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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Mohala Liko Lehua, a partnership between Hawaiʻi Land Trust and the Native Hawaiian learning department at the John A. Burns School of Medicine, mixes ʻāina-based practices into behavioral health fellowships. Six people throughout the state were chosen for a year-long fellowship for the program’s inaugural year. -
The only machine before this addition was at the Wilcox Medical Center in Līhuʻe, which meant patients faced months-long wait times or had to travel to Oʻahu for necessary tests and screenings. -
The Kauaʻi Medical Training Track at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa John A. Burns School of Medicine welcomed its fourth cohort of students into its program, which aims to improve healthcare in Kauaʻi’s rural areas while also training future physicians. -
A Native Hawaiian nonprofit has successfully preserved Hawaiʻi Island land for generations to come. ‘Anaeho‘omalu Kapalaoa, a 27-acre plot of land in Waikoloa Resort, will now be permanently protected by Nā ‘Ōiwi O Pu‘uanahulu, a Native Hawaiian descendant-led nonprofit. -
The Association for Middle Level Education is an international organization that strives to improve schools that educate 10 to 15-year-olds. Each year, the organization gives out the title of “Schools of Distinction” to institutions that go above and beyond in elevating student success. This year, Moanalua, Kaimukī, and Āliamanu middle schools were all recognized, putting them among 24 schools across the country that were given this title for 2025. -
The Food Basket and Hawaiʻi County’s Department of Research and Development announced a $500,000 grant program to fight the island’s food insecurity issue. -
Honolulu Landing, a 364-acre stretch of coastline in Hawaiʻi Island’s Puna district, is on the market for just under $4 million. Some Hawaiʻi County Council members and Puna residents are urgently pushing to protect it from private buyers. -
The Houseless Outreach and Medical Education project, also known as the Hawaiʻi H.O.M.E project, hit 20 years of providing free health care for unhoused people across Oʻahu. -
Alphie Garcia, a technical advisor on the project, said almost 4 in 10 webpages can disappear within about 10 years, and 1 in 5 posts on social media platforms can disappear within months. -
The partnership between Hawaiʻi County and the HALE o Hawaiʻi Community Land Trust is opening doors to affordable housing for local families.
