HPR first connected years ago with Dr. Brady Bergin because of a crazy idea he was working on. The mission? Sterilize the population of wild donkeys in Waikoloa that were suffering because of drought conditions.

Hawaiʻi's first homestead was established on Moloka’i in 1922 as a pilot for what became Hawaiian homelands across the islands. As HPR's Catherine Cluett Pactol reports, Molokaʻi homesteaders continue to honor Prince Kūhiō's legacy and on his birthday week, are celebrating a milestone on the island.

Today, the Conversation broadcasts lives from the Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden on Hawaiʻi Island with stories on the history of Parker Ranch and biodiversity.

Today, the Conversation broadcasts lives from the Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden on Hawaiʻi Island with stories on the history of Parker Ranch and biodiversity.

The Hui Mo‘olelo Film Festival brings together animated films that draw upon a series of oral histories recorded by Lahaina community members after the 2023 Maui wildfires. The nonprofit Maui Public Art Corps is organizing the festival, in partnership with the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa and Waiwai Collective.

A newly constructed hālau waʻa was completed on Maui, which recognizes the families and the traditional cultural practices of the community.

Maui County's $1.5 billion proposed budget for fiscal year 2026 focuses on recovery, resilience and investments across the county. For the first time in 100 years, the budget will be delivered in both English and ‘Olelo Hawai’i.

Residents of fire-prone Waikōloa Village were hopeful that they would get a new evacuation route this year. Work on an egress road started under former Hawaiʻi County Mayor Mitch Roth, but now the new mayoral administration is casting doubt on the project. HPR's Savannah Harriman-Pote has more.

Around Hawaiʻi, communities celebrate "Ke Aliʻi Makaʻāinana," or "the prince of the people" on Prince Kūhiō's birthday today. His legacy lives on across the state as many honor his service to the Hawaiian people.

The Department of Land and Natural Resources has been developing a management plan for the Pololū trail on Hawaiʻi Island aimed at addressing the large amounts of visitors.