Updated: Sep. 14, 2024 at 11:33 AM PDT
|By Monica Schmidt
Shayne Kahahane lives across the street from where the August 2023 fire sparked. “I’m speaking for my sister that was lost in the fire, my cousin who was lost in the fire...so I’m speaking on their behalf."
Updated: Aug. 9, 2024 at 8:56 AM PDT
|By Monica Schmidt
A vacation tradition for countless families who visit Lahaina can continue once again.
Updated: Aug. 8, 2024 at 8:25 PM PDT
|By Joe Vigil and Monica Schmidt
A Las Vegas man still aims to help victims of the Maui wildfire after one year.
Updated: May. 3, 2024 at 3:39 PM PDT
|By Monica Schmidt
"Flavors of Aloha" Hawaii festival is happening May 3 and 4 at Craig Ranch Park in North Las Vegas.
Updated: Mar. 19, 2024 at 12:35 PM PDT
|By Monica Schmidt
Center still operating through donations, volunteers seven months later.
Updated: Jan. 17, 2024 at 3:44 PM PST
|By Monica Schmidt
A Las Vegas charter is closing at the end of the school year, according to a letter sent to parents.
Updated: Dec. 7, 2023 at 9:58 PM PST
|By Monica Schmidt
Emergency crews across Las Vegas knew exactly how to handle an active shooter because they did it before on October 1, 2017.
Updated: Nov. 9, 2023 at 4:08 PM PST
|By Monica Schmidt
So much of Lahaina Town remains the same shade of gray due to the deadly wildfires that ripped through neighborhoods.
Updated: Nov. 8, 2023 at 4:41 PM PST
|By Monica Schmidt
Barry Gitelson combines pieces of mismatched glass, cuts them into one-inch and half-inch pieces, positions them in a kiln, and fires that at 1,500 degrees.
Updated: Nov. 8, 2023 at 12:42 PM PST
|By Monica Schmidt
Barrie Matthews and David Vanzo know that rebuilding in Hawaii will be a long process, but they are looking ahead for solutions.
Updated: Nov. 7, 2023 at 11:02 AM PST
|By Monica Schmidt
Donations flooded Maui with people from all over the world trying to send what they could to help.
Updated: Nov. 6, 2023 at 6:26 PM PST
|By Monica Schmidt
Junior and Senior prom are milestones for high school students.
Updated: Nov. 6, 2023 at 4:52 PM PST
|By Monica Schmidt
Dozens of community-led supply hubs sprouted around Maui in the days after the wildfires.
Updated: Nov. 2, 2023 at 9:11 PM PDT
|By Monica Schmidt
A California wildfire survivor is hoping she can help survivors of Maui’s wildfires. In 2017, Andrea Meyers and her family evacuated their home in Coffey Park, Santa Rosa as the Tubbs fire destroyed more than 5,600 structures.
Updated: Sep. 14, 2023 at 10:22 PM PDT
|By Monica Schmidt
Support for Maui continues to trickle into the island from Las Vegas, well over a month after the deadly wildfires. In the first few days after the fire, businesses all across the Valley put a call out for donations.
Updated: Sep. 13, 2023 at 10:05 PM PDT
|By Monica Schmidt
Days after the deadly wildfires on Maui, donations poured in from all over Las Vegas to help Maui families.
Updated: Sep. 8, 2023 at 3:30 PM PDT
|By Monica Schmidt
Donated baseball equipment from all over the Las Vegas Valley is heading to Maui this weekend.
Updated: Aug. 29, 2023 at 10:58 PM PDT
|By Monica Schmidt
A group of a dozen colorful squawking parrots brought smiles and laughs to thousands of visitors on Lahaina’s famous Front Street corridor.
Updated: Aug. 28, 2023 at 11:48 PM PDT
|By Monica Schmidt
More than two weeks after the deadly wildfires on Maui, community support is still going strong. One Central Maui restaurant turned their banquet room into an assembly line, sending off hundreds of meals to people impacted by the fires.
Updated: May. 11, 2023 at 8:55 PM PDT
|By Monica Schmidt
Nicole Pua Olena Thomas has been dancing hula for the last 20 years.
Updated: May. 9, 2023 at 3:41 PM PDT
|By Monica Schmidt
The Oakland A’s are looking at a new possible ballpark location in Las Vegas.
Updated: May. 4, 2023 at 10:17 PM PDT
|By Monica Schmidt
With the growing population of Native Hawaiians in Las Vegas, one tradition is making them feel closer to the islands, right here in the desert.
Updated: May. 3, 2023 at 5:00 PM PDT
|By Monica Schmidt
Popular Hawaiian restaurant Zippy’s is now planning it’s second location here in Southern Nevada, before the first one is set to open.
Updated: Apr. 21, 2023 at 5:12 PM PDT
|By FOX5 Staff and Monica Schmidt
The Biden administration will invest $140 million in water conservation and efficiency projects across western states including Nevada.
Updated: Apr. 19, 2023 at 4:41 PM PDT
|By Monica Schmidt
The ACLU of Nevada has filed a lawsuit against Clark County School District for not releasing records regarding an incident at Durango High School in February.
Updated: Mar. 16, 2023 at 9:01 PM PDT
|By Monica Schmidt and FOX5 Staff
Las Vegas will see a higher-than-normal wave of Native Hawaiians in June 2023 for an annual convention being held outside of the islands for the first time.
Updated: Feb. 22, 2023 at 9:27 PM PST
|By Monica Schmidt
Paul Pu’ukani Sebala moved to Las Vegas from the island of Oahu in 2002. With a background in radio, Paul wanted to stay involved in the business.
Updated: Feb. 17, 2023 at 7:46 AM PST
|By Monica Schmidt
FOX5 sits down with three former islanders who traded Hawaii life for Las Vegas. What the transition was like and how they keep the Aloha spirit alive in the Ninth Island
Updated: Dec. 6, 2022 at 10:59 PM PST
|By Dani Masten and Monica Schmidt
A year from now you may not be hearing any animal sounds in many Las Vegas valley pet stores.
Updated: Dec. 6, 2022 at 10:12 PM PST
|By Monica Schmidt
North Las Vegas Police are still looking for a suspect involved in a November carjacking in which the victim shot and killed one of the suspects.
Updated: Nov. 1, 2022 at 9:27 PM PDT
|By Monica Schmidt
Clark County Commissioners received an update on the airport renaming project Tuesday morning.
Updated: Oct. 28, 2022 at 11:17 PM PDT
|By Lauren Martinez, Monica Schmidt and Cody Lee
The City of North Las Vegas announced Friday it will have more officers present at busy intersections, crosswalks and other areas of need.
Updated: Sep. 23, 2022 at 4:58 PM PDT
|By Cody Lee and Monica Schmidt
Nevada State Police and other emergency personnel are on scene of a deadly crash near Sloan Road on Las Vegas Boulevard just after 4 p.m. Friday afternoon.
Updated: Sep. 10, 2022 at 7:36 AM PDT
|By Monica Schmidt
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police said a man shot and killed his girlfriend’s ex-boyfriend after a fight Friday night.
Updated: Sep. 1, 2022 at 7:08 PM PDT
|By Monica Schmidt
The Nye County Sheriff’s Office confirmed dogs are buried on an Amargosa Valley property connected to an animal abuse case involving hundreds of dogs.
Updated: Jun. 21, 2022 at 1:41 PM PDT
|By Monica Schmidt and Alexis Fernandez
Commissioners approved regulating short-term rentals in unincorporated Clark County Tuesday. Commissioners made their decision after multiple public comment sessions, including hours of public comment.
Updated: May. 9, 2022 at 4:51 PM PDT
|By Monica Schmidt
The Henderson Pride Fest is a little over a month away, but the host is now looking for another venue.
Updated: May. 4, 2022 at 3:04 PM PDT
|By Monica Schmidt
The man arrested for the murder of his son over his sexuality has been found guilty.