HONOLULU (AP) — An unprecedented proposal from Maui's mayor to phase out vacation rentals would alleviate a severe housing shortage aggravated by the 2023 wildfires but would also shrink the economy, ...

Around the world, plastics find their way into farm fields. Climate change makes agricultural plastic, already a necessity for many crops, even more unavoidable for some farmers. Meanwhile, research ...

Lahaina, Maui, in August of 2023, officials asked visitors to avoid nonessential travel to the island. They then quickly clarified that visitors should only avoid West Maui, the area immediately ...

Making a few potentially tough decisions is critical to having fire-resistant landscaping around your home. ”I would say the ...

Scientists at the University of Hawaiʻi have developed new wildfire risk maps to better predict fire danger across the state.

University of Hawaiʻi scientists developed a new wildfire risk map to help predict fire danger across the islands. “This new ...

The home reinsurance idea, which is unique to Colorado, aims to reduce private insurers’ financial risk and therefore drive ...

Properties that are not occupied by their owners, such as vacation homes for off-island residents, would get less of a break.

Congressman Ted W. Lieu Joins Members of California Delegation Calling on FEMA to Conduct Post-Wildfire Soil Testing ...

Ben and Ellie Perlman were standing on the roof of their two-story house, watching the blaze barrel toward their neighborhood ...

Her original Noodle Bar restaurant was on Papalaua Street. She lost her business, her home, and all her belongings in the 2023 fire disaster. On August 8th, she and her daughter were trapped inside ...

Hawaii’s biggest construction labor union is embroiled in a fight with the state’s largest electrical utility and a union ...