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The Conversation shares a story about a kid from Kohala who is believed to be the first Native Hawaiian to play college football. Around 1892, John Henry Wise was being coached at Oberlin College by none other than the legendary John Heisman. Historian Ron Williams has more.

A Ukrainian man living in Hilo shares how he and his family are coping with the Russian invasion; we continue coverage of the Red Hill water crisis with thoughts from a military spouse and comments from the EPA; we shine a light on the first Native Hawaiian to play college football; and an Oʻahu pastry chef shares her experience on a Food Network baking show.

A Ukrainian man living in Hilo shares how he and his family are coping with the Russian invasion; we continue coverage of the Red Hill water crisis with thoughts from a military spouse and comments from the EPA; we shine a light on the first Native Hawaiian to play college football; and an Oʻahu pastry chef shares her experience on a Food Network baking show.

Former University of Hawaiʻi quarterback Timmy Chang will be the new football head coach of his alma mater. Details of his new contract show that he will be paid a minimum of $500,000 his first year and $750,000 in his fourth year.

The University of Hawaiʻi has hired former quarterback Timmy Chang as its new head coach. Athletics director David Matlin announced Chang’s hiring on Saturday in a news release.

Todd Graham resigned as the University of Hawaiʻi’s football coach Friday, stepping down amid controversy after completing the second year of a five-year contract.

The University of Hawaiʻi Board of Regents plans to address the issue of morale on the university’s football team following a legislative hearing that featured testimony from former players and that the university system president criticized as one-sided.

The Kapaʻa High School football team brought home Kauaʻi’s first state football championship last week when it defeated Kamehameha-Maui 61-7. To learn more about the team’s journey to the top, The Conversation sat down with Kapaʻa head coach Mike Tresler.

The International Vaccine Insitute shares strategies used in South Korea to manage the pandemic; HPR reporter Noe Tanigawa discusses using psychedelics as potential new therapies for depression; Kapa'a High School's head football coach discusses the road to winning the Garden Isle's first state championship

The International Vaccine Insitute shares strategies used in South Korea to manage the pandemic; HPR reporter Noe Tanigawa discusses using psychedelics as potential new therapies for depression; Kapa'a High School's head football coach discusses the road to winning the Garden Isle's first state championship