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The Conversation

The Conversation: Military exercises; New public school proposed for Maui

By Catherine Cruz,
Maddie Bender
Published November 14, 2025 at 10:47 AM HST
FILE - An Army Kiowa helicopter flies over a convoy of U.S. soldiers at the Mākua Military Reservation in Hawaiʻi, Dec. 8, 2003. In December 2023, the U.S. military confirmed that it will permanently end live-fire training in Mākua Valley on Oʻahu, in a major win for Native Hawaiian groups and environmentalists after decades of activism.
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FILE - An Army Kiowa helicopter flies over a convoy of U.S. soldiers at the Mākua Military Reservation in Hawaiʻi, Dec. 8, 2003. In December 2023, the U.S. military confirmed that it will permanently end live-fire training in Mākua Valley on Oʻahu, in a major win for Native Hawaiian groups and environmentalists after decades of activism.

  • Maj. Gen. James B. Bartholomees III and Command Sergeant Major Shaun D. Curry discuss military training exercises as the future of expiring military leases comes into focus
  • HPR's Catherine Cluett Pactol reports on a new study on water usage in West Maui
  • Riki Fujitani, executive director of the Hawaiʻi School Facilities Authority, discusses plans for a new school in Central Maui that could reshape how the state thinks about public facilities
  • "Our Common Nature" podcast host Ana González and Kumu Hula Snowbird Puananiopaoakalani Bento discuss how sense of place informs musical traditions
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