Hawaiian Electric urged Hawaiʻi Island customers to conserve energy last week to avoid rolling blackouts. The island has had an "extremely" tight supply of energy over the last few weeks after HECO's independent power producer Hamakua Energy Partners went offline.

Despite sizable public opposition, lawmakers are racing to finalize a bill that could pass the costs of the Maui wildfires onto ratepayers. HPR's Maddie Bender and Savannah Harriman-Pote explain what that means for Hawaiian Electric and its customers.

Changes to the Honolulu Salary Commission could be coming to reduce the chances of conflict. A handful of Honolulu City Councilmembers have introduced resolutions to let voters decide how the commission operates.

The Hawaiʻi Supreme Court says the state attorney general's office must pay attorney fees for using last year's Maui wildfire tragedy to file a petition in “bad faith” that blamed a state court judge for a lack of water for firefighting.

Author Cheryl Soon's “Remembering History and Honoring Culture: Statues, Monuments and Memorials on Hawaiʻi, Kauaʻi, Maui and Molokaʻi" covers over 90 pieces — with color photographs.

The city initially wasn't sure if it was just high winds that brought it down — it happened the same day as the Lahaina wildfire. The artist charged with restoring the sculpture suspects that vandalism played a part as well.

Long-term funding could finally be coming to the state’s DA BUX program. The initiative cuts the price in half for eligible produce grown by Hawaiʻi farmers, and this year’s state budget bill could allocate a recurring $1 million annually to DA BUX.