Local leaders never built siren systems and issued alerts too late. We can be better prepared next time.

In response to concerns expressed by members of the public, traffic patterns have been changed for the 50 to 70 trucks ...

Maui residents and business owners attended a series of public meetings last week about redesigning streets in Lahaina as ...

On the outside looking in, saltwater kayak fishing seems like a fun past time, but for many, it’s serious business.

Hawai‘i Gov. Josh Green earlier this week signed legislation further codifying the role of Hawai‘iʻs first state fire marshal in nearly half a century and solidified the state’s share of the ...

Kealii Sanchez was born and raised in Lahaina. He lost his childhood home and his aunty in the inferno. He got out of church ...

Bill 9 targets 6,100 short-term vacation rentals — mostly in West and South Maui — that are on the county’s so-called Minatoya List. In 1989, the Council tried to restrict short-term vacation rentals ...

Nearly three dozen people died trying to escape the Kuhua Camp neighborhood, where the county is now working to extend and ...

A state court will decide soon whether to allow one of Hawaiʻi's oldest and largest charitable trusts to settle claims ...

Kristi Noem claims 1 in 6 survivors of Lahaina wildfires were forced to trade sexual favors for supplies - Noem says ...

The State of Hawaiʻi will contribute $807.5 million to the $4.037 billion global settlement for Maui wildfire victims. The ...

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Wednesday suggested the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s response to the 2023 Lahaina wildfires was so poor that one in six survivors had to trade ...