The Conversation: Tourism; Federal agencies arrest 44 people on Kauaʻi

By Catherine Cruz,

Maddie Bender, DW Gibson

Published November 10, 2025 at 11:15 AM HST

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Commercial airplanes at Honolulu airport on May 3, 2025.

Keith Vieira of KV & Associates, a tourism consulting firm, discusses what ongoing flight cancellations might mean for Hawaiʻi's economy
Kauaʻi County Councilmember Fern Holland provides details on recent FBI and ICE raids on Kauaʻi
HPR's Cassie Ordonio reports on a controversy surrounding a proposed gondola project on Oʻahu's North Shore | Full Story
Patrick Cross shares his grandfather's experience as a prisoner of war during WWII
Retired US Navy Rear Adm. Alma Mei Oi Lau Grocki, the first woman from Hawaiʻi to graduate from the U.S. Naval Academy, shares her story

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Catherine Cruz is the host of The Conversation. Contact her at ccruz@hawaiipublicradio.org.

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Maddie Bender

Maddie Bender is the executive producer of The Conversation. She also provided production assistance on HPR's "This Is Our Hawaiʻi" podcast. Contact her at mbender@hawaiipublicradio.org.

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