Hawaii lawmakers passed on Friday first-of-its-kind legislation that will increase the state's lodging tax to raise money for environmental protection and strengthening defenses against climate change ...

Formerly a lush wetland carefully tended by Native Hawaiians, the colonial plantation system diverted Maui’s water to private ...

Meanwhile, landowner Kamehameha Schools said in a statement that it also has been working on wildfire mitigation strategies. ...

MAUI, Hawai'i (Island News) -- The anxious, nearly two year-long wait to return to their leveled Lahaina properties has come ...

The Grassroot Institute of Hawaiʻi hailed the 2025 Legislature’s passage this week of bills intended to increase the state’s ...

State lawmakers passed a bill aimed at expediting the rebuilding process for hundreds of homes destroyed in the Lahaina fire.

Maui County on Thursday announced the completion of a major debris removal effort along Front Street in Lahaina, where 237 ...

The Legislature is exempting properties destroyed in a disaster from certain permitting requirements to speed up recovery ...

Hawaii is a popular tourist destination, with increasing numbers of U.S. citizens visiting since 2014. Over 7 million went to ...

Nearly 200 Kahoma Village homeowners and community members gathered Saturday to plant 100 native and resilient plants as part ...