Maui County Mayor Richard Bissen today announced a partnership to address critical financing gaps for Lahaina homeowners still rebuilding after the 2023 Maui wildfires. The collaborative effort will create a Deferred Payment Loan Program to support middle-income families who may not qualify for federal disaster recovery funds but continue to face significant financial barriers to reconstruction.

Facing strong public opposition to modern home designs for rebuilding in Lahaina, the Urban Design Review Board on Tuesday began scrutinizing a lengthy draft guide outlining post-wildfire building standards for the historic town devastated by a deadly wildfire in August 2023. Off the cuff, board members expressed reservations about its 187-page length and a lack […]

Beginning Monday, May 12 through Friday, May 16, the modular homes will be hauled nightly from the staging site near the Kahului small boat ramp to Lahaina.

ToolBank Disaster Services has officially launched operations on the island of Maui to support long-term recovery and rebuilding efforts.

This contribution represents a quarter of all funds awarded to Hawaiʻi organizations and will support a range of initiatives focused on affordable housing, financial education and community revitalization, including Lahaina homeowner recovery efforts.

A new real-time dashboard launched by the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa offers public access to live weather data from nearly 70 monitoring stations across the state, marking a major milestone in the Hawaiʻi Mesonet project. The launch coincides with Wildfire Awareness Month and represents a pivotal moment in the effort to make climate data available to the public.

American Savings Bank (ASB) held a grand opening today for its new Lahaina Branch at Lahaina Cannery Mall. ASB’s previous Lahaina branch on Papalaua Street was destroyed in the Maui wildfires.

The Hyatt Regency Maui Resort and Spa will be transformed into a powerful hub of healing, celebration, and connection for over 1,000 teens from across Maui, Lāna‘i and Moloka‘i this Saturday, May 10, 2025.

The funding will help provide trauma recovery and disaster preparedness programs for students at Lahaina Intermediate School, Lahainaluna High School and other impacted Lahaina schools.

Residents are encouraged to take steps to reduce wildfire risks around their homes and neighborhoods, as part of the annual Wildfire Community Preparedness Day on Saturday.

With hurricane and wildfire season coming up, Hawaiian Electric hosts a West Maui Emergency Preparedness Open House event to help prepare residents and their communities on Saturday, May 3, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., at the Lahaina Intermediate School cafeteria. 

As Lahaina begins to rebuild in the wake of the August 2023 wildfire disaster, residents and visitors of the beloved historic town are asking whether it will retain the historic character that went up in smoke and ashes.

To honor Old Lahaina and to help support the revival of arts on the Valley Isle, the Maui Arts League has published “Remembering Lahaina: Places, People & Culture,” a collectible whose proceeds directly benefit those affected by the fires.

The network has grown to 6,200 trees across 25 grow hubs, with volunteers like the Williams family, who lost their home in the Lahaina fire and are now growing trees to give back to the community.

Applications are now open for the Keep Lahaina Home Insurance Gap Program, which offers a powerful partnership to ensure Lahaina homeowners can afford to stay and rebuild in the aftermath of the 2023 fires.

The Rotary D5000 Maui Fires Relief Fund provided Roots Reborn with a $100,000 grant to support its Community Care Navigator Program serving migrant and immigrant communities affected by the 2023 Maui wildfires. 

Nearly 200 Kahoma Village homeowners, community members, and local organizations gathered Saturday to restore the landscape in Lahaina by planting 100 native and resilient species to support ongoing post-wildfire recovery.

House and Senate conference committees are recommending final passage of House Bill 1001, which provides more than $800 million in fiscal years 2026 and 2027 for deposit into the Maui wildfires settlement fund for a “timely and compassionate resolution” for fire survivors. The bill commits the state to spending $400 million in fiscal 2026 and […]

All 237 nonhistorical, concrete pilings along Front Street in Lahaina have been removed — totaling approximately 500 tons of material. A press release announcement from the County of Maui described the achievement as “a significant step forward in Maui wildfire recovery efforts.”

The Maui Planning Commission is wrestling with a precedent-setting decision on the first special management area permit for reconstruction of an oceanfront Front Street home destroyed in the August 2023 Lahaina wildfire, after concluding public testimony Tuesday.