A wildfire burned through the town of Lahaina on Aug. 8, 2023, causing loss of life, property and cultural landmarks. Hawaiʻi Public Radio continues to cover Maui's community efforts to heal and rebuild.
HPR's latest Maui fire stories
Cassie Ordonio
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Starting March 1, fire survivor households in FEMA’s direct housing program on Maui were required to start paying rent. Now, as HPR’s Catherine Cluett Pactol reports, some of those families are delinquent and facing removal from the program.
Catherine Cluett Pactol
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A measure to release the state's $807 million contribution to the Maui wildfire global settlement is going to lawmakers for a final vote. If signed into law, the funds will start to be released to the attorney general to begin paying claims. -
A new report details a path forward towards Maui's economic recovery after the wildfires. The report outlines six pathways and 11 priority projects through partnerships with county, state and federal agencies. -
As part of its wildfire safety strategy, Hawaiian Electric is installing weather stations and AI-equipped cameras on utility poles across the islands to make more informed decisions about weather-related utility response. -
Lahainaluna High School on Maui is the country's oldest high school. Among its storied achievements is its boarding program that continues today as the only one of its kind in the state. The UH Mānoa Center for Oral History has collected stories from 19 Native Hawaiian students who were part of that program. -
Hawaiʻi senators are raising concerns about the lack of conversation between legislators regarding the state’s share of the $4.2 billion global Maui wildfire settlement. -
Maui County is weighing a proposal to phase out transient vacation rentals in Maui County’s apartment zones to increase long-term housing stock on Maui. HPR’s Catherine Cluett Pactol shares new information from a University of Hawaiʻi Economic Research Organization report examining the economic impacts of that proposal. -
Since the 2023 Maui fires that destroyed Lahaina, communities across Hawaiʻi have sought ways to protect themselves from more destructive fires wrought by decades of climate change, urban development, and detrimental land use policies.
