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HPR's Cassie Ordonio reports on problems with invasive grass; Letters from listeners about Lāhainā; Hawaiʻi Small Business Fair features classes that address post-pandemic and fire recovery for entrepreneurs; Hawaiʻi Agrifood Summit hosts investors, start-ups and innovators to address food security

A Maui attorney talks about fundraising efforts to meet the needs of Filipinos impacted by the Maui wildfires; a West Maui taro farmer talks about the battle over water rights dating back to the 1800s; a Native Hawaiian author talks about her new middle-grade novel, Lei and the Fire Goddess; and the Paniolo Preservation Society talks about preserving Hawaiʻi's cowboy history

Extinct snails offer insight on Hawaiʻi's climate; vote for your state and island snail; $1.6 million grant for native snail research; raising endangered snails and protecting them from extinction

HPR All Things Considered Host Dave Lawrence welcomes back Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann in a new Road Stories interview! We learn about a pair of shows Bill is doing on Kauaʻi to support someone in the community there, and also hear a little about one of the most interesting aspects of Grateful Dead history — their camping scene that once was a part of their concert tours from the late 1970s through the summer of 1989.

Lāhainā's Wo Hing Temple lost to Maui fires; writer and environmental lawyer Julian Aguon about his desire to build community across the Pacific and the world; Artificial intelligence's impact on our work life; University of Hawaiʻi Center for Oral History embraces stories about limu experts

Gov. Josh Green addresses housing and the opening of Maui to tourism next month; HPR's Ku'uwehi Hiraishi's report on the state water commission meeting; Author Megan Kamalei Kakimoto discusses her short story collection; DNA helps to identify a sailor killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor

For Road Stories, HPR All Things Considered Host Dave Lawrence welcomes back guest Stephen Marley — second eldest son of Bob Marley — to hear about Old Soul, his new album, and stories about some of the songs on it, including from artists like Ray Charles and Frank Sinatra, as well as stories about his relationship with one of the album guest stars, Eric Clapton!

Navy repacking the pipelines ahead of defueling Red Hill underground storage tanks; Hawai'i's Republican Party campaigning begins; Windward Community College's Acting Conservatory; Big Island athlete wins CrossFit Games

The head of the University of Hawaiʻi sits down for a candid conversation before his retirement scheduled for 2024; Family of murdered Marine Rocky Padilla appeals to the public for new leads in the cold case; this week's Manu Minute shines the spotlight on Hawaiʻi's short eared owl; and HPR's Catherine Cluett Pactol shares the plight of a Maui tomato farm trying to survive post-disaster

We hana hou recent interviews with local authors and writers with Hawaiʻi ties who have made it on our fall reading list: environmental lawyer Julian Aguon's No Country for 8 Spot Butterflies; Hawaiʻi state poet laureate Brandy Nālani McDougall's ʻĀina Hānau, Birth Land; Big Island native Jasmin Iolani Hakes' Hula; and keiki author Kaylin George's Aloha Everything