Maui

Two Lahaina boat captains who lost their business in the fire have just reopened their new charter boat for whale watching tours. HPR’s Catherine Cluett Pactol reports they're offering free seats to fire survivors.

Bargaining teams from Maui Health/Kaiser Permanente and United Nurses and Health Care Employees of Hawaii representing more than 900 workers on Maui and Lānaʻi have come to an agreement on a historic new contract that was ratified this week by union members.

The National Park Service will consider if Lahaina will receive a National Heritage Area designation. This comes after President Joe Biden signed a law that will have the National Park Service work with Maui County and the state to study the feasibility of the designation.

Maui County has released a long-term recovery plan; Native Hawaiian filmmaker Bryson Chun talks about his experience working on "Moana 2"

After spending months preparing, Maui County established a special program office within the Office of Recovery to oversee the management and use of the funds.

Maui County has released the final version of the Long-Term Recovery Plan for Lahaina. HPR’s Catherine Cluett Pactol explains.

United Airlines has confirmed that a body was found in the wheel well of one of its planes after landing in Maui. Maui police say they're investigating the discovery of the dead body. In an emailed statement, United said the body was found after flight 202 arrived at Kahului Airport from Chicago on Tuesday.

Tagnawa, a group focusing on Filipinos in Lahaina, recently released a report on the community’s experiences and needs following the Aug. 8, 2023, Maui wildfires. It featured 16 months of research on recovery, including one survey with nearly 800 responses from Filipino community members in the weeks following the fires.

As many as one-third of people displaced by the August 2023 Maui fires wound up in the homes of friends and family in the weeks after the disaster. A first-of-its-kind disaster relief program supported those families by paying up to $2,000 per month to people who took in displaced loved ones.

The focus of our show Friday — all about small businesses. We were recently at the Maui Arts and Cultural Center for the Hawaiian Airlines Made in Maui County Festival. If you have never been, it's a real showcase of Maui County’s best. We talked to Pamela Tumpap, head of the Maui Chamber of Commerce, about what the event means in the world of small business.