The state of Hawaiʻi and the Federal Emergency Management Agency continue work to supporting survivors of the Lahaina ...

Rep. Tokuda and the Hawai‘i congressional delegation’s letter calls for a blanket waiver to broadly cover Maui survivors who are already struggling with the high costs of living and the challenges of ...

Brandi Richard Thompson, a spokesperson for FEMA Region 9, which oversees disaster response in the southwestern U.S. and Pacific islands, said the agency’s cleanup strategy is “based on ...

Richard Thomspon, the FEMA Region 9 spokesperson, explained that soil sampling was never “a universal practice” but that prior to 2020, the agency “conducted soil testing in certain wildfire ...