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Residents react to Gov. Josh Green backing off a short-term rental ban; Photography exhibit shows Lahaina before the fires; Virtual field trip to see Hawaiʻi's birds

The Navy's Swarm Team explains its approach to wrapping up the Red Hill fuel storage facility closure; we discuss highlights of this weekend's Merrie Monarch Hula Festival; the Jaycees shares its thoughts on the state of youth leaders today; and HIFF details its new young filmmakers festival, ʻŌpio Fest

The latest status of a controversial measure to allow HECO to issue ratepayer-backed bonds; A 30-year-old student financial literacy program is expanding; NPR has a new interview podcast with twist

The forgotten history of a Waialeʻe boarding school; Local charter school wins national award in education innovation; Architect collects more than three decades of drawings of Kaimukī into new book

Hawaiʻi Preparatory Academy eighth grader Chiku Raul shares his new podcast about protecting Hawaiʻi's endangered forest birds from avian malaria; UH senior Daniel Arakawa is selected as a 2024 Truman Scholar

New Maui County legislation looks to regulate short-term rentals; EPA responds to the Navy's theory that false positives explain reports of recent fuel-contaminated drinking water in Oʻahu homes

HPR All Things Considered host Dave Lawrence continues two days speaking with the voice and guitar, and heart and soul, of ZZ Top - Billy F. Gibbons - for his first-ever chat with Dave, ahead of his debut solo shows in the islands! Billy plays the Blue Note Hawaii May 17 through 19. Today, hear how he got to spend a year living in Mexico as a kid, how Jeff Beck helped him get Marshall amps at the same time Black Sabbath was influencing his sound, memories of his Hawaiʻi debut with ZZ Top opening for the Rolling Stones in 1973, and more fun stuff.

HPR All Things Considered host Dave Lawrence welcomes the voice and guitar of ZZ Top - Billy F. Gibbons - for his first chat with Dave, ahead of his first solo shows in the islands! Billy plays the Blue Note Hawaii May 17 through 19. Today hear how his mom and dad played critical roles nurturing his love of music at an early age, with up close and personal encounters with Elvis Presley, B.B. King and Tito Puente, the tale of itself a mini-odyssey within one very fun chat.

EPA Region 9 head Martha Guzman on rebuilding critical water and wastewater infrastructure in Lahaina; Hawaiʻi County Police Chief Benjamin Moszkowicz on why law enforcement on the Big Island is denying more gun permits than any other county

Mother-daughter restaurateur duo behind Istanbul Hawaii on how they started cooking together; Hawaiian pop vocal trio Na Leo Pilimehana celebrate 40 years of friendship and song