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The Conversation: Super Typhoon Bavi strikes Rota; New Driver’s License

Heat-sensitive satellite imagery shows Super Typhoon Bavi travelling wetsward across the Philippine Sea after striking the island of Rota. (July 7, 2026)
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Heat-sensitive satellite imagery shows Super Typhoon Bavi travelling wetsward across the Philippine Sea after striking the island of Rota. (July 7, 2026)
  • Thomas Mangloña II, a journalist from the island of Rota in the CNMI, shares his firsthand account of the destruction on Rota after it was struck directly by Super Typhoon Bavi 
  • HPR’s Savannah Harriman-Pote reports on a new University of Hawaiʻi Economic Research Organization, or UHERO, report on solar energy — and why it was retracted | Full Story
  • Hawaiʻi golf industry leaders discuss the launch of a new golf campaign, “Play Hawaiʻi Golf,” that’s designed to promote golfing across the Hawaiian islands 
  • Hawaiʻi locals and city officials share their thoughts on the new Driver’s License redesign 
  • HPR’s Derrick Malama and DW Gibson promote the newest podcast to hit Hawaiʻi’s airwaves: Kanakapila Vintage, a retrospective on the best interviews from Kanakapila Sunday’s archives
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Catherine Cruz is the host of The Conversation. Contact her at ccruz@hawaiipublicradio.org.
Kevin Allen is a producer on The Conversation. Contact Kevin at kallen@hawaiipublicradio.org.
Derrick Malama is the local anchor of Morning Edition.
DW Gibson joined HPR as a producer on "The Conversation" and is now the executive producer of podcasts and multimedia. Contact him at dgibson@hawaiipublicradio.org.
Addis Belay is the 2026 Society of Professional Journalists Intern for The Conversation at Hawai’i Public Radio. Contact her at abelay@hawaiipublicradio.org
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