Liane Hansen has been the host of NPR's award-winning Weekend Edition Sunday for 20 years. She brings to her position an extensive background in broadcast journalism, including work as a radio producer, reporter, and on-air host at both the local and national level. The program has covered such breaking news stories as the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the capture of Saddam Hussein, the deaths of Princess Diana and John F. Kennedy, Jr., and the Columbia shuttle tragedy. In 2004, Liane was granted an exclusive interview with former weapons inspector David Kay prior to his report on the search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. The show also won the James Beard award for best radio program on food for a report on SPAM.
Molokaʻi was the last island in the state without the highly invasive coconut rhinoceros beetle… until last week. HPR’s Catherine Cluett Pactol reports the island’s invasive species crew is tackling a daunting response effort.
Developers have started demolishing parts of Aloha Stadium to make way for a new $650 million development. But now they have must tackle the challenge of relocating utilities. We get more on that story from Pacific Business News Editor-in-Chief Janis Magin.