The report indicates that environmental and geographic factors combined with preparedness and response conditions enabled the Lahaina fire to rapidly intensify in August 2023. In the coming days, the HPR news team will bring you stories about how the report impacts local government, Hawaiʻi's main electric utility, and the community.
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HPR Talk Shows
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Hawaiʻi Public Radio is tracking the latest news inside the Hawaiʻi State Capitol.
The Conversation: Weekdays at 11 a.m. on HPR-1
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The Conversation hears from an NPR journalist who began wondering why billionaire Marc Benioff was quietly buying up land on the Big Island. She shares her connection to Waimea, diving into property records, interviewing Benioff one-on-one, and the community's reaction.
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“Shaka: The Story of Aloha” presents multiple stories of how the shaka came to be the gesture with a pinky and a thumb out.
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Honolulu city officials have removed a lifeguard tower in Waikīkī that was damaged by large swells in August 2020. The city is taking the opportunity to reevaluate its coastline infrastructure as sea levels rise.
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Last week the Senate Committee on Ways and Means allocated the funding in House Bill 2619. That money would go toward more than 100 new and existing DOA positions related to the state’s management of invasive species.
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According to Hawaiian Electric, the AES West Oʻahu solar project with storage can produce energy equivalent to 750,000 barrels of oil throughout its lifetime.
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The Board of Land and Natural Resources’ ongoing practice of issuing temporary permits to divert water from East Maui streams was upheld in a decision by the Hawaiʻi appeals court. HPR's Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi reports.
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One person died and multiple people were injured when a shuttle bus collided with pedestrians and concrete barriers at a Honolulu cruise ship terminal.
HPR Music Shows
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HPR Features
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