As of Aug. 17, at least 106 people have been confirmed dead on the Hawaiian island of Maui in the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century.

As search for victims continues, a housing crisis for displaced Hawaiian residents is unfolding.

Hawaii native and veteran Makineti “Kui” Hafoka-Barreno, who owns Aumakua Fitness, which is in the Temple Terrace Business and Storage Park, is mobilizing efforts to help her loved ones and others in need in Hawaii through her Temple Terrace gym.

Pasco County Libraries are the best of the best. That’s according to the Florida Library Association, which named Pasco County Libraries the 2023 Library of the Year.

The award’s criteria, chosen from a highly competitive group of nominees, include programming creativity and innovation, service expansion and enhancement, and programs emulated by other libraries. Pasco County Libraries have demonstrated excellence in each of these categories through the development of its popular “makerspaces,”

Words by Inshara Ali
Photos by Isabel Bozarth

The soccer field at Marie Reed Community Center in Adams Morgan functions as a multi-purpose community hub for students throughout the academic year. Less than three weeks before the school year began, a man was shot and killed on the very same field.

Waiting outside The Wharf on Saturday, October 22, John Canada, the band’s drummer (and accountant!), grabs me and GW photojournalism student (and my roomate!) Isabel Bozarth by the box office and takes us around the back. In a comically complex scene, we are led up several flights of stairs, by many security guards, and through at least half a dozen doors. In the dressing room, singer and rhythm guitarist Joseph Settine is drinking a Yerba Mate while Alec Bolton (lead guitarist), Kevin Canada (