Komar Investments, owners of the property next to the Central Maui Landfill that has been selected for Lahaina's fire debris final disposal site, has filed a lawsuit against Maui County and its eminent domain actions to acquire the property.

"(re)Imagining Homelands" will be held at Leeward Theatre at Leeward Community College on Saturday and Sunday. Tickets are available for live streaming and in-person attendance.

An anonymous Maui High School graduate has donated $10 million to the Maui High School Foundation, which will help fund students' pursuit of educational passions. It's the largest gift in the school's history.

Herbal cigarettes don’t contain tobacco or nicotine but can still be harmful to users, so the Honolulu City Council wanted to limit their accessibility to Oʻahu’s youth via Bill 1.

Jonah Fuentes will graduate from Kapolei High School next month. For his senior project, he chose to raise awareness of the dangers of drunk driving by partnering with MADD Hawaii for a recent sign-waving event in Ho’opili.

The Maui Fire Department has released one of two major reports debuting this week about the deadly August wildfires. HPR’s Catherine Cluett Pactol reports on how firefighters managed the emergency and how the department plans to prepare for the future.

The report indicates that environmental and geographic factors combined with preparedness and response conditions enabled the Lahaina fire to rapidly intensify in August 2023. In the coming days, the HPR news team will bring you stories about how the report impacts local government, Hawaiʻi's main electric utility, and the community.