The Mālama Da Farmer Grants represent the island’s first grant program, which was funded by the federal American Rescue Plan Act to provide relief from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Following an outcry from local farmers, Gov. Josh Green announced his intention to veto a labeling bill that would have affected māmaki sold in Hawaiʻi. As part of a broader, years-long trend to protect local farmers, consumers and the “Hawai'i-grown” label, state lawmakers introduced House Bill 496 and let it sail through this year’s legislative session.

A new lifeguard tower has been installed at Kohanaiki Beach Park thanks to community advocacy. Resident Rachel Able advocated for the tower after her daughter sustained injuries while surfing and died in November 2022.

Maui's The Spirit Horse Ranch started a therapy program after the pandemic. It also helped Maui fire survivors navigate shock and loss. HPR's Catherine Cluett Pactol reports the program has now expanded to Molokaʻi.

Kauaʻi this week became the first of the major islands in Hawaiʻi to be fully fiber-enabled. It's part of Hawaiian Telcom's plan to make Hawaiʻi the first state in the U.S. to be fully fiber-enabled by the end of 2026. We get more on that story from Pacific Business News Editor-in-Chief Janis Magin.

“Kūkini” tells the story of the invasion of Maui at the time of King Kamehameha through the eyes of Maui warriors.

Maui County's Committee on Housing and Land Use is in the midst of listening to nearly 200 testifiers signed up to voice their opinions on a proposal that would phase out about 7,000 transient vacation rentals. HPR's Catherine Cluett-Pactol has more.

State Sen. Tim Richards has an idea for a new hydropower project. He pitched it to the attendees at a Waimea community town hall meeting last week.

Fifty trucks will spend five months hauling Lahaina wildfire debris to a landfill in the center of Maui starting next Monday. Maui County says there's enough debris to fill five football fields five stories high.

Bill 47 is a partial revival of a set of measures that failed last year that would have overhauled zoning and operational laws on “transient vacation rentals” in the County of Hawaiʻi.