Can Maui Get Tourists Without Compounding Wildfire Trauma?

FILE - Tourists get off of a Trilogy Excursions boat arriving on Kaanapali Beach in front of a flag of Hawaii planted in the sand, Dec. 6, 2023, in Lahaina, Hawaii. FILE - Jordan Ruidas holds her daughter as she speaks with visitors Dec. 1, 2023, in Lahaina, Hawaii. FILE - A tourist stops to read signs at the Lahaina Strong 'Fish-in' on Dec. 1, 2023, in Lahaina, Hawaii.

The restaurant where Katie Austin was a server burned in the wildfire that devastated Hawaii's historic town of Lahaina this summer.