Shootz! Solstice At The Capitol And Progress On Homes In Lahaina

Summer’s longest days keep the sun shining late in the islands as work continues on temporary and permanent homesites on Maui.

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Summer’s longest days keep the sun shining late in the islands as work continues on temporary and permanent homesites on Maui.

Tyler Cuff of San Jose, California, paddles near Puaena Point Sunday, June 16, 2024, near Haleiwa. (Kevin Fuji/Civil Beat/2024)
The week started off Sunday on Father’s Day with Tyler Cuff of San Jose, California, paddling off the extra calories from a huge brunch with his ohana near Haleiwa’s Puaena Point. (Kevin Fuji/Civil Beat/2024)
PUC commissioner Naomi Kuwaye, from left, and chair Leo Ascuncion, Jr. hold a hearing to determine if Sandwich Isles Communications broke any laws Monday, June 17, 2024, in Honolulu. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024)
A court reporter in the foreground visually separates Public Utilities Commission member Naomi Kuwaye, left, and chair Leo Ascuncion Jr. during a hearing Monday in Honolulu to determine if Sandwich Isles Communications broke state laws when it cut telephone and broadband services earlier this month. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024)
The sun beams into the Hawaii State Capitol rotunda on the summer solstice, Thursday, June 20, 2024, in Honolulu. It is the longest day of sunlight for the year. The sun reaches its highest point in the sky at 10:50 a.m. HST. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024)
The sun beams into the Hawaii State Capitol rotunda on the summer solstice Thursday in Honolulu. It was the longest day of sunlight for the year, with the sun reaching its highest point at 10:50 a.m. HST. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024)
Crews have started grading the land mauka of the Wahikuli neighborhood in Lahaina for two temporary group housing sites. (Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2024)
Crews have started grading the land mauka of the Wahikuli neighborhood in Lahaina for two temporary group housing sites. (Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2024)
Two temporary group housing projects — one state and one federal — are under construction mauka of the Wahikuli neighborhood in Lahaina. (Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2024)
One of the temporary group housing projects is being built by the state, and the other by the federal government. (Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2024)
Hundreds of properties have now been cleared of fire debris, moving them one step closer to rebuilding in Lahaina. (Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2024)
Hundreds of properties have now been cleared of fire debris, moving them one step closer to rebuilding in Lahaina. (Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2024)

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