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HEADLINE: Did Oprah Winfrey buy land in Hawaii? Property map and acre distribution explored in wake of raging wildfires by Nikita Nikhil 

• The 69-year-old star owns over 2,000 acres on the island, living to-and-fro between Hawaii and the mainland US for more than 15 years. The farm is situated on the slopes of Haleakalā, a dormant volcano, at an approximate height of 4,000 feet.
• This location places it at a midpoint between the island’s lowest and highest points. In 2019, Winfrey generously made her own road on the island accessible to the public as a means of aiding people in evacuating from a wildfire.
• Ulupalakua Ranch sold two bigger properties, one around 520 acres and the other approximately 330 acres, to Winfrey’s Los Angeles-based firm Harpo Inc. on February 10 for $3.89 million and $2.47 million, respectively.

HEADLINE: Hawaii governor says state is looking to ‘acquire land’ that was destroyed in fires by The Post Millennial  

• He vowed to prevent foreign buyers from swooping in to exploit the tragedy, suggesting the state was better suited to take control of the land.
• In a separate press conference, Green reiterated his committment to ensure the land was protected for residents, and revealed that he had spoken with the Hawaiian attorney general regarding “options to do a moratorium on any sales of properties that have been damaged or destroyed.”
• How is it you live on an island in the middle of the ocean and NOT own the property in which you live?
• Why would you even want to sell it to an outsider?

• They never said anything under oath at this subcommittee hearing.
• The witnesses voluntarily appeared. 
• So now it is

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