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Experts say the bureaucratic limbo facing a Maui couple trying to rebuild their home outside of Lahaina reflects a broader problem

It’s been one year since four fires devastated the Valley Isle.

Sea level rise, permitting and a push for restoration of a buried historic site and wetlands make it challenging.

The county is compiling public input to help prioritize fire recovery projects and programs for disaster funding.

As HECO tries to get new clean energy projects going, island leaders are discussing whether to make it mandatory to bury more power lines safely below ground.

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

Paul Cheng, a Texas developer with a criminal past, says he’ll use the money to construct phase one of Pulelehua, the island’s largest affordable housing project in decades.

The power company says it was Maui that failed to control vegetation and fumbled the response that allowed devastating fires to sweep through Lahaina in August.

Mario Siatris views the hauling away of fire debris on his property as forward momentum in a drawn-out recovery process.

Bills to provide funding for long-term air and water quality monitoring failed to pass as a new study cites growing health concerns from the fires.