A bill to help Hawaii electrical utilities pay for statewide wildfire prevention using low-cost financing has been killed at the state Legislature.
In the last several decades, large forest fires have increasingly threatened communities across the Mediterranean. Climate change is expected to make these fires larger, hotter, and more dangerous in the future. But fire management lessons from the past could help to improve the resilience of local landscapes.
Maui County officials are pushing back and offering clarifications after the Hawaii attorney general's office released a report that flagged communications issues in the response to the deadly August wildfire
HONOLULU (AP) — A single mother of two, Amy Chadwick spent years scrimping and saving to buy a house in the town of Lahaina on the Hawaiian island of Maui. But after a devastating fire leveled Lahaina in August and reduced Chadwick's home to white dust, the cheapest rental she could find for her family and dogs cost $10,000 a month. Chadwick, a fine-dining server, moved to Florida where she could stretch her homeowners insurance dollars. She’s worried Maui’s exorbitant rental prices, driven in...
An acute housing shortage hitting fire survivors on the Hawaiian island of Maui is squeezing out residents even as they try to overcome the loss of loved ones, their homes and their community
A doctor has revealed the lifestyle and diet factors that reduce the risk of dementia - and why one 'common' old age issue should be treated immediately.
Management plans for state finances are experiencing whiplash at the state Legislature.
A bill that gives counties the clear authority to regulate short-term vacation rentals, including the power to ban them, unanimously passed out of a joint House-Senate conference committee today ahead of a vote by the full House and Senate next week.
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Insurance industry researchers say part of the solution could come from homeowners taking steps to make their properties more fire-resistant.
Insurance industry researchers say part of the solution could come from homeowners taking steps to make their properties more fire-resistant.
Scientists wanted to investigate whether climbing stairs, as a form of physical activity, could play a role in reducing the risks of cardiovascular disease and early death.