With West Maui’s famous resorts set to re-open to travelers Oct. 8, local residents are telling their own stories to convince visitors to come back.

Those who died included store employees, a janitorial service worker and a pair of dishwashers who worked hard to take care of their families, friends recalled.

Struggling with financial and emotional stress, community members sought rent and property tax relief and voiced concerns over school evacuation routes.

A House oversight committee will hold its first public hearing focused on the role of Hawaiian Electric in the Aug. 8 Maui fires.

They have much else to contend with, but when the government does not provide information, people come up with more sinister narratives.

The Lahaina Fire Fund was never a registered nonprofit yet collected hundreds of thousands of dollars through online donation sites.

Three grants are now available to help Hawaii’s landowners fortify their wildfire defenses.

Three schools will resume classes after fall break, while a temporary facility is being built for students of the destroyed King Kamehameha III school, the DOE said.

High winds and the power failure caused many businesses in Lahaina to shut down the day of the fire, which reduced visitors and foot traffic on the streets of the town

The opening of the first zone for reentry marked the start of the next phase in the recovery.