Audrey Mcavoy, Author at Daily Hampshire Gazette

Wildfire wreckage is shown Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023, in Lahaina, Hawaii. The search of the wildfire wreckage on the Hawaiian island of Maui on Thursday revealed a wasteland of burned out homes and obliterated communities as firefighters battled the stubborn blaze making it the deadliest in the U.S. in recent years. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

News

Deadliest US wildfire in years hits Maui

by Audrey Mcavoy Associated Press, Jennifer Sinco Kelleher Associated Press, and Nick Perry Associated PressAugust 10, 2023

WAILUKU, Hawaii — The search of the wildfire wreckage on the Hawaiian island of Maui on Thursday revealed a wasteland of burned out homes and obliterated communities as firefighters battled the stubborn blaze that has already claimed 36 lives, making…

FILE - In this photo provided by the U.S. Navy, smoke rises from the battleship USS Arizona as it sinks during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Dec. 7, 1941. The U.S. Navy and the National Park Service will host a remembrance ceremony at Pearl Harbor in December 2022, the 81st anniversary of the 1941 Japanese bombing. (AP Photo/File)

News

USS Arizona survivor: Honor those killed at Pearl Harbor

by Audrey Mcavoy Associated Press, and Haven Daley Associated PressDecember 6, 2022

Pearl Harbor survivor and World War II Navy veteran David Russell, 101, reads a birthday card while talking about his time aboard the USS Oklahoma and his life after the war on Monday, Nov. 22, 2021, in Albany, Ore.

News

101-year-old returns to Pearl Harbor to remember those lost

by Audrey Mcavoy Associated Press, and Gillian Flaccus Associated PressDecember 7, 2021

A security guard stands outside the main gate at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, in Hawaii, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2019. A shooting at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard in Hawaii left at least one person injured Wednesday, military and hospital officials said. Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam spokesman Charles Anthony confirmed that there was an active shooting at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones)

News

Sailor kills 2 civilians at Pearl Harbor

by Audrey Mcavoy Associated Press, Jennifer Sinco Kelleher Associated Press, and Caleb Jones Associated PressDecember 5, 2019

In this Thursday, March 14, 2019 photo, customers line up at the Wiki Wiki Drive Inn takeout restaurant counter in Honolulu. Hawaii would be the first state in the nation to ban most plastics used at restaurants, including polystyrene foam containers, if legislation lawmakers are considering is enacted. (AP Photo/Audrey McAvoy)

News

Hawaii bills push first state ban on plastics in restaurants

by Audrey Mcavoy Associated PressMarch 20, 2019

FILE - This Feb. 17, 2016 file photo shows marijuana plants at a home in Honolulu. Hawaii is among the bluest of states, but when it comes to legalizing marijuana, it is out of step with liberal stalwarts such as California and Vermont. A bill that would legalize marijuana in the islands faces significant obstacles from leaders worried about contradicting federal law and jeopardizing Hawaii’s existing medical marijuana program. It faces a Friday, March 1, 2019, deadline to pass committee. (AP Photo/Marina Riker, File)

News

Hawaii is very liberal, but in no rush to legalize marijuana

by Audrey Mcavoy Associated PressMarch 2, 2019

Everett Hyland, seated, who survived the attack on Pearl Harbor as a crew member of the USS Pennsylvania, salutes along with his granddaughter Navy Cmdr. Anna-Marie Fine on Friday, as the USS Michael Murphy passes in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii in a ceremony on the 77th anniversary of the Japanese attack.

News

Survivors gather at Pearl Harbor for attack remembrance

by Audrey Mcavoy Associated PressDecember 7, 2018

This photo provided by Jessica Henricks shows flooding Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018, Wailuku River near Hilo, Hawaii. Hurricane Lane brought torrential rains to Hawaii's Big Island and Maui before the storm was expected to hit Oahu. A powerful hurricane unleashed torrents of rain and landslides Thursday that blocked roads on the rural Big Island but didn't scare tourists away from surfing and swimming at popular Honolulu beaches still preparing get pummeled by the erratic storm. (Jessica...

News

Tropical storm Lane barrels toward Hawaii

by Jennifer Sinco Kelleher Associated Press, and Audrey Mcavoy Associated PressAugust 25, 2018

Vice President Mike Pence and Navy Rear Adm. Jon Kreitz, deputy director of the POW/MIA Accounting Agency, right, watch as military members carry transfer cases from a C-17 at a ceremony marking the arrival of the remains believed to be of American service members who fell in the Korean War at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018. North Korea handed over the remains last week. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

News

In Hawaii, Pence welcomes return of presumed Korean War dead

by Audrey Mcavoy Associated Press, and Kim Yong-Ho Associated PressAugust 1, 2018

A hole in the roof of a tour boat is shown after an explosion sent lava flying through it, off the Big Island of Hawaii Monday.

News

Lava explosion hits tour boat, injures 23

by Audrey Mcavoy Associated Press, and Caleb Jones Associated PressJuly 16, 2018