Advocates of plug-in solar say the technology has the potential to help people who don’t own their own roofs or don’t have the money to invest in a bigger system.
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The average home loan rate has dropped below 6% for the first time since 2022. Will that help thaw the frozen housing market?
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AARP Hawaiʻi Director Kealiʻi Lopez talks about concerns regarding wait times and services at local Social Security offices.
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Being a punk in Hawaiʻi is a hard-knock life. Just ask Shawn “Speedy” Lopes. It's been his life and includes getting jumped outside of bars. Now it's the subject of a new book.
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Christa Seidl is with the Maui Forest Bird Recovery Project. She was a doctoral student at the University of California, Santa Cruz when she started analyzing blood samples for more than 4,000 birds across the state. HPR spoke to Seidl about what she found.
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A collaborative effort has made native plantings possible at Lahaina Harbor, bringing shade and a sense of place to the burned commercial space.
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A global consulting firm has been chosen to complete a feasibility study for the development of a Native Hawaiian cultural center in Kakaʻako Makai, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs announced Monday.
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The coalition has three demands for state lawmakers: pass this legislative session’s good government bills, end private campaign financing, and create a new, comprehensive public funding system.
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The global trade system is facing a week of uncertainty when it comes to tariffs. And that's especially true when it comes to Asia. HPR's Bill Dorman has more.
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Nearly 2,000 volunteers recently gathered at a fishpond in windward Oʻahu to completely fill in the 1.3-mile circle wall that encloses the pond. As Carrie Ching writes for HPR, give to the land and sea and the land and sea give back to you.
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Players faced off around an antique kōnane board earlier this month that had been used more than a century ago. Kapena Baptista went home with the win and a replica of the museum’s rare board.
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