Since the deadly 2023 Lahaina Fire in Hawaii's Maui County, the town has yet to be rebuilt. Hawaii Rep. Elle Cochran spoke to FOX 11 about the recovery efforts, saying the town has not moved forward.
"Overall, we think it was a realistic and reasonable outcome, and it's going to just be a critical step to getting money into the hands of victims sooner than later."
The family of a man still considered missing since the August 2023 Lahaina wildfire is asking the court to declare him deceased after months of efforts to find the 73-year-old or his remains.
Hawai'i's Fire Safety Research Institute recently released its final report on the devastating Lahaina Fire. Here's what it said.
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.
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,
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 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.
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,
Hawaii Tourism Authority's Interim President and CEO Daniel Nahoopii explains how international tourists from locations like Japan can make a return with help from the state investing in these relationships.