Starting Wednesday, the first-ever Wailuku Film Festival brings a five-day celebration of cinema to Maui. HPR’s Catherine Cluett Pactol has more.

Chicago Sun-Times journalist Lynn Sweet offers more insight on the upcoming Obama Presidential Center; the Pacific Whale Foundation shares new research on the endangered false killer whale.

Chicago Sun-Times journalist Lynn Sweet offers more insight on the upcoming Obama Presidential Center; the Pacific Whale Foundation shares new research on the endangered false killer whale.

John Berry, the new director for the Honolulu Zoo, talks about his past work at the Smithsonian; Hawaiʻi legal experts weigh in on the state's lawyer shortage.

John Berry, the new director for the Honolulu Zoo, talks about his past work at the Smithsonian; Hawaiʻi legal experts weigh in on the state's lawyer shortage.

The Hawaiʻi County Civil Defense Agency and the Hawai'i Emergency Management Agency conducted over one hundred site visits on Hawai'i Island last week to survey earthquake damages.

The Maui County Council approved its $1.6 billion budget for the next fiscal year, but that decision came after council members made a last minute change to increase security at county properties.

A survey of Hawaiʻi businesses revealed that tariffs and trade policies have affected 86% of local businesses in the last year.

Author and ocean swimmer Jonathan Ezer recounts his experience swimming the 26-mile Kaiwi Channel between Oʻahu and Molokaʻi in his new book, “The Edge of Land.”

A ground-breaking study that has provided critical medical services and post-disaster data for Maui wildfire survivors has lost funding. HPR’s Catherine Cluett Pactol reports that the study’s future is uncertain.