Hawaii Fire Shows Wildfires Pose Particular Threat to Elderly and Other Vulnerable Individuals December 28, 2023 By Gene Johnson, Jennifer Sinco Kelleher and Mark Thiessen Sharlene Rabang and her calico cat fled the wildfire that destroyed her town on Maui and arrived at a family...
Residents Prepare to Return to Sites Of Homes Demolished In Lahaina Wildfire September 26, 2023 By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher From just outside the burn zone in Lahaina, Jes Claydon can see the ruins of the rental home where she...
Lawyers Claim Cable TV and Phone Companies Also Responsible in Hawaii Fires September 7, 2023 By Jennifer Mcdermott, Jennifer Sinco Kelleher and Audrey McAvoy After a visit to a warehouse where Hawaiian Electric Company is housing power poles and electrical equipment that may be...
Things to Know About Lawsuits and Tourism a Month After Fire Leveled a Hawaii Community September 6, 2023 By Gene Johnson, Jennifer Sinco Kelleher and Audrey McAvoy Nearly a month after the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century killed at least 115 people, authorities on...
Hawaii Power Utility Takes Responsibility for First Fire on Maui, But Faults County Firefighters August 29, 2023 By Jennifer Mcdermott and Jennifer Sinco Kelleher Hawaii’s electric utility acknowledged its power lines started a wildfire on Maui but faulted county firefighters for declaring the blaze...
Hawaii’s Active Kilauea Begins Erupting After 3-Month Pause June 8, 2023 By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher and Mark Thiessen Kilauea, one of the most active volcanoes in the world, began erupting on Wednesday after a three-month pause, displaying spectacular...
NTSB Findings on Hawaii Airlines Turbulence That inured Passengers January 17, 2023 By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher A cloud shot up vertically like a plume of smoke in a matter of seconds before a Hawaiian Airlines flight...
Hawaii Volcano Eruption Has Some on Alert, Draws Onlookers December 1, 2022 By Caleb Jones and Jennifer Sinco Kelleher The first eruption in 38 years of the world’s largest active volcano is attracting onlookers to a national park for...
5.0 Quake Confirmed During Hawaii’s Mauna Loa Volcano Unrest October 17, 2022 By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher A magnitude 5.0 earthquake was the strongest of a series of temblors that struck Friday on Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, the...
Hawaii Food Distributor Settling Racism Lawsuit August 26, 2022 By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher A Hawaii food distribution company has agreed to pay $90,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging a Black employee was subjected...