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John Hill: Hawaii Agencies Flout The Law By Ignoring Maui Fire Records Requests Marina Riker/Civil Beat/2022

John Hill: Hawaii Agencies Flout The Law By Ignoring Maui Fire Records Requests

They have much else to contend with, but when the government does not provide information, people come up with more sinister narratives.

Can The GOP Set Aside Partisan Politics To Find Out What Really Happened In Maui? U.S. Army National Guard/2023

Can The GOP Set Aside Partisan Politics To Find Out What Really Happened In Maui?

A House oversight committee will hold its first public hearing focused on the role of Hawaiian Electric in the Aug. 8 Maui fires.

Federal Wildfire Grant Opportunities Open For Hawaii Courtesy: DLNR/2023

Federal Wildfire Grant Opportunities Open For Hawaii

Three grants are now available to help Hawaii’s landowners fortify their wildfire defenses.

Lahaina Schools To Reopen Some 2 Months After Fire Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2023

Lahaina Schools To Reopen Some 2 Months After Fire

Three schools will resume classes after fall break, while a temporary facility is being built for students of the destroyed King Kamehameha III school, the DOE said.

A Major Power Outage In Lahaina The Day Of The Fire Likely Saved Lives Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2023

A Major Power Outage In Lahaina The Day Of The Fire Likely Saved Lives

High winds and the power failure caused many businesses in Lahaina to shut down the day of the fire, which reduced visitors and foot traffic on the streets of the town

Lahaina Residents Begin Returning Home For Closure, Keepsakes David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023

Lahaina Residents Begin Returning Home For Closure, Keepsakes

The opening of the first zone for reentry marked the start of the next phase in the recovery.

Split-Second Decisions Made All The Difference For These Lahaina Fire Survivors Courtesy Beth Zivitski

Split-Second Decisions Made All The Difference For These Lahaina Fire Survivors

A quick realization that the normal rules no longer applied and a sense of immediacy led some to safety.

Maui Fire Lawsuits: Rampant Grass Growth Is As ‘Inherently Dangerous’ As Radioactive Waste Thomas Heaton/Civil Beat/2023

Maui Fire Lawsuits: Rampant Grass Growth Is As ‘Inherently Dangerous’ As Radioactive Waste

The lawsuits are invoking a legal doctrine historically applied to wild animals, nuclear waste and explosives.

Chad Blair: Is Aug. 8 The New Dec. 7 For Hawaii? AP via U.S. Navy/1941

Chad Blair: Is Aug. 8 The New Dec. 7 For Hawaii?

A UH professor calls the Lahaina fires the “biggest crisis” the islands have faced since Pearl Harbor.

Maui Police ID 6 More Fire Victims, Aged 11 to 84 David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023

Maui Police ID 6 More Fire Victims, Aged 11 to 84

New figures from MPD mean only eight of the 97 people confirmed killed in the Lahaina blaze remain unidentified.