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Peter Sagal, host of NPR's quiz show, "Wait Wait Don't Tell Me" spoke to The Conversation's Catherine Cruz about returning to Hawaiʻi for two shows at the Neal Blaisdell Concert Hall.
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Ohana Rewards is a new interisland initiative for Hawaiʻi residents who are a part of the company’s Rapid Rewards program. Some of the features include quarterly 10% interisland flight discounts, and two free checked bags on neighbor island flights.
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A volunteer effort to protect a Lahaina school campus from future fire risk is bringing the community together. As HPR’s Catherine Cluett Pactol reports, it’s just the start of a long-term initiative with safety in mind.
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Jim McCoy, director of communications at Pacific Historic Parks, spoke to The Conversation about keeping the USS Arizona Memorial and other parks open during the shutdown — thanks to donations from the community.
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Artist and musician Benjamin Fairfield spoke to HPR’s Maddie Bender about his new book, “Kani Ka ʻŌpala: How Can Garbage Sing?"
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The HawaiianMiles program has officially ended and has been replaced by Atmos Rewards, the new joint system under Alaska and Hawaiian airlines.
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With the end of a federal tax credit for rooftop solar on the horizon, some players in the solar industry want lawmakers to retool a state-level incentive. HPR's Savannah Harriman-Pote has more.
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The federal government shut down Tuesday night after the U.S. Senate was unable to agree on funding. HPR’s Ashley Mizuo reports on the local impacts — and how members of Hawaiʻi’s congressional delegation are responding to the Trump administration.
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After a lengthy selection process, a final site to rebuild Lahaina’s King Kamehameha III Elementary School has been chosen at a 14-acre Kuʻia site below the Lahaina Bypass.
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Rebecca Solnit spoke to HPR’s DW Gibson about her book "A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities that Arise in Disaster.”
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University of Hawaiʻi assistant professor Kanoe Morishige will be teaching Indigenous-led biocultural coastal management as part of a new degree program to be offered at UH Mānoa. HPR's Maddie Bender has more.
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Lawyers for a Hawaiʻi real estate investor and broker have denied any improper use of Shohei Ohtani's likeness for a development project. They allege that Ohtani's agent, Nez Balelo, is trying to deflect blame for cost overruns at the player's home. The lawsuit, filed in Hawaiʻi Circuit Court, accuses Ohtani and Balelo of "abuse of power" affecting a $240 million luxury housing development.