Emma Caires
News ProducerEmma Caires is a News Producer at Hawaiʻi Public Radio. She was the Legislative News Intern during her final semester at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, where she got her bachelor's degree in journalism and communicology.
With strong familial ties to Kāneʻohe, she loves being able to report on things that hit close to home, both politically and personally. In her free time, she can be found out in nature, trying out the newest coffee shops, or in the Foodland poke line.
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"Voice of the Sea," a weekly show produced under the University of Hawaiʻi Sea Grant College Program, earned a regional Emmy award for News/Long Form Content in the Environment/Science category. -
Mel Rapozo was elected as Kauaʻi's next mayor. He will succeed Mayor Derek Kawakami, who was elected Lieutenant Governor after Tuesday's general election. -
Mel Rapozo has served on the County Council for 18 years, following a career with the Kauaʻi Police Department and the Hawaiʻi National Guard. -
Oʻahu voters passed a charter amendment that creates a new Food Security Fund for the City and County of Honolulu. The fund would receive 0.5% of annual real property tax revenues. -
Through the Hoʻopili ʻAi initiative, local educators can request farm-to-school sampler boxes at no charge to them. The boxes come with locally grown products like ʻuala, kalo, ʻulu and palaʻai, or pumpkin, as well as new items including honey, macadamia nuts, ʻulu flour, pancake mix and animal crackers. -
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Athletics generated more than $750 million in economic activity over the last four years, according to a study by Collegiate Consulting and funded by private donors. -
Mālama Kauaʻi, a nonprofit that works to boost local food production and access on the Garden Isle, had its Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program accreditation revoked, despite reapplying and submitting an appeal. -
Rapozo has served on the county council for 18 years, following a career with the Kauaʻi Police Department and the Hawaiʻi National Guard. He is now running for mayor. His opponent, Bernard Carvalho, did not respond to HPR's interview requests. -
Establishing an area for homeless people in Central Maui to park overnight without risk of citations and sweeps is slowly making progress through the Maui County Council, but not without some pushback from the community. -
Bill 53 would make the possession or abandonment of carts a petty misdemeanor, and could fine offenders up to $2,000 or jail them up to 30 days.
