What it’s like to travel to Maui one year after the catastrophic wildfires
Five hundred feet outside the Lahaina burn zone, the tourists receive their leis. As the torches of the Old Lahaina Luau flicker, bartenders mix mai…
Can tourists visit Maui without compounding wildfire trauma?
LAHAINA, Hawaii — The restaurant where Katie Austin was a server burned in the wildfire that devastated Hawaii’s historic town of Lahaina this summer. Two months…
After Maui fire, some Hawaiians are out of aloha for tourists
LAHAINA, HI. — Paele Kiakona is not ready to go back to work. Still reeling after August wildfires ravaged his hometown of Lahaina, he doesn’t want…
Lahaina family finds devastation in first visit home after deadly wildfire | In Pictures News
Leola Vierra stepped gingerly among the hardened pools of melted metal, charred wood and broken glass that are almost all that remain of the home…
Lahaina residents make their first return to site of deadly West Maui fire | Climate Crisis News
Authorities cleared residents to visit two dozen parcels in the northern part of the town amid fears of toxic dust. A small group of residents…
US President Biden tours aftermath of deadly Maui fires, visits Lahaina | Environment News
United States President Joe Biden has told survivors of Hawaii’s deadly wildfires that the nation “grieves with you” as he promised federal assistance “for as…
The town of Lahaina can be rebuilt, but can its soul?
It’s easy to characterize Lahaina as a tourist town, though it was much more. Was. Before the fire. “What was Lahaina is no longer Lahaina,”…
Lahaina residents recall ‘frightening’ evacuations
Lahaina, Hawaii, resident Jordan Saribay can't shake the image of his beloved hometown engulfed in flame from his head. But he's fortunate he and his…