Lahaina seaside owners want accelerated rebuilding process
Native Hawaiian Warren Freeland wants to see his family’s historic Pioneer Inn rebuilt as it was before the 2023 wildfire that destroyed a large portion of Lahaina, and he hopes government officials will find a way of accelerating the permitting process in the face of rising construction costs.
Waivers aim to streamline Lahaina rebuilding
Maui Mayor Richard Bissen announced Wednesday that the county will temporarily suspend Special Management Area rules for properties mauka of Front Street or outside of the erosion hazard line—a move that is expected to accelerate reconstruction efforts and support Lahaina’s wildfire recovery.
The open house is scheduled for Saturday Feb. 15, at the County of Maui’s Lahaina Resource Center from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Chrissy Lovett had just opened Maui Ocean Adventures when a deadly wildfire swept through Lahaina in 2023, burning up the ...
Motorists are advised of potential traffic delays as modular homes for wildfire survivors are transported from Kahului to the ...
Maui County says there are more than 600 property owners, including 100 businesses waiting to rebuild Mauka of Front Street.
After 13 months of work, FEMA completed the construction of 167 temporary homes for Lahaina fire survivors on a hillside ...
Jessica Puff leads the Hawai‘i Department of Land and Natural Resources’ State Historic Preservation Division where she’s ...
A waiver of special management area rules for Lahaina wildfire survivors is expected to reduce rebuilding permit processing ...
U.S. Senator Brian Schatz announced that Hawaii will receive nearly $9.8 million dollars in new federal funding from FEMA to support ongoing recovery efforts on Maui.
FEMA’s temporary housing site for fire survivors in West Maui is now finished. HPR’s Catherine Cluett Pactol reports.
The fire(s) that we’ve been researching in Lahaina, Maui, for the last year occurred under very similar conditions — ...
Hawaii’s Supreme Court ruled Monday that insurance companies can’t bring their own legal actions against those blamed for Maui’s catastrophic 2023 wildfire, the deadliest in the U.S. in more than a ...
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