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‘Welcome Back to Wailuku’ First Friday
In March of 2020, COVID precautions had caused sweeping closures of Maui’s Friday Town Parties. Over four years later, Wailuku First Fridays is making a comeback. The free community street party returns to Market Street on Aug. 2 from 6 to 9 p.m. The reborn Wailuku First Friday event...
Survey finds Lahaina survivors were re-traumatized by emergency sheltering program
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A major survey of Maui residents and fire survivors has revealed tremendous frustration about the way evacuees were treated in the federal emergency sheltering program. The survey organizers say FEMA and the Red Cross treatment of survivors compounded their trauma from the fires. There were widespread complaints...
UHMC launches wastewater certificate addressing labor demand for cesspool conversions
This fall, the University of Hawaiʻi Maui College is launching an Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems Specialist Certificate. More than 52 million gallons of wastewater seep out of cesspools and into the ground and groundwater in Hawaiʻi every day, with more than 88,000 cesspools still operational across the Hawaiian Islands. Twelve thousand are on Maui, according to the state Department of Health.
Maui County reopens Crater Road as crews continue to battle brush fire
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Crater Road is back open on Maui after as crews continue to battle the brush fire burning on the slopes of Haleakala. The blaze forced the road to close for the past two weeks. The fire in Upper Kula is ongoing and at last check has burned...
Candidate Q&A: State House District 10 — Tyson Miyake
Editor’s note: For Hawaii’s Aug. 10 Primary Election, Civil Beat asked candidates to answer some questions about where they stand on various issues and what their priorities will be if elected. The following came from Tyson Miyake, Democratic candidate for State House District 10, which covers a portion...
Focus groups set for Kuhua/Mill Camp property owners to discuss rebuilding
Maui County will hold focus groups early next month for Kuhua/Mill Camp property owners to discuss rebuilding in the area devastated by the August 2023 wildfire. The sessions will be held in the Office of Recovery-West Maui at the Lahaina Gateway, 325 Keawe St., Suite 102B (near Ace Hardware). The groups will address roadway and rebuilding information, current projects and actions owners can take now. There also will be an opportunity for questions and answers.
HECO Joins With Wildfire Plaintiffs In Asking Maui Judge To Help Break Settlement Logjam
Parties are so close to a global settlement of Lahaina wildfire lawsuits that lawyers on opposing sides are asking a Maui judge to help remove a last apparent obstacle to a resolution. Lawyers for Hawaiian Electric Industries on one side and the liaison counsel for thousands of individual plaintiffs on...
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