Erin Nolan
Reporter at Honolulu Civil Beat
Reporting on Maui County for @CivilBeat | Previously: @NYTimes @RecordOnline, @SalemNews, @EagleTrib and more | Send tips to [email protected]
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1 week ago |
civilbeat.org | Erin Nolan |Kawika Lopez
County officials and residents said the first day of hauling went smoothly, but the enormous project is just getting started. The sun was still low in the sky when the first dump trucks and tractor trailers labeled with “Lahaina wildfire debris” decals exited the temporary disposal site at the Olowalu landfill.
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1 week ago |
civilbeat.org | Erin Nolan
Maui County officials are still discussing the future use of the Olowalu site where wildfire debris is being temporarily stored. Thousands of times over the next few months, 50 dump trucks will be loaded with non-recyclable debris from the deadly 2023 Lahaina wildfire before making a roughly 19-mile journey from the temporary storage site in Olowalu to its permanent home in central Maui.
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2 weeks ago |
civilbeat.org | Erin Nolan
Dozens of people turned out to testify on Mayor Richard Bissen's effort to convert short-term rentals into long-term housing in a bid to ease the affordable housing crisis.
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3 weeks ago |
civilbeat.org | Erin Nolan
Moku’ulu, the royal compound where Native Hawaiian nobility resided for centuries, is buried beneath the burned remnants of a ballpark. Maui County officials hope to restore the Lahaina landmark over the next several years. More than a year after the governor threw his support behind efforts to restore one of the most culturally significant sites in Lahaina, the county has begun setting plans in motion — albeit slowly.
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1 month ago |
civilbeat.org | Erin Nolan
Council members at first wanted to trim the budget. Instead they added programs to help residents struggling to make ends meet. When Maui County Mayor Richard Bissen outlined his proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year, some council members argued that the county had to find ways to reduce spending. Nearly two months later, the latest version of the budget is actually larger.
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