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Maui County To Open 3 More Zones For Reentry In Lahaina Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2023

Maui County To Open 3 More Zones For Reentry In Lahaina

Displaced residents will have a two-day window next week to go back to what’s left of their homes.

Minimum Qualifications Proposed For Honolulu Emergency Manager Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020

Minimum Qualifications Proposed For Honolulu Emergency Manager

A draft charter amendment would require at least five years of experience for the job.

Tourism Executives Campaign To Bring Needed Visitors To Maui Marina Riker/Civil Beat/2023

Tourism Executives Campaign To Bring Needed Visitors To Maui

With West Maui’s famous resorts set to re-open to travelers Oct. 8, local residents are telling their own stories to convince visitors to come back.

Lahaina鈥檚 Filipino Community Mourns The Loss Of 9 Family Members Screengrab from GoFundMe

Lahaina鈥檚 Filipino Community Mourns The Loss Of 9 Family Members

Those who died included store employees, a janitorial service worker and a pair of dishwashers who worked hard to take care of their families, friends recalled.

Maui Fire Survivors Plead With County Council For Help And Accountability Paula Dobbyn/Civil Beat/2023

Maui Fire Survivors Plead With County Council For Help And Accountability

Struggling with financial and emotional stress, community members sought rent and property tax relief and voiced concerns over school evacuation routes.

This Lahaina Fundraiser Quickly Raised $1M Amid Conspiracy Theories And Questions By Critics

This Lahaina Fundraiser Quickly Raised $1M Amid Conspiracy Theories And Questions By Critics

The Lahaina Fire Fund was never a registered nonprofit yet collected hundreds of thousands of dollars through online donation sites.

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.