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Hawaiian Electric
Environment

Hawaiian Electric admits its power lines started the Maui wildfire but says the fire department declared mission accomplished too soon

By Jennifer McDermott and The Associated Press
August 28, 2023
Linemen work on poles Aug. 13, 2023, in Lahaina, Hawaii, following a deadly wildfire that caused heavy damage days earlier.
Environment

A utility company’s decrepit power lines may have sparked deadly blaze in Maui

By Jennifer McDermott, Bernard Condon, Michael Biesecker and The Associated Press
August 28, 2023
Hawaii’s politicians are desperately trying to get tourists back after deadly wildfires: ‘Please consider South Maui’
Environment

Hawaii’s politicians are desperately trying to get tourists back after deadly wildfires: ‘Please consider South Maui’

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August 25, 2023
FEMA has paid Maui fire survivors $4 million so far—and overall damage in the area could top $3 billion
Environment

FEMA has paid Maui fire survivors $4 million so far—and overall damage in the area could top $3 billion

By Ken Sweet, Mae Anderson and The Associated Press
August 18, 2023
Hawaii residents fear ‘climate gentrification’ after devastating Maui fires cause $3.2B in property losses
Environment

Hawaii residents fear ‘climate gentrification’ after devastating Maui fires cause $3.2B in property losses

By Isabella O'Malley, Jennifer McDermott and The Associated Press
August 18, 2023
Two women hug and a man looks on with a highway in the background.
Environment

Hawaii’s governor wants to suspend the housing market ‘to make sure that no one is victimized from a land grab’

By Bobby Caina Calvan, Christopher Weber, Jennifer Sinco Kelleher and The Associated Press
August 17, 2023
Hawaiian residents searching through the rubble of homes destroyed by fire in western Maui, August 11, 2023.
Newsletters

From Marc Benioff to Mark Zuckerberg to Peter Thiel, Silicon Valley’s billionaires have acquired huge plots of land in Hawaii. Here’s how they’re responding to the devastating fire

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August 16, 2023
‘I heard buzz, buzz’: Downed power lines are a prime suspect in at least some of Maui’s devastating wildfires
Environment

‘I heard buzz, buzz’: Downed power lines are a prime suspect in at least some of Maui’s devastating wildfires

By Jennifer McDermott, Bernard Condon, Michael Biesecker and The Associated Press
August 15, 2023
‘It was like a war’: Maui residents had moments to make life-or-death choices about how to flee the approaching inferno
Health

‘It was like a war’: Maui residents had moments to make life-or-death choices about how to flee the approaching inferno

By Claire Rush, Claire Galofaro, Matt Sedensky and The Associated Press
August 14, 2023
A born-and-raised Hawaiian Gen Zer’s restaurant just went up in flames. He fears ‘this charred land’ will just get sold to ‘big land developers’
Finance

A born-and-raised Hawaiian Gen Zer’s restaurant just went up in flames. He fears ‘this charred land’ will just get sold to ‘big land developers’

By Audrey McAvoy and The Associated Press
August 13, 2023
The Maui fire is affecting and displacing thousands of pets. Here’s how you can help
Environment

The Maui fire is affecting and displacing thousands of pets. Here’s how you can help

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August 11, 2023
Wildfires devasted the island of Maui.
Environment

Maui counts at least 55 dead as Lahaina residents had little warning before flames engulfed their town

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August 11, 2023
Maui wildfires
Environment

Maui wildfire devastates crown jewels of local heritage: ‘All the places that are tourist areas, that are Hawaiian history, are gone, and that can’t be replaced’

By Mark Thiessen, Audrey McAvoy and The Associated Press
August 10, 2023
‘Nowhere is immune’: Maui’s devastating fires that have killed at least 6 and destroyed a historic tourist town are fueled by climate change
Environment

‘Nowhere is immune’: Maui’s devastating fires that have killed at least 6 and destroyed a historic tourist town are fueled by climate change

By Claire Rush and The Associated Press
August 10, 2023
Mikala Jones
Success

Mikala Jones, extreme photographer of ocean waves, dies in surfing accident at 44

By Audrey McAvoy and The Associated Press
July 11, 2023

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