The tree has served as a landmark for residents and visitors of Lahaina for decades AP Photo/Rick Bowmer There is a silver lining emerging from the destruction left by the devastating Maui wildfires: ...

The volunteer crew from Wailea Tree & Landscape may prune trees for a living, but that could not shield its members from the emotions conjured by Lahaina’s 151-year-old banyan tree as they removed a ...

A Wenatchee-based company is working to help save an historic 150-year-old banyan tree damaged by recent fires in Lahaina. The company, Goodfellow Bros., has also operated out of Maui for the last 50 ...

(KHON2) – After a fast-moving fire razed much of historic Lahaina on Maui’s west side Tuesday evening, one of the few iconic landmarks left is the 150-year-old banyan tree, which was scorched but not ...

A once majestic banyan tree sits in a heaping mess. We told you that crews who were hacking the tree apart were told to stop because they didn’t have a permit for the work. Now, questions surround the ...

Graffiti artist Banksy must feel the same heartbreak I do when I see a majestic tree shorn of its leaves. The photo in the March 9 newspaper showed no leaves and stubbed branches of Lahaina’s banyan.

Planted in 1873, the tree has grown to cover more than half an acre. County officials said it “looks burned” after the Maui fires, but the roots may still be healthy. By Jacey Fortin Amid the charred ...

Ms. Flynn Siler is the author of “Lost Kingdom: Hawaii’s Last Queen, the Sugar Kings, and America’s First Imperial Adventure.” It may not be the oldest landmark in the historic Hawaiian port town of ...