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Contractors worry a rise in costs could make it harder for people to afford rebuilding burned homes.

Maui County’s economic recovery remains slower than other islands, particularly in tourism and employment, suggesting lingering effects from the August 2023 wildfires disaster that disrupted tourism and local businesses, according to the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism the 2025 Statistical and Economic Report, published in this first quarter.

Upcountry residents have relied for years on cesspools, which are required under state law to be eliminated by 2050.

Demand for constructor workers and contractors is outpacing the need in Lahaina, where a massive rebuild effort is just getting started.

Construction activity, including the rebuilding of wildfire devastated Lahaina town, will overcome relative weakness in tourism and help build a stable economic recovery, at a rate of 1.3%, for Hawaiʻi statewide, according to a forecast by economists with the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism.

In the aftermath of Maui’s Lahaina wildfire, the University of Hawai‘i will use $519,000 in USDA grants to fund research projects that aim to reinforce Hawai‘i’s agriculture against disasters and address the health risks of toxic chromium.

Motorists can expect traffic delays in Makawao Avenue while crews from the Public Works Highways Division work on an in-house pavement preservation project.

We are on track to see more than 9 million visitors this year, and we expect to see our construction industry accelerate our economic growth.

The state’s employment projections over the 10 year period that ends in 2024, is forecast to expand by 5.6% according to new information released today by the DLIR.

Construction of the $23 million Maui Economic Opportunity, Inc. Transportation Center in Pu’unene is set to begin June 26.

On Friday, Kaiser Permanente Hawaii celebrated the completion of a 1,000 square foot expansion of its pharmacy at Maui Lani Clinic with a Hawaiian blessing ceremony.

Dr. Leroy Laney told an audience at First Hawaiian Bank’s Business Outlook Forum on Oahu Friday that Hawaii’s 2012 outlook is for a slower recovery than was envisioned just a few months ago.

Despite an extensive remodel scheduled to begin in August 2011, operations at the The Fairmont Kea Lani will continue as normal, except for the closure of its signature restaurant, Kō

Today, the County of Maui issued a Request for Proposals to furnish, deliver, install, operate, and maintain solar photovoltaic systems selling electricity to the county under a power purchase agreement to the Office of Economic Development of the County of Maui.

Businesses seeking new building modifications on historic buildings will now be working with a new architecture branch chief at the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) State Historic Preservation Department (SHPD).

In its first quarter 2011 economic report, the Hawaii Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism forecasts a strong recovery in 2011 and economic expansion in 2012.

Industrial employment on Maui fell 2.7% and 1.1% in the state of Hawaii, according to the 2011 Hawaii Manufacturers Directory, an industrial directory published annually by Manufacturers’ News, Inc. (MNI).

Maui’s first destination resort, the Hyatt Regency Maui Resort and Spa announced today the completion of its extensive $15 million renovation.

Economic experts at the University of Hawaii Economic Research Organization (UHERO) believe that private construction has largely stabilized in the islands and is poised for limited growth mainly due to government contracting lead by the rail transit project

Ameron International Corp.’s Hawaii Division said yesterday that sales and profits were lower for the fourth quarter, and for the full year, for the same periods in 2009, due mainly to the weak demand for aggregates and concrete on both Oahu and Maui.