HPR News Staff

Last fiscal year, the free program engaged with more than 200 youth ages 11 to 18. This year’s grants will support Kāohi’s continuation.

West Maui Early Childhood Collective has opened three new child care programs at Princess Nāhiʻenaʻena Elementary School to address dire needs in Lahaina.

A community team on Maui, in partnership with DLNR's Division of Aquatic Resources, has developed a bottom-up marine resource management proposal and is asking for feedback at an upcoming series of meetings.

The City and County of Honolulu is offering significant property tax relief this year, but homeowners have to apply by the end of the month.

The county had leased the land since the 1950s, and it will now be held for public use in perpetuity.

A feature-length documentary about the origins of the shaka will premiere at the Hawaiʻi International Film Festival next month.

About three dozen backpackers on the famous trail and the beach have reported norovirus illnesses to the state Department of Health.

Carl Bonham, a council member and economist, said Maui tourism will end the year strongly as it begins to recover from last year’s fires.

The Honolulu Emergency Services Department will use an outfitted city bus to provide services to homeless individuals.

The University of Hawaiʻi’s Maui Wildfire Exposure Study has received a boost of funding from the state. The additional $2.3 million will allow the study to increase its participant base to 2,000 individuals, focusing on children and first responders.