Overall costs for Maui expected to top $12 billion
LAHAINA, Hawai‘i — A year after the deadly August 2023 Maui fires, costs are stacking up for the removal of debris, environmental remediation, finding temporary housing for those displaced and the herculean task of actually rebuilding communities and returning people home.
Waikiki hotel workers authorize strike
HONOLULU — About 5,000 Unite Here Local 5 hotel workers took a crucial step Thursday toward labor strikes at seven Waikiki hotels.
FBI, police investigating explosives planted on Maui
The FBI and the Maui Police Department are investigating who built and planted improvised explosive devices in the Kahului and Pukalani areas of Maui, according to a joint statement Thursday from the FBI’s Honolulu Division and MPD.
Carvalho, Rapozo top two finishers for County Council in Primary Election 2024
LIHU‘E — The roster of candidates vying for a seat on the Kaua‘i County Council looked a wee bit smaller on Saturday evening, as three people were on the brink of elimination in the Primary Election 2024.
Florence and the Machine: yin and yang rivalry on the waves
TEAHUPO’O, Tahiti — Gabriel Medina is a competitive surfing machine. A jewellery-clad, helicopter-riding superstar, the Brazilian is a tattooed terminator who paddles faster, pulls into the tube deeper and flies higher than just about anyone who ever rode a surfboard.
Art, words mark anniversary of Maui wildfires
LAHAINA, Hawaii — A Maui tradesman turned his passion for metal work into a 16-foot-tall, tear-shaped sculpture that he unveiled Wednesday night above the Lahaina burn zone on the eve of the one-year anniversary of the devastating wildfires.
Council votes to override mayor’s veto
The Hawaii County Council defied Mayor Mitch Roth — and its own legal advisers — in overturning a veto on Wednesday.