The US Postal Service said it will consider curbside mail delivery for rebuilt homes in Lahaina if safety conditions are met. The agency has not yet decided whether to permanently close the Lahaina Downtown Post Office. The Postal Service outlined its position in an Oct. 9 letter responding to Mayor Richard Bissen. On Sept. 2, […]

The County of Maui is implementing a temporary administrative process for qualifying Special Management Area (SMA) Major Use Permit applications to help facilitate timely wildfire recovery and reconstruction for certain properties makai, or seaward, of Front Street in Lahaina.

Arita Poulson General Contracting will lead the reconstruction of 612 Front Street, the first commercial rebuild on Front Street since the August 2023 wildfire.

Maui County began a housing navigator program Thursday for households affected by the August 2023 wildfires. It takes over case management services that the state had been providing, the county announced.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has approved $15 million to help the state manage hazard mitigation applications after the 2023 Maui wildfires and nearly $1.4 million for Kauaʻi County to make permanent repairs from storms in April 2018, the agency announced as part of a more than $226 million disaster funding package.

As part of its ongoing wildfire safety strategy, Hawaiian Electric will use drones to inspect power lines, poles and other electrical equipment in wildfire risk areas across Maui and Lānaʻi.

The health consequences of catastrophic wildfires that burn through towns and cities may extend far beyond the period when flames are extinguished and smoke disappears, according to new research from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s Maui Wildfire Exposure Study (MauiWES).

Investigating a hidden environmental health threat across Hawaiʻi—pollutants left behind by decades of agricultural and industrial activity, and whether wildfires and other disasters can bring those contaminants back into the environment and into people’s bodies—is the focus of a new University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai-led research project that received a five-year, $3.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health.

The County of Maui Department of Water Supply was reimbursed for more than $1.1 million spent on emergency protective measures as a result of wildfires. The funding is part of a larger $8.2 million in FEMA post-disaster funding approved for Public Assistance and the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program projects in Hawai’i, Nevada, and the Northern Mariana Islands.

Hawaiian Council announced today that the website and vendor application portal are now live for ʻUlu o Lele, the interim marketplace and community gathering space being developed at the former Outlets of Maui site in Lahaina. Applications will be accepted through Monday, Sept. 28, 2026.

Lāhainā Think Space will go on the road to New York City for an event on Sept. 18, marking the first time the Think Space experience extends beyond Hawaiʻi to a national audience, according to an announcement. The event is being organized through a collaboration of Maui County, Maui Public Arts Corps and New York […]

A portion of Front Street in Lahaina will be temporarily closed on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026, to accommodate the Lights for Lahaina Light March.

The County of Maui Office of Recovery has extended the application deadline for its Hoʻokumu Hou Economic Revitalization Ka ʻImi ʻIke Program and Hoʻokumu Hou Public Services Program to 5 p.m. on Oct. 8, 2026.

Mayor Richard Bissen is urging the US Postal Service to preserve and restore direct home mail delivery for Lahaina residents rebuilding homes destroyed in the 2023 Maui Wildfires, emphasizing that “returning families should not lose an essential service simply because they were forced to rebuild.”

Maui-based filmmaker Stephan Boeker and Pacific Story Tellers recently won two Northern California Regional Emmy Awards for Journey Beyond the Grid: The Hawaiʻi Off-Grid Story, a documentary that began as a story about sustainable, self-sufficient design and ultimately became a much broader exploration of resilience and preparedness in Hawaiʻi.

Residents are encouraged to attend the County of Maui’s Lahaina Community Meeting at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026, at the Lahaina Intermediate School cafeteria.

The state of Hawaiʻi Department of Education is set to receive $9.3 million in post-disaster funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for permanent repairs to King Kamehameha III Elementary School on Maui.

All proceeds from ticket sales, online donations, and corporate sponsorships will go directly toward restoring hope, long-term housing solutions, and community stability across Lahaina and Maui.

Maui County will take ownership of the 167-unit Kīlohana modular housing project, now serving Lahaina wildfire survivors, in a move that could pave the way for the temporary homes to become permanent housing, County Council members learned Wednesday.

Lahaina Jodo Mission will host its second detox and wellness workshop on Aug. 22. Practitioners will offer traditional Chinese medicine, community acupuncture, and stress management practices as part of the mission’s ongoing post-wildfire healing efforts.