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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A Samoan news anchor has won an Emmy for her coverage of the 2023 wildfires that broke out on Maui in Hawai'i.
In August 2023, the wildfires engulfed Maui Island, destroying the town of Lahaina and killing up to 102 people.
Tamara Vaifanua, who spoke to Pacific Waves has...
Lahaina, MAUI — A representative from the Maui County Joint Operations Center responded to an Island News request, asking who was directing Maui County's emergency response between the critical hours of 3 p.m. and 6 p.m.
The rep responded to the inquiry on Saturday, September 16, saying that the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Governor Lemanu P. S. Mauga, accompanied by a delegation from American Samoa, together with Hawaii Samoan clergy members from various denominations, gathered at the State Capitol in Honolulu, Hawaii, on Friday, Sept. 29, to present American Samoa’s donation for the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — “To initiate fundraising efforts,” the American Samoa Government is spearheading a Maui donation drive with plans to launch it on Sept. 04 — the Labor Day holiday — at the Tufele Li'amatua Sr. Tufele Cultural Center at the Suiga'ula o le Atuvasa Park at Utulei Beach,...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Aumua Amata, as part of a bipartisan Congressional Delegation (CODEL), surveyed the wildfire devastation in Maui with her colleagues, and met with Hawaii officials.
The Members of Congress viewed and assessed the fire’s devastating impacts, received...
Lahaina, MAUI — Kim Cuevas-Reyes, a 38-year-old cellphone store owner, snuck into Lahaina last Friday to see the remnants of her home with her own eyes. She took backroads and walked. What she saw stunned her.
“When you step into the house, it’s like an inch or two of ash. There is nothing,” she...
Lahaina, MAUI — The first victims from the deadly wildfires that swept Maui island last week have been identified by officials.
Maui's police department named the first two victims as Robert Dyckman, 74, and Buddy Jantoc, 79, both from the town of Lahaina.
The death toll from the fires has now...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The National Park of American Samoa will be sending a crew of 6 members of the National Park Service Fire Crew from American Samoa today, Thursday, August 17 to respond to fires throughout the Hawaiian Islands.
Crew members, Ronald Amperosa, Letufia Ili, Ramsey Malia,...
Lahaina, MAUI — Four members of a Tongan family have been identified among those killed by wildfires in Lahaina, Hawaii last week.
Hawaii News Now reports the immigrant family were found in a burnt-out car near their home.
The victims are husband and wife Mauifonua and Faaoso Tone, along with their...
LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — The smoke was starting to blot out the sun. Winds were howling, and heat bore down as flames licked the trees on the horizon. The power had been out all day, so Mike Cicchino thought he’d drive to the hardware store for a generator. He turned off his street, and in an instant...