Māhealani Kamau is a hula dancer that discusses resurrecting the lost stories of Waikīkī through the performances in Cirque du Soleil ʻAuana.

Sally Amaki is a voice actress and idol professional entertainer in Japan. Kana Ichinose stars in the TV anime series “Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury” as Suletta Mercury. Both were in Hawaiʻi for a fan meet-and-greet.

Across the country, there was a call to stand up for veterans and rally at state capitols on Friday. It was just getting underway as a Honolulu Civil Beat column flagged that the U.S. Army website had scrubbed a page detailing the story of the 442nd Infantry Regiment — the most decorated unit of World War ll composed of Japanese Americans.

A Wahiawā charter school will officially close in June after the Hawaiʻi State Public Charter School Commission finalized a decision Thursday not to renew its contract.

Thomas Raffipiy plans to build the canoe in Hawaiʻi in August. He's calling on Micronesian youth and other local kids to participate and learn about the Micronesian tradition of voyaging. HPR's Cassie Ordonio reports.

A federally funded initiative that’s set to send millions of dollars to Hawaiʻi food producers was scheduled to launch this month, but now it’s on hold — and possibly on the chopping block — while the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency reviews it.

Hawaiʻi County police say the suspect in an officer-involved shooting on Friday is dead. Christopher Lucrisia, 39, was the subject of an island-wide manhunt after allegedly shooting and wounding a police officer.