Roughly 7,000 apartment-zoned units were set to be phased out by 2031 to create more long-term housing. More than half of those may now keep operating as short-term rentals.

Lahaina’s multibillion-dollar fire recovery has motivated candidates to run this election.

It remains to be seen how much each victim will receive and whether there will even be enough to go around.

Lawyers had sought $1 billion but will instead be getting a fraction of that.

Flocks of livestock are not a typical city sight. But with wildfire season looming, they’re becoming an increasingly attractive prevention measure.

Lawmakers did not pass a bill that would have funded the continuation of the most comprehensive study of the long-term health effects of the wildfires.

Money could start flowing to victims by June, nearly two years after the settlement was finalized.

This year’s heavy rain has turbocharged the growth of vegetation statewide. When the inevitable dry months come, it will become extra fuel for wildfires.

Hawai‘i County Council is weighing the mayor’s budget request to build more housing before finishing an evacuation route in Waikōloa.

Fires that surge at night, including the 2023 Lahaina fire, are tougher to fight.