New data offers insights into how heat is affecting different communities across Hawaiʻi Island. HPR's Savannah Harriman-Pote talks to the team behind the project.

The so-called “no secret police bill” is largely being considered in response to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers wearing masks and covering their badges while on patrol or detaining people.

The Lahaina Food & Wine Festival kicked off Wednesday — a five-day celebration of local cuisine and drink in its second year.

A newly improved edition of the Cook Islands Māori Bible is scheduled to be released at the end of the month in New Zealand. HPR’s Derrick Malama has more in the Pacific News Minute.

The exhibit “ʻO Ka Wai Mai مي From Lahaina to the Litani” is on view through Wednesday at the UH Mānoa gallery. HPR spoke with two artists behind the exhibition.

Karl Kim, a University of Hawaiʻi professor and former vice chancellor for academic affairs, took part in a conference at the Center for Korean Studies last week to reflect on 40 years of South Korean democracy.

Hawaiʻi County Mayor Kimo Alameda delivered his second State of the County address last week in Hilo.

If the three-page Senate Bill 2466 becomes law, that position “may only be terminated for cause,” sparing that position from politically motivated attacks.

Nālani Kanakaʻole continued her work, preparing her students for the annual Merrie Monarch Festival, when she died on Jan. 3 at the age of 79. A public memorial service will honor the revered kumu hula and cultural matriarch on Feb. 21.

Over 90% of Oʻahu's North Shore beaches are expected to be in a chronic state of erosion by 2050, according to the Surfrider Foundation’s 2025 State of the Beach Report.