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Maui Golf Course Odor Prompts Council To Consider Repealing County Pesticide Ban Courtesy: Maui County/2024

Maui Golf Course Odor Prompts Council To Consider Repealing County Pesticide Ban

The required shift to organic fertilizer, and subsequent use of manure, spurred recent complaints.

Federal And State Aid Centers For Maui Fire Survivors Set To Close Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2023

Federal And State Aid Centers For Maui Fire Survivors Set To Close

Maui County Office of Recovery will open a new center at a Lahaina shopping center in early July.

Community Foundation Takes Stock With Millions In Maui Strong Funds Still To Spend Courtesy: Sean Marrs Photography

Community Foundation Takes Stock With Millions In Maui Strong Funds Still To Spend

The Hawaii Community Foundation said it was preparing to release a report on the impact of the funds. Its findings might determine where future dollars go.

Maui Will Likely Need To Keep Lahaina Fire Debris In Temporary Landfill Much Longer Than Expected Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2024

Maui Will Likely Need To Keep Lahaina Fire Debris In Temporary Landfill Much Longer Than Expected

The county is battling a private landowner in an eminent domain case to use the Central Maui property as the permanent site.

Private Donations Are Helping Hawaii Fire Departments Fill Budget Holes Anthony Quintano/Civil Beat

Private Donations Are Helping Hawaii Fire Departments Fill Budget Holes

Hawaii County is on track to top $40 million in contributions from a single foundation.

Lahaina Fire Victims Could Build Temporary Homes In The Burn Zone If This Bill Passes Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2024

Lahaina Fire Victims Could Build Temporary Homes In The Burn Zone If This Bill Passes

The Maui County Council is moving forward with legislation to give displaced residents some “breathing space” for five years.

Maui Mayor Appoints New Directors For Housing, Oiwi Resources Departments Ludwig Laab/Civil Beat/2021

Maui Mayor Appoints New Directors For Housing, Oiwi Resources Departments

County voters passed ballot measures in November 2022 for the new departments to help with the housing crisis and ensure proper management of native resources.

New Taxpayer-Funded Housing Going Up In Lahaina May No Longer Be Needed Cammy Clark/Civil Beat/2024

New Taxpayer-Funded Housing Going Up In Lahaina May No Longer Be Needed

FEMA and the state are building 619 homes for fire survivors, but there are now fewer than 215 households still living in the emergency hotel program.

Maui Is Mapping Its Wetlands To Protect Environmentally Sensitive Areas Courtesy of Save The Wetlands Hui

Maui Is Mapping Its Wetlands To Protect Environmentally Sensitive Areas

Some homeowners are concerned about unintended consequences, red tape and the effect on property values.

Maui Mayor To Lobby For Continued Federal Disaster Relief During DC Trip Cammy Clark/Civil Beat/2024

Maui Mayor To Lobby For Continued Federal Disaster Relief During DC Trip

Mayor Richard Bissen plans to provide updates to federal partners and Hawaii’s two senators on the county’s recovery 10 months after the fires.