Host Lisa Simeone talks with NPR's Howard Berkes, Elizabeth Arnold and Tom Goldman, on the final day of competition at the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.
The new Oʻahu landfill will be placed northwest of Wahiawā on a pineapple field currently owned by Dole Food Company. It will replace Waimanalo Gulch on the leeward coast that is supposed to close by 2028.
A second round of meetings is underway to discuss a proposal that would raise Oʻahu wastewater fees by 115% over the next decade. The Conversation talked to Roger Babcock, director of the Honolulu Department of Environmental Services, about the reaction to the price hikes at recent town hall meetings.