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Wednesday, October 16, 2024
Red Flag: Hawaiian Electric avoids power shut-off to West Maui
By News Release @ 7:22 PM :: 1110 Views :: Maui County, Energy

... "The company monitored weather conditions throughout the day and saw a steady drop of wind speeds in the afternoon." ....

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Monday, October 14, 2024
FEMA Extends Lahaina Aid One More Year
By News Release @ 11:51 PM :: 91 Views :: Maui County

... Under disaster declaration FEMA-4724-DR-HI, Financial Assistance and Direct Temporary Housing Assistance will now be available for an additional 12 months, concluding on February 10, 2026 ....

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Sunday, October 13, 2024
The $4 Billion Maui Wildfire “Settlement”
By Tom Yamachika @ 6:00 AM :: 1271 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Land Use

... There have been a lot of sharp words in the news lately ....

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Friday, October 11, 2024
Lahaina Survivors: FEMA to pay rent for another year
By News Release @ 1:48 PM :: 784 Views :: Maui County, Development

... The 18-month initial period of assistance for FEMA IHP was set to end Feb.10, 2025 but has now been extended to Feb. 10, 2026 ....

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Wednesday, October 9, 2024
Case Pushes Back Against 'Misinformation on Federal Disaster Relief'
By Ed Case @ 10:42 PM :: 1042 Views :: Maui County, Congressional Delegation, Military

... He says the federal government continues full disaster assistance to Maui and other disaster-impacted areas ....

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Tuesday, October 8, 2024
One year after the wildfires: Rents up 43%, Poverty Doubles
By UHERO @ 2:58 PM :: 1092 Views :: Maui County, Economy, Cost of Living

... 29% of fire-affected households now live below the poverty line, compared to 14% before the fires ....

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Monday, October 7, 2024
Honolulu empty homes tax proposal advances out of Council committee
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:11 AM :: 1457 Views :: Hawaii County , Honolulu County, Maui County, Taxes

... Bill 46 aims to impose a 3% tax on so-called empty homes across Oahu ....

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Sunday, October 6, 2024
Imagine Maui being an even more expensive place to live than it is now
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:14 PM :: 1614 Views :: Maui County, Development, Cost of Living

... that’s a risk officials are taking by not actively clearing some of the most important legal barriers to rebuilding in Lahaina ....

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Saturday, October 5, 2024
Game Over for Fake Settlement? Lahaina Fire Insurers Find a Way into Federal Court
By Andrew Walden @ 5:22 PM :: 2371 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Ethics, Judiciary

... The State Judiciary can be counted on to twist the law to serve KSBE and HECO.  The Federal Judiciary doesn't even know who they are  ....

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Wednesday, October 2, 2024
FULL TEXT: ATF Lahaina Fire Report
By Andrew Walden @ 7:15 PM :: 1664 Views :: Maui County, Hawaii History

...the report focuses on the 'rekindling' of the morning fire as the cause of the afternoon fire which destroyed Lahaina and killed 102 people....

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Tuesday, October 1, 2024
August Tourism 88.4% of Pre-COVID Numbers
By News Release @ 1:22 PM :: 899 Views :: Maui County, Hawaii Statistics, Tourism

"This August registered as the lowest performing month during the summer season."

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Sunday, September 29, 2024
​Will rent stabilization reduce housing costs? Hardly.
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:50 AM :: 1321 Views :: Maui County, Development, Cost of Living

... Price control will always have the same effect: scarcity, a distorted market and higher prices ....

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Saturday, September 28, 2024
Lahaina: DoE Abandons Kamehameha III School Site
By News Release @ 5:11 PM :: 1353 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Development

... the existing site will become part of the ‘Venice of the Pacific’ water feature ....

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Friday, September 27, 2024
BLNR Gives Maui County Control of EMI Water
By News Release @ 12:32 PM :: 1081 Views :: Maui County, Agriculture, Development

... two words: 'Dust Bowl' ....

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Thursday, September 26, 2024
Lahaina Fire BATF Report to be Released Weds Oct 2 
By News Release @ 1:16 PM :: 1233 Views :: Maui County

"...my team and I are working diligently to integrate the findings into our Cause and Origin report...."

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Thursday, September 26, 2024
Maui Planning Department launches expedited SMA exemption process for Lahaina parcels
By News Release @ 12:51 PM :: 838 Views :: Maui County, Development

... The link went live Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, and the Planning Department has 20 exemptions in the pipeline ....

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Thursday, September 26, 2024
Money Management: More Lahaina Millions for CNHA
By News Release @ 4:36 AM :: 965 Views :: Maui County

... promoting long-term financial resilience. It will also increase the capacity of CNHA ....

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Thursday, September 26, 2024
Tokuda: Committee Approves Bill to Make Lahaina Federally Controlled 'National Heritage Area'
By News Release @ 2:20 AM :: 3089 Views :: Maui County, Congressional Delegation, Development

... In establishing a new NHA, Congress designates a local coordinating entity—usually nonfederal—to coordinate and oversee administration of the area ....

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Tuesday, September 24, 2024
Hawaiian Electric Dumps 54M Shares on Stock Market
By News Release @ 2:49 AM :: 1612 Views :: Maui County, Energy

... offering of 54,054,054 shares of its common stock at a price of $9.25 per share. The offering is expected to close on September 25, 2024 ....

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Saturday, September 21, 2024
Another Alleged Maui Bomber Arrested--also a repeat offender
By News Release @ 4:01 PM :: 3457 Views :: Maui County, Law Enforcement

... Finally this 30-time loser will go before a real—ie Federal--court ....

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Saturday, September 21, 2024
New Administrator for SHPD
By News Release @ 12:03 AM :: 1111 Views :: Maui County, Development

... Jessica Puff has been chosen to lead the DLNR State Historical Preservation Division (SHPD), succeeding Dr. Alan Downer who retired earlier this year ....

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Friday, September 20, 2024
Lagging Maui recovery, slower overall Hawaiʻi growth, UHERO forecasts
By UHERO @ 6:00 AM :: 1001 Views :: Maui County, Economy, Hawaii Statistics

... Hawaiʻi has long seen dismal growth in per capita income, hampering our ability to attract in-migration of new families or to provide opportunities that would prevent out-migration of Hawaiʻi residents ....

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Tuesday, September 17, 2024
Central Pacific to Buy American Savings?
By Selected News Articles @ 4:52 AM :: 3450 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Small Business

... Central Pacific is discussing raising $1 billion to help facilitate the deal from investors ....

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Sunday, September 15, 2024
Plumbing the depths of Maui’s housing shortage: Can small changes have a big impact?
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:11 PM :: 892 Views :: Maui County, Development

... the department’s proposed recommendations will be brought to the Maui County Council in a couple of months ....

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Friday, September 13, 2024
AG Lahaina Fire Report Rips Maui's 'Siloed Command Structure'
By News Release @ 4:44 PM :: 2214 Views :: Maui County, Energy, Ethics

... lack of pre-event planning, unified incident command and operational coordination resulted in insufficient communications that impacted the ability to provide effective evacuation and firefighting operations ....

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Friday, September 13, 2024
Debris cleared from 100 percent of residential properties in Lahaina Impact Zone
By News Release @ 12:08 AM :: 932 Views :: Maui County, Development

... Rebuilding occurring on 20 residential properties, work continuing on commercial properties ....

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Wednesday, September 11, 2024
Hawaii Water Service Operations Manager Recognized Nationally for Response During Lahaina Fire
By News Release @ 12:24 AM :: 1539 Views :: Maui County, Land Use

... John (Kani) Kadowaki, Maui Operations Manager of Hawaii Water Service, honored with the Living Water Award during annual Water Summit ....

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Monday, September 9, 2024
Feds: “Housing on Maui is challenging to say the least."
By News Release @ 11:52 PM :: 1437 Views :: Maui County, Development, Cost of Living

... Temporary housing projects have been a priority for federal agencies while responding to the fires, yet temporary housing poses unintended consequences for the community ....

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Sunday, September 8, 2024
“Everybody knows you’re probably going to die before you ever get to the top”
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 5:30 PM :: 1771 Views :: Maui County, Development, Small Business

... Maui County’s extremely long wait times and high fees to obtain water meters and add fixtures ....

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Saturday, September 7, 2024
Investment Bankers: How to Force Lahaina Insurers into Accepting Smaller Settlement
By Andrew Walden @ 5:09 PM :: 2162 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Judiciary, Cost of Living

... The chances of an expensive, boneheaded precedent being set are greatly enhanced ....

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Thursday, September 5, 2024
Maui County Water Meter Rules Hinder Lahaina Rebuild
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:28 AM :: 2197 Views :: Maui County, Development

... $4,200 on top of an additional $12,060 for the initial water meter ....

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Thursday, September 5, 2024
Insurance Institute: How to make the New Lahaina More Fire Resistant
By News Release @ 4:44 AM :: 1505 Views :: Maui County, Development

... developing communities with greater structure separation, removing combustible connective fuels and hardening properties against ember and flame exposure ....

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Tuesday, September 3, 2024
Is the US Department of Justice still ‘investigating’ the Maui Wildfires?
By Andrew Walden @ 5:02 PM :: 1834 Views :: Maui County, Ethics

... The US DoJ response to an Hawai’i Free Press FOIA request says so ....

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Monday, September 2, 2024
Learn about ways Maui County can support more homebuilding
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:01 AM :: 1449 Views :: Maui County, Development

... At a Sept. 24 luncheon in Kahului, Grassroot experts will explain how lawmakers can speed up recovery and boost housing stock ....

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Sunday, September 1, 2024
Four Bills for housing, tax relief at Honolulu, Maui councils
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:48 PM :: 1218 Views :: Honolulu County, Maui County, Development, Tax Credits, Taxes

“...Help Maui families by allowing more small homes per lot....”

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Sunday, September 1, 2024
Clear away legal barriers to hasten Lahaina homebuilding
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:02 PM :: 1585 Views :: Maui County, Development

... Hawaii has a reputation for being one of the hardest states in the nation to build homes ....

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Sunday, September 1, 2024
Will Front Street become just a fond memory?
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:58 AM :: 1828 Views :: Maui County, Development, Hawaii History, Small Business

... Let the people who have lost their properties and are bravely committed to rebuilding do just that — and enable them to do it quickly ....

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Saturday, August 31, 2024
DLNR Wages Bacteriological War Against Mosquitoes
By News Release @ 2:40 PM :: 1755 Views :: Kauai County, Maui County, Environment

... it is harmless to other creatures, including people ....

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Thursday, August 29, 2024
Meet the Meth Gang Behind ‘Lahaina Strong’
By Andrew Walden @ 3:51 AM :: 17476 Views :: Maui County, Tourism, Drugs

... A Great Leader of the Hawaiian People Who Occasionally Sells Poison to their Children ....

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Wednesday, August 28, 2024
A Year After Hawaii Fire, Rebuilding Has Barely Begun
By Heritage Foundation @ 4:00 AM :: 1949 Views :: Maui County, Development

... There are a lot of environmental regulations ....

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Tuesday, August 27, 2024
Corps of Engineers Clearing Debris from Final Residential Properties in Lahaina
By News Release @ 12:00 PM :: 1152 Views :: Maui County, Development, Military

... Commercial debris removal operations are also progressing, with 91 out of 159 commercial properties cleared to date. The completion of these efforts remains on track for February 2024 ....

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Sunday, August 25, 2024
Maui’s Hidden Ethics – Who is Hiding Behind the Redactions?
By Andrew Walden @ 6:32 PM :: 2220 Views :: Maui County, Ethics

... since January, four ethics opinions regarding Maui County employees who see their job as an opportunity to direct 'non-profit' grant funds to friends and family ....

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Thursday, August 22, 2024
Maui Economic Development: Official Gets Paid Leave After Giving $1.4M to Friends and Family
By News Release @ 6:05 PM :: 2601 Views :: Maui County, Ethics

... Maui Economic Development: Crime Pays ....

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Saturday, August 17, 2024
“Six ways to speed up the recovery and rebuilding of Lahaina”
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:45 PM :: 1743 Views :: Maui County, Development

... “probably the single largest challenge” for many of the Lahaina property owners is obtaining special management area permits ....

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Tuesday, August 13, 2024
Full Text: Insurers Will Appeal Fake Maui Settlement Ruling
By Andrew Walden @ 3:19 PM :: 2417 Views :: Maui County, Ethics

"...dramatically altering the insurance landscape in the State...."

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Monday, August 12, 2024
Hawaiian Electric shares “could go to zero”
By Selected News Articles @ 2:49 PM :: 2846 Views :: Maui County, Energy

"...without a court order that shifts the subrogation claims risk away from the defendants and back to policyholders...."

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Sunday, August 11, 2024
Doing what we can to Help our Maui Ohana
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 5:18 PM :: 1517 Views :: Maui County, Development

... supporting policies that could speed up homebuilding and lighten the financial burden for the thousands of residents who lost their homes to the fires ....

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Saturday, August 10, 2024
Eminent Domain Justice: Maui Landowner Transfers Case to Federal Court
By Robert Thomas @ 11:23 PM :: 1601 Views :: Maui County, Development

... an eminent domain case brought by the County of Maui against the owner of Maui property which is needed for a solid waste disposal site ....

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Friday, August 9, 2024
Grand Wailea Bird Settlement Gives Enviros Monthly Cashflow
By Court House News @ 11:05 PM :: 1739 Views :: Maui County, Environment, Tourism

... The Grand Wailea Resort in Maui will make monthly contributions to fund projects ....

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Friday, August 9, 2024
Bankruptcy News: Hawaiian Electric Admits Company may not be a 'Going Concern'
By News Release @ 10:08 PM :: 1954 Views :: Maui County, Energy

... This risk is the result of estimated payments under the settlement agreement ....

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