Scott Kim
News EditorScott Kim spent most of his career in the NPR system, having served as a reporter, host and news director at Hawaiʻi Public Radio from 1991 through 1997, before moving on to spend 15 years at NPR affiliates WMFE in Orlando (where he was hired by José A. Fajardo) and WJCT in Jacksonville. Kim was a news editor at HPR. He was born and raised in Hawaiʻi, and graduated from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa with a degree in broadcast journalism.
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A controversial bill to further crack down on illegal vacation rentals heads to the full Honolulu City Council for a final vote. As HPR’s Scott Kim reports, a council committee approved the measure on final reading Wednesday.
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Two local branches of Habitat for Humanity have received millions of dollars from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott. As HPR’s Scott Kim reports, the gifts came as a complete surprise.
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The Honolulu Board of Water Supply says it will consider a request by state lawmakers to prioritize affordable housing if new development projects are curtailed because of water shortages.
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The Honolulu Board of Water Supply says fuel contamination in the Navy’s Pearl Harbor water distribution system is affecting the island’s water supply as a whole — and more restrictions may be necessary if the weather does not cooperate.
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The city is receiving $386 million in ARPA funds to respond to the pandemic. At a briefing Monday, the council received an update from the administration as to how it is allocating the money.
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The Hawaiʻi Department of Health says the tap water in all residential areas served by the Navy’s Pearl Harbor water system is safe to drink. The announcement comes more than three months after petroleum from the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility leaked into a Navy water well and sickened thousands. HPR's Scott Kim has more.
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The U.S. Army would have six months to return Oʻahu’s Mākua Military Reservation to the state under federal legislation introduced by U.S. Rep. Kai Kahele. As HPR’s Scott Kim reports, activists have been fighting for decades to rid the leeward valley of its military presence.
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The Honolulu City Council approved Wednesday a bill that gives a measure of relief to condominiums facing mandates to install fire sprinkler systems or other safety measures. City officials moved to crack down on residential towers without sprinkler systems following the 2017 Marco Polo condo fire in Honolulu that killed four people.
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The Honolulu City Council gave initial approval Wednesday for next year’s budget for the agency overseeing the rail transit project. But it came with some reservations after Tuesday’s announcement by Mayor Rick Blangiardi that the train should be stopped short of Ala Moana Center.
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A frequent Honolulu City Council critic of the rail transit project lauded Mayor Rick Blangiardi’s announcement Tuesday that he would seek to stop the line short of Ala Moana Center.