The complaint by the family of a deceased Lahaina resident is the first to name property owners like Kamehameha Schools and Maui County along with the electric company as defendants.

Bissen walked back a comment earlier this week that he was “not sure” of the command structure in the county’s wildfire response.

The state’s chief housing officer says her team is identifying land where new housing can be built and assessing needs.

Emergency preparedness plans identified West Maui as high risk. Under an inexperienced emergency manager, the plans didn’t translate into action.

UPDATED: The county says HECO should have better managed its lines and shut off the power ahead of the winds. But the county has also been sued for not doing enough.

Amid stories of hardship, a fire battalion chief asks elected officials to make themselves more visible in devastated parts of the island.

The council has scheduled a meeting Tuesday that offers the public a chance to get involved in the daunting task of planning for the future.

Reporters from outside the state can throw elbows in ways that do not play well in Hawaii — and maybe both sides have a point.

Maui’s former top emergency personnel nonetheless insisted the sirens weren’t a viable response.

Pending a search for a permanent replacement, the No. 2 official at the agency is in charge.