Obituaries for Thursday, August 17, 2023
• Peter Paul ‘Rip’ Rayno • Shikera Lehua Wilhelm • Isaac Apolani Kanahele
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Maui fire survivors are confronting huge mental health hurdles
KIHEI, Hawaii — The evacuation center at the South Maui Community Park Gymnasium is now Anne Landon’s safe space. She has a cot and access to food, water, showers, books and even puzzles that bring people together to pass the evening hours.
Gov. Green vows to block land grabs as fire-ravaged Maui rebuilds
LAHAINA, Hawaii — Hawaii Gov. Josh Green vowed “to keep the land in local people’s hands” after a deadly wildfire that incinerated a historic Maui community, as the island’s schools began reopening and traffic resumed on a major road.
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Schools reopening, traffic moving again in signs of recovery from Maui fires that killed 110
LAHAINA, Hawaii — Public schools on Maui started the process of reopening and traffic resumed on a major road in signs of recovery a week after wildfires demolished a historic town and killed at least 110 people, while the head of the island’s emergency agency said he had “no regret” that sirens weren’t sounded to warn people about the onrushing flames.
Lahaina death toll climbs to 110
LAHAINA, Hawai‘i — Governor Josh Green on Wednesday afternoon added four more people to the list of people killed in a fire that decimated the town of Lahaina on Maui last week.
Schools reopening, traffic moving again; death toll rises to 106 on Maui
LAHAINA, Hawai‘i — Public schools on Maui started the process of reopening and a major access road reopened in signs of recovery a week after wildfires demolished a historic town and killed over 100 people, even as officials raised concerns Wednesday that the very young and old were among the dead on Hawai‘i’s second-largest island.
Letters for Wednesday, August 16, 2023
• Rebuilding Lahaina • Sea Glass Beach • Capitalists • Island car
HOOSER: Island of Maui on our mind
While our world locally marches forward in a seemingly normal manner, for friends and family on Maui that same world has been turned upside down.
FBI warns about recovery, charity wildfire scams in Lahaina
LIHU‘E — A proliferation of bad actors attempting to take advantage of Maui wildfire victims prompted federal authorities to warn of a surge in fraudulent activities on the island.
Coast Guard begins offshore Lahaina cleanup in effort to save nearby coral reefs
LAHAINA — More than a week after the nation’s deadliest wildfire in over a century burned across West Maui, the U.S. Coast Guard has begun shifting its response focus from search and rescue to minimizing impacts on the region’s marine environment.
Motorcyclist dies in Kilauea crash
KILAUEA — An unidentified man has died following a traffic crash in Kilauea on Saturday evening.
A reminder to be safe in and around Hawai‘i’s waters
LIHU‘E — Kaua‘i joined the rest of the state in observing Aug. 13-19 as Hawai‘i Beach and Aquatic Safety Week.
Kaua‘i paddlers strong in Na Pali Challenge
HANALEI — The 81M Terehau Hanalei Unlimited team finished second overall in the annual Na Pali Challenge long distance canoe race that wrapped up on Saturday at the Kikiaola Small Boat Harbor in Kekaha.
Mistakes give Bonjolea II its second win
NAWILIWILI HARBOR — Bonjolea II won the Nawiliwili Yacht Club Short Series Race No. 2 due to errors by two of the three boats racing at Nawiliwili Harbor on Aug. 10.
Happy Camper for Wednesday, August 16, 2023
The American Cancer Society Relay For Life takes place on Saturday from 4 p.m. at the north Vidinha Stadium soccer fields in Lihu‘e, where everyone is invited to come and support the American Cancer Society’s fight against cancer by meeting and cheering on cancer survivors during the Survivors’ Walk.
Obituaries for Wednesday, August 16, 2023
• Jose L. Bernades Sr. • Carol Jean Robley • Rachel Miyaji • Esperanza ‘Ansang’ Tagatac • Richard Paul ‘Rick’ Carroll • Linda Ann Delos Reyes-Olores • Patrice Andra Thronas
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Death toll from devastating Maui fire reaches 101
LAHAINA, Hawai‘i — A mobile morgue unit arrived Tuesday to help Hawai‘i officials working painstakingly to identify the remains of people killed in wildfires that ravaged Maui, as the death rose above 100 and teams intensified the search for more dead in neighborhoods reduced to ash.
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Videos put scrutiny on downed power lines as possible cause of deadly Maui wildfires
Awakened by howling winds that tore through his Maui neighborhood, Shane Treu went out at dawn and saw a wooden power pole suddenly snap with a flash, its sparking, popping line falling to the dry grass below and quickly igniting a row of flames.
Maui police chief pleads for patience, recalls pain after Vegas mass shooting
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Maui Police Chief John Pelletier repeatedly urges “patience, prayers and perseverance” as teams painstakingly search the ashes in the seaside community of Lahaina for the remains of scores of victims from the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than 100 years.
Georgia case against Trump presents problems from the start
ATLANTA — Putting 19 people on trial at the same time is a difficult assignment for any prosecutor — whether or not one of those defendants is a former president of the United States running to reclaim his old office.
Trump enjoys GOP support, general election could be a different
NEW YORK — After every new indictment, Donald Trump has boasted that his standing among Republicans only improves — and he has a point.
Prosecutors deny push to keep Biden’s gun charge agreement in place
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A legal showdown over the derailed plea deal for Hunter Biden continued Tuesday as prosecutors asserted that an agreement on a gun charge is dead along with the rest of the deal as the case makes a major shift into a special counsel investigation.
McCarthy floats stopgap funding to prevent a shutdown
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressional leaders are pitching a stopgap government funding package to avoid a federal shutdown after next month, acknowledging the House and Senate are nowhere near agreement on spending levels to keep federal operations running.
‘Mishap’ caused erroneous release of list of Trump charges
The clerk of the Fulton County, Georgia, court system acknowledged Tuesday accidentally releasing what appeared to be a list of criminal charges against Donald Trump before he was actually indicted, and sought to deflect blame amid mounting criticism from Republicans who have seized on the blunder to characterize the case as rigged.
Russia unleashes a country-wide missile barrage on Ukraine
KYIV, Ukraine — Russian forces unleashed missiles across Ukraine early on Tuesday, killing and wounding civilians and damaging infrastructure. The barrage came just hours before top Russian military officials and their counterparts from allied countries in Asia, the Middle East and Africa gathered outside Moscow for a security conference.