The FBI and Maui police are asking the public to report any suspicious activity after an improvised explosive devices (IEDs) caused an explosion last week and after several others have been recovered. The explosion happened on Aug. 8 on Old Haleakala Highway, according to a press release from the FBI. The 7-inch by 4-inch cylinder…
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News Maui Wildfire Plaintiffs Reach $4 Billion Settlement as Anniversary Nears
Hawaiian Electric is expected to pay the largest share — more than $1.5 billion — but avoided a heftier price tag that could have forced the utility into bankruptcy. Related Posts Left-wing dark money behemoth raised more than $1.3 billion to fuel liberal causes in 2022 The nation’s largest left-wing dark money network raised a…
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News Hawaii officials request $1B in short-term Maui wildfire recovery funds
Hawaii state and county officials have requested about $1 billion from the Legislature to help cover Maui wildfire recovery expenses in the near term. Gov. Josh Green’s administration had budgeted $199 million for such expenses but are now expecting they may need $561 million under a “worst-case” scenario, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported Wednesday. The budget…
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News Maui police confirm identity of 101st wildfire victim, a 76-year-old who boated from California in the 1970s
The death toll from the wildfire that destroyed the historic Hawaii town of Lahaina in August rose to 101 on Tuesday after Maui police confirmed the identity of one new victim, a 76-year-old man. Maui police found Paul Kasprzycki’s remains off a side street in an industrial area, Maui police spokesperson Alana Pico said in…
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News Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson slams reporter over framing of Maui relief efforts: ‘False clickbait garbage’
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson took issue with a recent report that touched on his financial commitment to Maui in the wake of last year’s devastating wildfires. Johnson described the report from Nick Sortor as “toxic, false clickbait garbage.” Johnson pushed back against the way the report framed his recent appearance at a WWE press conference…
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News Hawaii governor focuses on Maui recovery efforts, housing in State of the State address
Hawaii Gov. Josh Green on Monday used his annual State of the State address to lead lawmakers and guests in a moment of silence for victims of the Lahaina wildfire and to propose aggressive steps to shift more vacation rentals into residential use to meet both Maui and the state’s acute housing needs. Those gathered…
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News Hawaii AG subpoenas 3 Maui agencies in continued push for ‘independent’ probe into cause of deadly wildfires
Hawaii Attorney General Anne Lopez announced Monday that subpoenas have been served on three Maui agencies approximately four months after a series of wildfires devastated the island’s historic Lahaina district, displacing thousands and killing at least 100 people, according to the confirmed official death toll so far. The subpoenas served to the Maui Emergency Management…
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