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Gov. Josh Green supports the bill, indicating he will sign it. The bill adds a 0.75% levy to the state's existing tax on ...
Niko Sena, a native of Kula, signed up as a volunteer to help his neighbors after wildfires ripped through Upcountry Maui in August 2023. The 31-year-old has been helping to clear properties of debris ...
Formerly a lush wetland carefully tended by Native Hawaiians, the colonial plantation system diverted Maui’s water to private ...
MAUI, Hawai'i (Island News) -- The anxious, nearly two year-long wait to return to their leveled Lahaina properties has come ...
The Grassroot Institute of Hawaiʻi hailed the 2025 Legislature’s passage this week of bills intended to increase the state’s ...
State lawmakers passed a bill aimed at expediting the rebuilding process for hundreds of homes destroyed in the Lahaina fire.
Maui County on Thursday announced the completion of a major debris removal effort along Front Street in Lahaina, where 237 ...
The Legislature is exempting properties destroyed in a disaster from certain permitting requirements to speed up recovery ...
Hawaii is a popular tourist destination, with increasing numbers of U.S. citizens visiting since 2014. Over 7 million went to ...
Nearly 200 Kahoma Village homeowners and community members gathered Saturday to plant 100 native and resilient plants as part ...