On Thursday, the Maui County Council gave first approval to an ordinance that would ban 7,000 short term vacation rentals by ...

Lawmakers on Maui passed legislation on Thursday aimed at eliminating a large percentage of the Hawaiian island's vacation ...

Following a wildfire in Kapolei on the night of July 24, the Honolulu Fire Department has been sent back to the area the next ...

WAIANAE, Hawaii (AP) — When there’s enough rain, the mountain-framed expanse of vacant land behind Calvin Endo’s house looks like the lush and verdant landscape that makes tropical Hawaii famous. But ...

Nation World Could this Hawaii community be the next Lahaina? Some residents fear a similar wildfire fate Two recent wildfires near Waianae raise fears of a repeat of Lahaina’s August 2023 disaster.

Could this Hawaii community be the next Lahaina? Some residents fear a similar wildfire fate Lahaina Street runs through the heart of Makaha, a neighborhood in a west Oahu community that's a lot ...

Lahaina Street runs through the heart of Makaha, a neighborhood in a west Oahu community that's a lot like the Lahaina on Maui that burned down in a deadly wildfire in 2023.

This isn’t Maui, where most of Lahaina burned down during a massive wildfire in August 2023. Endo’s duplex is in Waianae on the west side of Oahu. But Waianae and Lahaina have a lot in common.