Maui

Police Say Maui Woman Killed By Officers After Abuse Report Wielded A Knife (Courtesy: Maui Police Department/2025)

Police Say Maui Woman Killed By Officers After Abuse Report Wielded A Knife

Body camera footage captures the moments leading up to the fatal shooting of Macayla Deponte, less than seven minutes after Maui police officers arrived at a Pukalani residence.

Maui Lawmakers Seek To Speed Up Rebuilding For Some Fire Victims (Courtesy: Krizhna Bayudan)

Maui Lawmakers Seek To Speed Up Rebuilding For Some Fire Victims

As temporary housing for survivors has cropped up around the island, efforts to replace permanent housing have been slowed by a special state coastal permit process.

Kirstin Downey: Maui’s Historic Restaurants Get Help From National Trust Kirstin Downey/Civil Beat/2025

Kirstin Downey: Maui’s Historic Restaurants Get Help From National Trust

They survived Covid. Then they escaped the Maui fire. Now some longtime island favorites are finally getting some help.

Woman Dead After Officer-Involved Shooting In Upcountry Maui Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024

Woman Dead After Officer-Involved Shooting In Upcountry Maui

The officer involved in the shooting has been placed on administrative leave.

Hawaiʻi Joins Legal Fight Against White House Funding Freeze Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2015

Hawaiʻi Joins Legal Fight Against White House Funding Freeze

Nonprofit organizations say that a pause in federal funds would impact essential services in the state.

Maui Police Officer Indicted And Fired After Tasing Incident Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024

Maui Police Officer Indicted And Fired After Tasing Incident

Carlos Frate is accused of firing a taser and then falsifying a report to cover up the incident.

Cost Of 450 Temporary Homes For Maui Wildfire Victims: $411,000 Each Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024

Cost Of 450 Temporary Homes For Maui Wildfire Victims: $411,000 Each

Costs are up 60% just this year, and it is unclear what will happen to the homes after 5 years. But families are grateful to be settling into their own homes.

Maui Officials Want Legislature To Lean Into Water, Police, Midwifery Issues Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2024

Maui Officials Want Legislature To Lean Into Water, Police, Midwifery Issues

The county has thrown its support behind bills that address needs beyond the ongoing recovery from the August 2023 fires.

Kirstin Downey: Recovering From Maui’s Tree Apocalypse Kirstin Downey/Civil Beat/2024

Kirstin Downey: Recovering From Maui’s Tree Apocalypse

A nonprofit has been delivering new trees to property owners whose greenery was destroyed in the fires that burned in Upcountry and Lahaina.

Hawaiʻi Official Winces As LA Residents Ignore Health Risks To Survey Ruins Ku‘u Kauanoe/Civil Beat/2023

Hawaiʻi Official Winces As LA Residents Ignore Health Risks To Survey Ruins

Just like in Lahaina, residents returning to assess damage could be exposed to toxins in the ash of burned buildings and vehicles.