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In a landmark development, Governor Josh Green, M.D., announced Friday night that a historic $4 billion settlement has been reached to resolve all tort claims arising from the catastrophic wildfires that devastated Maui last year.The devastating fires on August 8, 2023, have been linked directly to failures by the state’s primary utility provider during a critical windstorm.At first, Hawaii State Attorney General Anne E. Lopez decided to withhold initial findings from the public regarding the massive Maui wildfires that took place. This move is purportedly to “protect the integrity” of the ongoing investigation, according to a statement from the Department...

Hawaii’s Democrat governor said Wednesday that parties involved in lawsuits regarding the 2023 wildfires are nearing a settlement. The lawsuits were brought against the state, Maui County, and utilities following the devastating wildfires that tore across Lahaina and left residents devastated in August of 2023, the Associated Press (AP) reported on Wednesday. As the fires raged, Governor Josh Green said they were “likely the largest natural disaster in Hawaii’s state history,” according to Breitbart News. Video footage shows the fires ravaging the community as people tried to escape: Per Wednesday’s AP report, Green explained the settlement of claims will come...

David Letterman to headline in a fundraiser for Biden. In Maui on July 29th. Hosted by Hawaii Governor Josh Green. But no fundraisers for the Lahaina residents. Tells you all you need to know about their priorities.

The state has confirmed an additional case of pertussis — or whooping cough — on Hawaii Island amid an outbreak that has so far sickened 11 since March. HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The state has confirmed an additional case of pertussis — or whooping cough — on Hawaii Island amid an outbreak that has so far sickened 11 since March. Several of the recent cases have been in infants too young to be fully vaccinated. Officials said the cases indicate “community spread” of pertussis on Hawaii Island. Because of that, the state Health Department is strongly recommending that parents stay up...

Many of the Lahaina wildfire survivors who were placed in temporary housing at hotels are now living in tents on local parks, beaches, and parking lots, eight months after the deadly blaze .. Locals complained .. that little is being done to help displaced residents find rental homes, while 70% of the town's rental units are operating as Airbnbs for tourists.. Lahaina resident Benny Reinicke, 30, .. it's 'insulting' that FEMA is offering families cash to relocate elsewhere and says the agency should focus on rebuilding homes in the town itself.. It's an incongruous sight. On one side, there's glorious...

HONOLULU (AP) — The last of the 100 known victims of the wildfire that destroyed Maui’s historic town of Lahaina in August was identified Friday as a 70-year-old woman whose husband, sister and several other relatives also died in the fire. Maui police said they identified the victim as Lydia Coloma based on the context of where the remains were found, rather than through DNA or other positive identification methods. Her husband, along with a sister, brother-in-law, niece and nephew, also died in the fire, said her sister-in-law, Tina Acosta, in Honolulu. Coloma was from the Ilocos Sur province in...

The day after the deadliest U.S. wildfire in a century destroyed a seaside community on Maui, the barrage of 911 calls didn’t stop: Reports of missing people, stranded family members and confused tourists trapped without food or water lit up the emergency lines every few minutes, interspersed with reports of new fires starting and older ones flaring back up. The 911 recordings from the morning and early afternoon of Aug. 9 were the third batch of calls released by the Maui Police Department in response to a public record request. They show how first responders and emergency dispatchers — many...

The UK's DragonFire laser weapon being tested in an undated handout. MoD/Qinetiq Britain has tested a powerful new laser weapon that can take out swarms of drones, the Ministry of Defence says. The DragonFire laser weapon system. UK's Ministry of Defence The DragonFire laser weapon fired at several aerial targets for the first time at a range in the Hebrides in Scotland, a press release said. The Times reported that politicians in the UK were now hoping to speed up its deployment following growing attacks by Houthi rebels against ships in the Red Sea. "These trials have seen us take...

Lahaina Recovery Update for December 20230:00 Introduction0:37 Puamana2:16 Shark Pit3:00 Lahaina Shores3:38 Banyan Tree4:00 Lahaina Harbor4:25 Front Street6:26 Mala Wharf8:01 Wahikuli12:26 Front Street13:16 Baby Beach14:29 Opukea15:03 Lahainaluna16:10 Front Street17:36 Shark Pit19:53 Puamana

After suffering devastating wildfires in the area of Lahaina, a historic town in Maui, it has officially reopened to residents and business owners. The move announced on Monday, comes three months after the deadly wildfires torched the island and killed over 100 people.Areas that were reopened included the Banyan Tree Park, with the 150-year-old banyan tree burned in the August wildfires that takes up over an acre of land, according to the Associated Press.

Hawaiian life on Maui goes on as though there was no horrendous fire in Lahaina in August. Tourists are back, although not snorkeling with dead bodies floating in the ocean; the state is doing a land grab around Lahaina, under the guise of land being donated; islanders have stopped talking about the fire. No one is now mentioning that the most elaborate alarm system in the U.S. failed to warn residents of the fire, or that water was not released for five hours until permission was given by farmers who control the use of 61% of the reservoir water in...

Reviewer: Last January, there was a Smart City Conference in Maui to turn it into a complete 15-minute smart city island. A contract was signed last year to build high-rise condos and businesses in Lahaina which was a historical town that couldn’t have any new development done to it… but now It can. An executive order was signed in July stating they could take your land if you needed to be relocated.”

Ivanka Trump, daughter of former President Donald Trump, made a trip to Hawaii to help those who are still suffering from the tragic wildfires that took place last month.

Hawaii's Gov. Josh Green is a bald-faced liar and claims that only 31 people are still missing from the Lahaina fire that burned so hot it cremated people. It also appears that the medical examiner, Dr. Jeremy Stuelpnagel, can bring back the dead. Stuelpnagel “confirmed” 115 dead on the island weeks ago, but now says the number is 97. He claims the discrepancy is because some people were counted twice and some were actually animals. Did he not learn the difference between Man and animals at Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara, where he graduated in 2008? The claim is made that...

How did everyone enjoy their trauma this August? Admit it was thoroughly engaging, a blockbuster, tragic and comic by turns, everyone’s favourite Maui town incinerated and 1,000 children and hundreds of elderly dying in the worst way imaginable. Add in the keystone cops incompetence of administrators, the carelessness, the heartlessness was psychopathic. No, I don’t think that not sounding the siren was a mistake. No, I don’t think One Hawaii’s Smart Water program of shutting off the water on that day, was a mistake. No, I don’t think it was an accident that schools were closed for the day. Yes,...

Cars, not near the fire were turned to dust. Dustified engines. Same thing with Paradise CA and other areas. Melted, temperatures so hot it melted metals and turned things to dust. But things made of the color blue not so damaged. Listen to this short very logical explanation. Folks we are being incincerated. This is like 911 all over again. Go to Youtube and search Hawaii Real Estate . See the videos posted by Eric West the owner. And now I heard Keller Williams has fired him or let his office off their list… for him just reporting what is...

The Hawaiian wildfires, which began on August 8, killed more than 100 people and burned over 2,000 acres in Lahaina, as well as hundreds of acres in Kula and Olinda on the island of Maui. The resulting destruction of homes, businesses, infrastructure and loss of tourism may result in up to $6 billion in economic losses, according to an estimate from Moody’s. A motion from the plaintiff’s attorneys says they want “to bring similar claims against additional defendants for their own conduct that caused and/or contributed to the fire.”

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - One month after the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century, basic questions about the government’s preparation and response to the blaze that destroyed Lahaina remain unanswered — as the painstaking task of identifying remains continues. No one will say who was calling the shots as the disaster unfolded or why the Bissen Administration waited until after the town had burned to ask the state for help. Between county officials dodging basic questions and state agencies playing word games, deciphering who knew what — and when — has been incredibly complicated. What is clear is that...

'Literally being arrested for visiting their own homes' Nearly a month after catastrophic wildfires devastated the Hawaiian paradise of Maui, a disturbing mystery remains as hundreds of people, including an unknown number of children, are still missing, while a journalist on the island says local residents are being "royally screwed" by all governments, with some victims arrested for trying to visit their own homes. At least 115 people were killed in the Aug. 8 blaze that razed the tourist town of Lahaina, making it the deadliest wildfire in the U.S. in more than a century. More than 3,000 individuals have...

There are still 385 people on the official list of those missing after the Maui wildfire 27 days after the blaze tore through the seaside town of Lahaina, killing at least 115 people. The FBI and the Maui Police Department announced Friday that 245 of the people on the list of 388 missing individuals from the previous week were located and removed from the list. But, a nearly equal number of new names were added. The new figure was an unfortunate amendment to what Hawaiian Governor Josh Green said he had expected just one day earlier, which was that the...