Mark Ladao
News ProducerMark Ladao moved to Hawaiʻi as a teenager and graduated from Moanalua High School. He graduated from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa with a bachelor's in biology and, later, in journalism. He was a general assignment reporter at the Honolulu Star-Advertiser for four years before coming to Hawaiʻi Public Radio as a news producer in 2023. He usually spends his free time rewatching Amélie.
Contact him at mladao@hawaiipublicradio.org.
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The Hawaiʻi Supreme Court has rejected Sen. Kurt Fevella’s challenge to his tiebreaker loss in this year’s primary election. -
Walk-in and counter services at the Līhuʻe Civic Center have been suspended until at least Friday because of the fire, the County of Kauaʻi said in a news release this weekend, though it's not clear when those services will resume. -
In November Oʻahu voters will decide if part of the City and County of Honolulu's budget should include funding dedicated to food security efforts. It'll be the first of 20 proposed amendments to the City Charter voters will decide on during the general election. -
Hurricane Lowell has complicated issues that Kauaʻi farmers have been facing for years. -
The listener-supported Kauaʻi Community Radio station was broadcasting as the wind and rain from Hurricane Lowell tore through the island — and now it needs help to stay on the air. -
The Maui Police Department said it uses about three dozen controversial automatic license plate reading cameras to help with law enforcement, but doesn’t use them for surveillance purposes. -
Hawaiʻi island lawmakers are considering increases to wastewater service charges — including new, even higher rates specifically for hotels. -
The H-POWER facility on Oʻahu was out of service for more than 80 days last year. -
Honolulu Police Chief David Lazar has announced his deputy chiefs along with other leadership changes at the police department. -
There's finally clarity in the race for Honolulu City Council's District IV election this November — candidates Trevor Ozawa and Tara Malia Gregory will face off in the general election.
