Environment

Acting Konawaena High School Principal Chelsea Qualey and Ramzi Mansour of the state Department of Accounting and General Services share the progress being made following damages from recent storms.

Honolulu’s director of botanical gardens, Joshlyn Sand, shares updates on the cleanup efforts at Ho‘omaluhia Botanical Garden in Kāneʻohe following the Kona low storms.

Troy Nunley, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, talks about the strain that immigration cases have placed on his district and what led him to ask for help from Hawaiʻi judges; Honolulu's director of botanical gardens, Joshlyn Sand, on cleanup efforts at Hoʻomaluhia Botanical Garden in Kāne‘ohe following the Kona Lows

Former Lt. Gov. Doug Chin speaks on the latest developments after Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke announces leave of absence; state insurance commissioner Scott Saiki speaks on the state of the insurance industry after the Kona low storms.

In the wake of the Lahaina fire and after a close call of its own, Kauaʻi has adopted new rules for wildfire mitigation in several of its historic plantation camps.

Oceanographer and physicist Helen Czerski explains how the ocean's physics the Earth ahead of a talk at UH at Mānoa.

HPR’s Ashley Mizuo reports on a target letter sent by the State Attorney General to Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke as part of their investigation; Santana bassist Benny Rietveld presents a new stage production about a Hawaiʻi jazz saxophonist from The Cavalier, an old Honolulu jazz hotspot.

Lillie Makaila, board member from Kūpaʻa Kuilima, explains why the grassroots organization filed a lawsuit against the construction of a second resort on the Ritz-Carlton’s Turtle Bay property.

HPR’s Savannah Harriman-Pote reports on increased wildfire risks caused by the recent rains; grassroots organization Kupaʻa Kuilima files a lawsuit against a proposed second resort on Turtle Bay.

The state is still reeling from recent floods, but climatologists are already eyeing another potential hazard — wildfire.