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HPR reporter Ku'uwehi Hiraishi breaks down long-range studies of Hawaii's stock of bottom fish like opakapaka and onaga; SERVCO Pacific adapts its campaign of giving back to the community; Iolani Palace celebrates King David Kalakaua's birthday; and our producers break stuff in a new local business that's all the rage

On Tuesday's panel discussion, former Governors John Waiheʻe, Ben Cayetano, and Neil Abercrombie share perspectives on alternative possibilities for the Aloha Stadium site.

Hawaiʻi’s Safe Travels program adapts to welcome international travelers, vaccination clinics at schools are off to a slow start, and a new children's book takes us on a shapeshifting adventure.

With climate change on the global stage, we're looking at green goals in our own backyard. Hawaiian Electric commits to cutting its carbon emissions by 70% by 2030, Hawaiʻi Green Growth marks 10 years, and a Big Island prep school puts climate resilience on the curriculum. And highlighting two new art exhibits on the University of Hawaiʻi Mānoa campus.

Mental health clinicians in California and Hawaiʻi have voted to authorize a strike if negotiations on a contract fall through; mortality rates related to Alzheimer's disease are up 300% since 2000; lucky ticket holders to the premiere of the new documentary "Waterman" about Duke Kahanamoku will have access to a special exhibition

Today we learn about the new Indian Youth Service Corps program; Honolulu Civil Beat takes a deep dive into the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council; volunteer manpower helps cull over a million coconut palms on Palmyra Atoll; Manu Minute features the long-billed shorebird, Kioea; local filmmakers create a screenplay focused on the five local young men involved in the 1930s Massie Trials.

Lawmakers are calling for more transparency from the Navy about its handling of fuel leaks at Pearl Harbor and the Red Hill Fuel Storage Facility; The Postal Service is looking to a record number of workers for the holiday season; local astronomers are keeping their eyes to the sky in case of asteroids

Join us on the show where we check back in with The Bus on vaccination rates and mandates; We talk about the outlook for the rest of 2021 as leisure travel picks back up; and the local lore of the Kasha of Kaimuki inspires a new onstage production.

Join us on today's Aloha Friday Conversation as we hear from art students and the department chair on decolonizing the University of Hawaiʻi's Art Department. We'll also explore Hawaiʻi's rich output of literary journals, Kauaʻi's newest art center, and delve into the world of Oʻahu musician IZIK.

The Maui Invasive Species Committee shares an update on the fight against the little red fire ant and how the public can help; The Hawaii State Archives releases new content online; and we remember local radio personality Hal Lewis, better known as J. Akuhead Pupule