Good Jobs Hawaiʻi works directly with employers to place residents in high-demand jobs in the health, tech and creative sectors. This locals-only program offers free training to its participants.

One continuing challenge for Hawaiʻi is renewable energy and financing the infrastructure needed to reach the state's clean energy goals. It's an issue around the world — and in one part of the Indo-Pacific, there's a new strategy underway to help. HPR's Bill Dorman has more in today's Asia Minute.

Among the nominees attending the 2023 Grammy Awards on Sunday is producer and Maui High graduate Jason Baum. He's worked on music videos and other productions with several recognizable names including Beyonce and Kendrick Lamar.

The University of Hawai‘i Institute for Marine Biology is winding up a five-year visitor capacity study on Hanauma Bay on Oʻahu. Researchers are comparing data from before, during and after the ninth-month closure from March to December 2020 during the coronavirus pandemic.

Fighting public corruption continues to be a high priority for the FBI. Its Honolulu office and other federal partners have helped ferret out corruption among Hawaiʻi officials from a former police chief to a former Senate president.

This isn't the first time a Hawaiʻi governor has issued an emergency proclamation on homelessness. However, Gov. Green's coordinator says this could be the first with cultural and environmental limitations.