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Frankie Stapleton

Frankie Stapleton is a retired journalist and teacher and the author of "Aloha O Kalapana," (Bishop Museum Press, 1992, currently out of print). She covered Kilauea and Mauna Loa eruptions since 1977 for the Hawaii Tribune-Herald and is a 35-year resident of Pahoa.
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Lives in Limbo With the Lava Stalled in Pahoa Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Lives in Limbo With the Lava Stalled in Pahoa

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Kilauea’s flow has not advanced for five days, leaving residents time to ponder their fate. Some have lived through it all before.

Will Pahoa Go the Way of Kalapana? Courtesy: U.S. Geological Survey

Will Pahoa Go the Way of Kalapana?

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The lava is slowly but steadily moving through another Big Island community.