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Kahului Man Charged with Federal Crimes Over IED Found Near Maui Elementary School
A Maui man is now facing serious federal charges after being connected with the discovery of an improvised explosive device (IED) near an elementary school. The individual, 47-year-old Robert Francis Dumaran of Kahului, was ordered to be detained without bail following his initial appearance in the United States District Court, according to a statement by the U.S. Attorney's Office District of Hawaii.
Territorial Savings Bank donates to Nā Hale O Maui, continuing strong community support for affordable housing
Territorial Savings Bank has generously donated $37,026 to Nā Hale O Maui, marking the fourth consecutive year of their annual support. Since 2021, Territorial Savings Bank’s contributions have been crucial in funding NHOM’s financial literacy and homeownership education programs. Since the inception of this partnership, TSB’s donations...
Help feed Maui’s hungry at Maui Food Bank’s annual Food Drive Day, Aug. 24
Maui Food Bank is gearing up for its annual Food Drive Day on Saturday, Aug. 24, 2024. The public is invited to participate by hosting a food and fund drive or by donating nonperishable food to support families facing hunger, a need that has increased by over 65% since the Maui wildfires.
Maui Residents Have Been Forced From Their Homes to Make Room for Wildfire Survivors. Property Owners Are Profiting.
High prices offered by emergency housing programs have encouraged property owners to chase the money. Housing advocates say state officials haven’t moved aggressively enough to crack down on predatory behavior.
Kamehameha Schools Kapālama students shine in production honoring Lahaina and Maui; Obon festival honors memory of lives lost in wildfire
Calling it their love letter to Lahaina and to Maui, nearly 150 Kamehameha Schools Kapālama fifth-grade students shared their live stage production “Ka Malu ʻUlu o Lele: The Shaded Breadfruit Grove of Lele,” with the Maui community on Saturday, Aug. 10 at Baldwin High School auditorium in Wailuku.
A Maui County Appointee Oversaw Grants To Nonprofits Tied To Her Family Members
Two nonprofits with family ties to Luana Mahi, an economic development director for Maui Mayor Richard Bissen, won more than $1 million in county grants overseen by Mahi since she was appointed in 2023. Mahi’s husband Kalani Mahi was paid directly under a county grant for a watershed project. A...
Maui Food Bank’s annual food drive day Aug. 24
WAILUKU – Maui Food Bank is gearing up for its annual Food Drive Day on Saturday, Aug. 24, 2024. The public is invited to participate by hosting a food and fund drive or by donating nonperishable food to support families facing hunger, a need that has increased by over 65 percent since the Maui wildfires.
Maui judge's ruling bars insurers from going after defendants who agreed to $4B wildfire settlement
HONOLULU (AP) — A Maui judge’s ruling Tuesday resolves a critical roadblock to finalizing a $4 billion wildfire settlement: Insurance companies who have paid out more than $2 billion in claims can seek reimbursement only from the settlement amount defendants, who victims blame for causing the deadly tragedy, have agreed to pay. Lawyers representing plaintiffs in hundreds of lawsuits over the deaths and destruction caused by the fires asked the judge to bar insurers from bringing independent legal action to recoup the money paid to policyholders. Preventing insurers from going after the defendants is a key settlement term. The settlement was reached earlier this month, days before the one-year anniversary of the the fires, amid fears that Hawaiian Electric, the power company that some blame for sparking the blaze, could be on the brink of bankruptcy. Other defendants include Maui County and large landowners. The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is investigating the Aug. 8, 2023, fires that killed 102 people, destroyed the historic downtown area of Lahaina, burned thousands of homes and displaced 12,000 people.
Maui Judge Clears Path To Final $4.04 Billion Settlement Of Wildfire Cases
A state court judge on Tuesday removed a major obstacle to a proposed, $4.04 billion global settlement of more than 600 lawsuits related to the Maui wildfires. Several of Hawaii’s largest government, business and social organizations including the state, Maui County, Hawaiian Electric Co., Hawaiian Telcom and Kamehameha Schools have agreed to contribute to settle the claims of fire victims.
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