After fires, Western Maui struggles between tourism and trauma

Maui's economy relies on tourism, but some residents say that they haven't recovered enough from August's deadly wildfires.

• Dec 29, 2023

Milestone in recovery from historic Maui wildfire

The heart of Lahaina, the historic town scorched by the blaze, reopened to residents and business owners holding day passes, but much work is left to clear properties of burned debris and rebuild.

• Dec 12, 2023

Pearl Harbor survivors return to attack site 82 years later

Survivors returned to Pearl Harbor Thursday on the anniversary of the attack to remember the more than 2,300 servicemen killed​ on Dec. 7, 1941.

• Dec 7, 2023

Eye on America: Extending dogs' lives

In Hawaii, we speak with citizens who are demanding justice after a 2021 jet fuel leak poisoned their water supply. Then in California, we look into efforts to increase the lifespan of dogs. Watch these stories and more on "Eye on America" with host Michelle Miller.

• Dec 4, 2023
• 20:52

U.S. Navy removes spy plane from Hawaii reef 2 weeks after it crashed

The large aircraft became stuck in Kaneohe Bay on the Hawaiian island of Oahu after it overshot a runway at Marine Corps Base Hawaii and landed in the water.

• Dec 4, 2023

Navy releases $1.5 million plan to remove crashed jet stuck on Hawaii reef

The U.S. Navy plans to use inflatable cylinders to lift and roll a jet plane off a coral reef in Hawaii.

• Dec 2, 2023

Video shows Navy plane tires on coral after landing in Hawaii bay

The U.S. Navy says underwater footage shows two points where a large surveillance plane is touching coral in the Hawaii bay where it landed more than a week ago.

• Nov 30, 2023

Video shows Navy plane resting on coral reef

New underwater video was released of a Navy spy plane which overshot a runway in Hawaii and landed in a bay. The video shows the tires of the plane sitting on an ecologically-sensitive reef. The Navy is trying to consider how to safely remove the plane.

• Nov 30, 2023
• 0:23

Subpoenas issued in Maui fire investigation

CBS News has learned Hawaii's attorney general issued subpoenas Monday targeting three departments as part of the governor's independent probe into the Maui wildfires that killed at least 100 people and left thousands homeless in August. CBS News correspondent Jonathan Vigliotti reports sources say some Maui County officials are being uncooperative with the investigation.

• Nov 28, 2023
• 2:44

Navy removes fuel from spy plane that crashed into Kaneohe Bay

The U.S. Navy says it has removed nearly all of the fuel from a plane that landed in Oahu's Kaneohe Bay after it overshot a runway.

• Nov 28, 2023

Flight recorder recovered from Navy spy plane that overshot runway in Hawaii

Sailors from a mobile diving and salvage unit retrieved the data recorder Thursday from the plane in Kaneohe Bay.

• Nov 25, 2023

Navy spy plane overshoots runway in Hawaii, ends up in bay

A photo taken by witness Diane Dircks showed the plane in water just offshore, a sight reminiscent of the 2009 "Miracle on the Hudson."

• Nov 21, 2023

Maui firefighters on surviving wildfire

Eight Maui firefighters were trapped by flames, abandoned cars, and downed poles this summer during the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century. They went on to save others after they escaped.

• Nov 19, 2023
• 13:17

Covering the deadly Maui wildfires

As Lahaina's firefighters speak out to "60 Minutes" three months after wildfires ravaged Maui, Jill Cowan, a national reporter with The New York Times, joins CBS News with her experience covering the deadly scene.

• Nov 20, 2023
• 4:00

Why a huge Hawaiian wildfire could happen again

Dry grass and a limited firefighting force mean another devastating wildfire could happen again in the Aloha State.

• Nov 19, 2023
• 6:00

Maui firefighters are still reliving the deadly wildfire inferno

Maui firefighters are opening up about the moments of terror and heroism that marked the August day when a raging wildfire engulfed Lahaina.

• Nov 19, 2023

Maui firefighter saved trapped colleagues during Lahaina wildfire

Eight Maui firefighters were trapped by flames, abandoned cars, and downed poles this summer during the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century. They went on to save others after they escaped.

• Nov 19, 2023

CBS News investigates emergency alert systems

CBS News found at least a dozen natural disasters in the U.S. during the last decade where local emergency officials failed to issue alerts in time to save lives or, in some cases, didn't issue an alert or evacuation order at all. CBS News national investigative correspondent Stephen Stock reports.

• Nov 17, 2023
• 8:25

The Stand | Sunday on 60 Minutes

After a wildfire devastated the Hawaiian town of Lahaina in August, Sharyn Alfonsi reports new details about the disaster including the narrow escape of Maui County Firefighters who had become trapped by the rapidly moving flames.

• Nov 16, 2023
• 0:26

Hawaii wildlife refuge pond mysteriously turns bubble-gum pink

Curious visitors have flocked to the Kealia Pond National Wildlife Refuge after images of the pink pond appeared on social media​.

• Nov 10, 2023

Man found not guilty of assaulting woman at U.S. station in Antarctica

Stephen Tyler Bieneman cried as each juror was polled and said they found him not guilty of misdemeanor assault in connection with an incident at McMurdo Station.

• Nov 9, 2023

Hawaii researchers spot world's largest fish slurping up anchovies

Researchers filmed a 30-foot whale shark luring a school of anchovies into its meter-wide mouth off the coast of Oahu.

• Nov 8, 2023

Native Hawaiians being priced out of state

As Maui rebuilds from this summer's deadly wildfires, many people native to the region fear that they will be forever priced out of their homeland. Hawaii is already the most expensive state in the nation, and the fires and rebuilding process may only contribute to an exodus of native-born Hawaiians. Adam Yamaguchi has more.

• Nov 4, 2023
• 5:03

Why native Hawaiians are being "pushed out of paradise" in their homeland

Each year, 15,000 native Hawaiians leave the state for the mainland, which now boasts a larger Hawaiian population than Hawaii itself.

• Nov 4, 2023

Jury finds Hawaii couple guilty for stealing identities of dead babies

The husband even used his fake identity, which made him 12 years younger, to join the Coast Guard, the prosecutor said.

• Nov 1, 2023

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