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HECO: Wildfire Risk Already Cut By More Than Half Across Hawaii Grid Marcel Honore/Civil Beat/2023

HECO: Wildfire Risk Already Cut By More Than Half Across Hawaii Grid

The power company plans to spend hundreds of millions of dollars in the next few years on wildfire prevention. Some lawmakers question why that didn’t happen before Lahaina.

Judge: All Maui Wildfire Insurance Claims Must Be Made Public Screenshot/Hawaii News Now/2024

Judge: All Maui Wildfire Insurance Claims Must Be Made Public

Maui Judge Peter Cahill’s ruling will provide a rare glimpse into insurance business.

Maui County Election Results: Cook Holds Off King In Tight Race Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024

Maui County Election Results: Cook Holds Off King In Tight Race

UPDATE: The result in the South Maui race determines the balance of power between two County Council factions.

Maui Voters Wait Hours To Cast Ballots Léo Azambuja/Civil Beat/2024

Maui Voters Wait Hours To Cast Ballots

It’s the first general election since thousands were displaced in last year’s wildfires.

Maui County Looks To Extend Tax Exemptions For Wildfire Survivors Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2024

Maui County Looks To Extend Tax Exemptions For Wildfire Survivors

The tax credits also benefit landlords who rent to people displaced by the August 2023 fires.

Maui Council May Double Down On Mayor’s Tax Relief Proposal For Day Cares Getty Images/iStockphoto

Maui Council May Double Down On Mayor’s Tax Relief Proposal For Day Cares

Plan would increase the annual property tax exemption for some licensed child care facilities from $50,000 to $200,000.

Kirstin Downey: The Maui County Cultural Commission’s Unfortunate Failure Laura Wiens photo/2024

Kirstin Downey: The Maui County Cultural Commission’s Unfortunate Failure

The commission has only met once since the Aug. 8, 2023, fires wiped out much of Lahaina’s history.

Hawaii AG’s Wildfire Investigation Won’t Lead To Criminal Charges Jack Truesdale/Civil Beat/2023

Hawaii AG’s Wildfire Investigation Won’t Lead To Criminal Charges

The Attorney General’s Office says the probe into the 2023 Maui fires revealed “many instances of great heroism” and nothing that warrants charges.

Half Of All Coral Reefs Are Dead. A Maui ‘Super Reef’ Offers Hope Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024

Half Of All Coral Reefs Are Dead. A Maui ‘Super Reef’ Offers Hope

Olowalu reef may be an example of how to survive climate change disaster — just 4 miles from the epicenter of the August 2023 Maui fire.

Maui Fire Settlement Cases Inch Toward Victim Payout David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024

Maui Fire Settlement Cases Inch Toward Victim Payout

A proposed settlement could become final by early 2025.