ShareThisHawai'i’s 10 year drought has endangered crops in Waimanalo and Wai`anae on O`ahu, and dried up pastureland on the Big Island. On Maui, it has contributed to bringing the Island’s fresh water supply to dangerously low levels. In a continuing series about water on the Valley Isle, HPR’s Noe Tanigawa takes us to one of the wettest places on earth.
ShareThisHawai`i’s Water Commission is continuing its review of applications for use permits within the Na Wai ‘Eha Surface Water Management Area. At stake are the water resources in one of Hawai`i’s most celebrated and productive regions. HPR’s Noe Tanigawa visited Maui for this report, the first in a series about how water use decisions today will determine the island’s future.
ShareThisHawai’I’s only train robbery was a daring heist, committed in February 1920 on Kaua’i. Kumu Kahua Theatre is presenting a play based on that incident and written by a relative of the accused robber. In this little known incident, Kekaha Sugar Plantation’s entire payroll was stolen after all passengers were forced off the Kaua’i Plantation Railway.
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ShareThisHonolulu’s Fire Department is the oldest west of the Rockies, with over eleven hundred firefighters, five battalions and 44 stations around O’ahu. Next Friday, the HFD headquarters in Kaka’ako will welcome guests in a benefit for the Firefighters’ Foundation. HPR’s Noe Tanigawa offers an advance look behind the scenes.
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