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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Hawaiʻi County lawmakers are moving a bill to ban the feeding of feral animals on county property. However, that is despite the swaths of testimony calling it inhumane and counterproductive to controlling feral populations. -
The five candidates for the newly formed commission were able to field questions by the Honolulu City Council on Thursday. -
Leeward Community College is showcasing a machine that can preserve food without heat or preservatives. HPR’s Mark Ladao reports on how it works, and how it can benefit local food production. -
On Wednesday, the University of Hawaiʻi’s College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resilience unveiled the new green onion variety and allowed attendees to harvest the plants. -
The Wahiawā Value-Added Product Development Center held Hawaiʻi's first-ever high-pressure processing summit last week — a day packed with speakers and seminars meant to drum up interest in the center’s state-of-the-art Hiperbaric chamber. HPR's Mark Ladao has more. -
Families get a one-time benefit of $177 per eligible child for the summer if they are approved for SUN Bucks. The funds expire 122 days after families receive them. -
United States Postal Service spokesperson John Hyatt shares highlights from 250 years of mail delivery; Fernanda Camarena with the Poynter Institute discusses the consequences of media blackouts -
Advocates for food production are looking for alternate funding sources for farmers after the federal government slashed $400 million from the nationwide Regional Food Business Centers program. -
The Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaiʻi Authority delivers ocean water to HOST Park tenants, including companies that raise oysters, shrimp and other seafood. But since 2021, the water has led to lower survival rates for larvae of those species. -
The Kauaʻi County Council is moving along Bill 2969 primarily to address a county-level exemption for beachfront properties that has allowed owners to make repairs to their homes without adhering to setback rules.
