoration Foundation just discovered what they call a “bright light.” HPR’s Catherine Cluett Pactol reports on the miraculous find.
House appears to be headed toward an independent engineering evaluation in a renewed effort to see if the historic structure can be preserved after the 2023 Lahaina wildfire that destroyed more than 2,
A new report has uncovered where the thousands of displaced Maui residents moved to after the deadliest fire in a century ripped through their town.
The backstory: In August 2023, a wildfire caused by downed power lines destroyed the town of Lahaina on the northwest coast of Maui. The blaze wrecked an elementary school, temporarily closed three other campuses, and displaced about 3,000 students.
The Jan. 4 issue of the Washington Post has a valuable article quoting Los Angeles City Councilwoman from Pacific Palisades Traci Park: “About six years ago, she said an evacuation drill was held with the Los Angeles Fire Department in Mandeville Canyon, which has now got fires burning around it.
As our friends, now survivors, started to think about next steps, we passed along what Lahaina survivors have taught us about housing resilience. We write to share some of these insights — gained during National Science Foundation-funded research on humans,
KAANAPALI, Maui >> Jessica Lorenzo rushes to take care of the lunch crowd in the dining room of Leilani’s on the Beach in Kaanapali, which in the 17 or so months since the 2023 Lahaina wildfire has started to return to normalcy.