Plug Pulled On Solar Farm Planned For South Maui
Paeahu Solar was proposed five years ago but faced opposition from local residents.
Hawaii Governor Wants To Entice Maui Property Owners To Rent To Fire Victims
Gov. Josh Green is proposing using taxpayer and private funds to build new housing and to pay home owners well above market value if they rent long term. Short-term rentals would simply be banned.
The Controversial Developer Looming Over West Maui鈥檚 Water Conflict
Peter Martin spent decades guzzling water around Lahaina. Then came the fire.
Maui Agencies Subpoenaed After Holding Up Fire Investigation, AG Says
The AG’s office is having trouble getting information from some Maui departments.
Danny De Gracia: We Cannot Ignore Oahu’s Wildfire Risk Any Longer
New technologies are available and in use elsewhere that should be considered by the Legislature and state and local government.
Matthew Leonard: How The Hamakua Burn Of 1901 Started Hawaii’s Fire Clock
Government intervention, or the lack of it, was a contentious issue during the widely reported disaster.
Join Civil Beat In Kihei For Our Next Pop-Up Newsroom
Our next two pop-up newsrooms will be on Maui.
Maui Wildfire Lawyers Try To ‘Manage The Unmanageable’
With billions of dollars at stake and the potential for thousands of lawsuits, lawyers are trying to bring order to the chaos of litigation sweeping into Hawaii courts.
Naka Nathaniel: What Maui Needs
A deadline is looming for many fire survivors but right now let驶s take a collective moment of grace and aloha.
Housing Shortage for Maui Fire Survivors Puts Focus On Short-Term Rentals
UPDATE: Mayor Richard Bissen called for “shared sacrifice” but said a moratorium on vacation rentals would likely bring costly legal challenges and unintended consequences.