There are some lawsuits designed to find them.

One effort by the Lahaina Community Land Trust aims to buy land, with leases going to local families chosen via lottery.

Attorneys who negotiated the settlement said it would not work unless the insurance companies were forced to seek their portion of the settlements only after fire victims were “made whole.”

The biggest legal test of the $4 billion Maui wildfire settlement will come Tuesday in Maui Circuit Court. A judge must decide whether fire victims -- or the insurance companies that paid out billions -- will be first in line for the settlement money.

Civil Beat editor Naka Nathaniel joined HNN’s Sunrise to talk about recovery efforts and what’s needed to bring true healing for residents.

A four-day event — Kuhinia Maui — takes place August 8 through 11.

It’s one of many ways people are taking part in the re-birth of the beloved town while still mourning their losses.

The government spared no expense in housing survivors, clearing debris, and restoring basic infrastructure.

Aside from hundreds out in the water, hundreds more watched from shore.

Kumu Mehanaokala Hind led a solemn ceremony with Honolulu's Mayor, City Council and first responders to honor Lahaina victims.

FEMA Administrator and U.S. Fire Administrator Dr. Merrell traveled to Maui this week to commemorate the anniversary.

Gov. Josh Green, Maui Mayor Richard Bissen and other officials met with the families who began moving in last month.

On Aug. 8, 2023, wildfires fueled by hurricane-force winds raged across Maui, killing 102 people and decimating an entire community.

A year after an inferno tore through Lahaina, the lessons learned from the disaster have translated into action statewide.

“We walk by faith, not by fear...Kind of just have faith everything will come back together.”

Upcountry Maui residents have become accustomed to fires in the late summer months.

Without permanent homes, Lahaina fire survivors have been forced to float from shelters to hotels to temporary housing.

Exactly one year ago this week, wind-whipped wildfires tore through Maui, decimating Lahaina and forever changing the landscape of the historic community.

Turn aloha into action and help Maui residents impacted by the wildfires.

The trust owns more than a thousand acres of former sugar land around Lahaina.

Several community events have been scheduled Thursday through Sunday.

"I think the emotions are kind of high. It’s up, down and all around today."

Historic Waiola Church was near the center of the Hawaiian Kingdom in Lahaina and it is where Christianity started on the island of Maui.

There are still many unanswered questions a year after Maui’s wildfires disaster, including what caused it.

The devastation in Lahaina is unprecedented in the state’s history.

One of the first people the Hawaii News Now crew met in Lahaina the morning after the Aug. 8, 2023 fires was Kekoa Lansford.

Two days before the anniversary of the Maui wildfires, survivors share how they are coping after losing loved ones in the inferno.

Two major investigations into the fire and government response are still not complete, so, some victims wonder if the truth will ever come out.

Two wildfire survivors met a year ago. Approaching the year anniversary of the Maui wildfire, they were reunited in Kapalua.

As the sun came up on Aug. 9, 2023, the horror of it all came into focus.