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Government shutdown averted with little time to spare as Biden signs funding before midnight

Experts say adding backup power to water systems is expensive and is not required.

Hours before devastating fires scorched the historic town of Lahaina on Maui, Kyle Ellison labored to save his rental house in Kula, a rural mountain town 24 miles away, from a different blaze. As hi...

Hours before devastating fires scorched the historic town of Lahaina on Maui, Kyle Ellison labored to save his rental house in Kula, a rural mountain town 24 miles away, from a different blaze.

Hours before devastating fires scorched the historic town of Lahaina on Maui, Kyle Ellison labored to save his rental house in Kula, a rural mountain town 24 miles away, from a different blaze. As high winds whipped burning trees and grass, Ellison and his landlord struggled with plummeting water pressure. “It’s a very disconcerting feeling when the fire department shows up and they don’t have water," Ellison said.

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Government shutdown threat eases after House passes a 45-day funding plan, sending it to Senate

LAHAINA — Royale Romo and her brother, Randal, are living in uncertainty in their temporary digs at the Hyatt Regency Maui. “We do not know what to expect

Maui Mayor Richard Bissen cautioned a crowd of more than 600 during a community meeting Friday night at the Lahaina Civic Center that it would be a “fair estimate” of 18 months to two years before those who lost homes in the deadly Aug. 8 wildfire could begin to rebuild.

An emotional community meeting was held Friday night at the Lahaina Community Center to provide information to fire surviors — and hope that many people are working to help them.