Lahaina, Maui, Thursday, August 11, 2023 – Buildings still smolder days after a wildfire gutted … [+] downtown Lahaina. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) Los Angeles Times via Getty Images For those who have experienced disasters and the process of recovery, this time of year brings forth some haunting truths. The television cameras … Read more
MAUI (KGTV) — “Just let people know we are here. We need tourists to come here and support our economy,” says Hao Le, an Uber driver in Maui. Le picks up tourists at the airport, which he says frequently looks like a ghost town lately, on the island recovering from devastating wildfires. Le says he … Read more
A Delta Airlines flight attendant sells food on board an SFO-bound fight in April 2014. Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images Delta frequent flyers are facing some major changes to the airline’s SkyMiles loyalty program and its Sky Club airport lounge program in the months ahead, and not all of them are positive. Starting Jan. 1 of next … Read more
Wailuku, Hawaii — Maui authorities said Thursday they’re planning to start letting residents and business owners make escorted visits to their properties in the restricted Lahaina Wildfire Disaster area later this month. It’s been nearly five weeks since the deadliest U.S. wildfire in over a century devastated the historic town of Lahaina, killing 115 people … Read more
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PINE BELT, Miss. (WDAM) – As deadly fires burned in Maui, one Hattiesburg woman was just miles away from the disaster while another woman was trying to return home to the island after visiting family in the Hub City. After spending several days in Lahaina at the Royal Lahaina Resort and Bungalows, Dena Semmons was … Read more