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As of this afternoon, 27% of the impacted area has been surveyed and completed.

Genki Sushi is donating $50,000 to the Hawai’i Community Foundation’s Maui Strong Fund. It also will be donating every month for the rest of the year to support the wildfire relief and recovery efforts.

Resources and special funding are available for UH-Maui College students from the hard hit areas of West Maui and Kula.

The violations, which are related to a failure to submit several reports in 2021 and 2022 and pay an annual permit fee of $500 in 2022, were documented and confirmed as a result of record reviews conducted by the Clean Air Branch.

The event is raising disaster relief funds urgently needed to support and sustain victims of the wildfires that have affected communities around Maui and devastated the historic town of Lāhainā.

Four of the victims have been officially identified. The names will be released after their families are notified.

A coordinated effort between the state and Maui organizations and nonprofits will begin collecting, storing and inventorying supplies donated to Maui County to support victims of the wildfires in Kula and Lahaina.

Greg is moving toward the west near 13 mph with tropical-storm-force winds extending outward up to 35 miles from its center.

Scientists around the globe are working on myriad ways to reduce the effects of climate change, including István Szapudi, an astronomer at the University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy, who has devised a novel idea to lessen the amount of sunlight hitting our planet.

The Pūlehu/Kīhei Fire was declared 100% contained Saturday.

With the official death toll rising to 89, the Lahaina fire became the deadliest US fire in the past century. And, Hawai’i Gov. Josh Green said the number of dead “is going to rise.”

It’s too early to tell, however, if the tropical storm or two other developing low pressure systems in the Eastern Pacific will impact the Hawaiian Islands.

Officials encourage cash donations, which can buy good that support the Maui economy and be delivered where and when they are needed.

Businesses, organizations and individuals throughout the Hawaiian Islands have come together to send much needed water, non-perishable food and other items to help people affected by the wildfires.

Diverse artworks by 39 artists are featured in the new “Creatures and Characters” exhibit at the Hawai‘i State Art Museum in Honolulu.

A Family Assistance Center for family members looking for information about loved ones who are unaccounted for will be open Saturday and Sunday.

While the security line appeared daunting, with more than 300 people in a line that snaked three rows outside and inside like a Disney World ride, it moved efficiently fast early Friday afternoon.

One hundred percent of proceeds from the concert will support Maui severely impacted by the devastating wildfires.

All funds received from pineapple sales will be used to keep Maui Gold employees working to carry out Pineapple Pledge initiatives, with a portion of sales also going to other local relief organizations helping in recovery efforts from the Maui wildfires.

The fundraiser is in support of the American Red Cross, Pacific Islands Region’s relief efforts on Maui amid the devastating and deadly wildfires.