This issue holds a deeply personal significance. Watching our editors hometown face the devastating impacts of the Aug. 8 fire has been a heart-wrenching experience, compounded by the unique challenge of simultaneously providing news coverage while navigating her own grief.
Her family has lived in Lāhainā since 1884, and the fire consumed five generations of hard work, including her childhood home.
Yet, amidst this destruction, a silver lining has emerged: the unwavering strength of our community as well as an outpouring of support from loved ones and strangers alike. Lāhainā, this is not goodbye, but a new beginning — and I’m eager to witness this next chapter of renewal and restoration.
