Lahaina fire

Christiane Keyhani (bottom left) and Liz Yannell (bottom right), of the non-profit group Hui O Ka Wai Ola, measure water quality along Lahaina's coast. The group is part of a coalition that mobilized in the wake of the fire to closely monitor the water quality off Lahaina.

Environment

Maui community mobilizes to protect water quality from runoff after Lahaina fires

5:00am May 10, 2024

The debris from Lahaina's fire contains toxic chemicals and sits right next to a coral reef. So the community is collaborating with scientists to track water quality.

Chef Jojo Vasquez in the open kitchen of FOND – a Neighborhood Eatery, in west Maui.

National

A Maui chef's lifeline: his restaurant as the island recovers from Lahaina wildfires

5:14pm March 18, 2024

Thousands remain displaced after last year's deadly wildfire on west Maui. Among those who lost almost everything was a chef and his family. But they're determined to keep their restaurant running.

Activist Kekai Keahi says Native Hawaiian trauma over losing land goes back generations to when the U.S. overthrew the Hawaiian Kingdom.

Lahaina was expensive before the fire. Some worry rebuilding will price them out

5:00am August 26, 2023

by Jennifer Ludden

Since the fire residents have gotten multiple calls from realtors offering to buy their land. Activists want a role in planning, to keep developers from pushing out those who call Lahaina home.

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Maui County Mayor Richard Bissen Jr. visits a distribution center at Lahaina Crossing. A deadly wildfire destroyed the city of Lahaina, Maui.

Massive mental health toll in Maui wildfires: 'They've lost everything'

5:34am August 21, 2023

by Eric Westervelt

Officials in Hawaii are scrambling to support the enormous and growing mental health needs of Maui residents traumatized by the deadliest wildfire in modern history

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Luz Vargas, 45, lost her son Kenyero Fuentes in the fire in Lahaina, Maui, on Aug. 8. He was found in the remnants of their burned home. His 15th birthday would have been this Sunday.

National

A mother raced to save her son from the Maui fires. She couldn't reach him

2:55pm August 18, 2023

by Vanessa Romo

When everyone was trying to escape the flames in Lahaina, Luz Vargas ran toward them: Her son was home alone. Days later she found his body. Sunday would have been his 15th birthday.