Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, 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)

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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…

Ingrid Yang, left, and Kelly Bruno, both of San Diego, take a photo in front of lava erupting from Hawaii’s Mauna Loa volcano Wednesday near Hilo, Hawaii.

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Viewers flock to see lava flow

by Caleb Jones Associated Press, and Jennifer Sinco Kelleher Associated PressNovember 30, 2022

Andres Veloso, 12, gets the first dose of the Pzifer COVID-19 vaccine, Monday, Aug. 9, 2021, in Miami. Florida is reporting a surge of COVID-19 cases caused by the highly contagious delta variant. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)

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COVID-hit hospitals lose nurses

by Terry Spencer Associated Press, Jennifer Sinco Kelleher Associated Press, and Andrew Selsky Associated PressAugust 10, 2021

In a 2021 photo provided by Bickerton Law Group representing the family of Lindani Myeni, he is standing on a beach in Waimanalo, Hawaii with his wife and two children. Some Black people in Hawaii say Myeni’s shooting death by Honolulu police is a reminder that Hawaii isn’t the racially harmonious paradise it’s held up to be.

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No mass protests after police shoot, kill Black man

by Jennifer Sinco Kelleher Associated Press, and Mogomotsi Magome Associated PressJune 6, 2021

FILE - In this Nov. 23, 2007, file photo, then-Hawaii quarterback Colt Brennan celebrates after an NCAA college football game in Honolulu. Brennan, a star quarterback at the University of Hawaii who finished third in the 2007 Heisman Trophy balloting, died early Tuesday, May 11, 2021, his father said. He was 37. Brennan, who has had public struggles with alcohol, died at a hospital in California, his father, Terry Brennan, told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Ronen Zilberman, File)

Famed Hawaii quarterback Colt Brennan dead at age 37

by Jennifer Sinco Kelleher Associated PressMay 11, 2021

Comedian Frank De Lima poses with a “shaka” gesture while standing in the checkout line at a Sam’s Club store in Honolulu. People in Hawaii are changing how they express aloha in the time of coronavirus. Some residents say social distancing is the antithesis of tradition in the state, where people greet each other with hugs, kisses and lei, and families are close-knit.

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Adapting aloha: Virus forces changes to Hawaii customs

by Jennifer Sinco Kelleher Associated PressApril 5, 2020

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)

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Sailor kills 2 civilians at Pearl Harbor

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

University of Hawaii President David Lassner, left, speaks at a news conference on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2018 in Honolulu accompanied by state Board of Land and Natural Resources Chairwoman Suzanne Case, second from left, Attorney General Russell Suzuki,second from right, and Hawaii Gov. David Ige, right, regarding a Hawaii Supreme Court ruling upholding a decision to grant a permit for the construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope on Mauna Kea. The state Supreme Court's 4-1 ruling is a...

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Hawaii’s high court OKs giant telescope

by Jennifer Sinco Kelleher Associated PressOctober 31, 2018

This satellite image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shows Typhoon Yutu east of Guam Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 24, 2018 local time. The storm crossed over the U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, producing damaging winds and high surf. The National Weather Service in Honolulu says maximum sustained winds of 180 mph (290 kph) were recorded around the eye of the storm, which passed over Tinian island and Saipan early Thursday morning local time. Waves of 25 to 40 feet (6 to 12 meters) are expected around the eye of the storm. (NOAA via AP)

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Northern Marianas slammed by typhoon, face slow recovery

by Caleb Jones Associated Press, and Jennifer Sinco Kelleher Associated PressOctober 25, 2018

This undated photo shows a bonsai tree that has been stolen, and authorities are seeking the public's help in locating it. Hawaii police are trying to find the person who stole the bonsai tree that a nursery owner spent nearly 60 years caring for.

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Hawaii bonsai tree stolen after owner raised it for decades

by Jennifer Sinco Kelleher Associated PressOctober 24, 2018