Hawaiʻi Island

A charter school on Hawaiʻi Island is expanding its footprint. It’s not your typical charter school — in fact, clowning around is encouraged at its Puna district campus. Hawaii’s Volcano Circus Executive Director Morgan Langham spoke with The Conversation about what the unconventional school has in mind and how the community has responded.

Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani and his agent have moved to dismiss a lawsuit accusing them of causing a real estate investor and broker to be fired from a $240 million luxury housing development in Hawaiʻi. The lawsuit was filed in August by developer Kevin J. Hayes Sr. and real estate broker Tomoko Matsumoto.

Peter Kannberg, associate researcher at the University of Hawaiʻi spoke to HPR's DW Gibson about the search for fresh water underneath the ocean floor.

Farm Link Hawaiʻi's Claire Sullivan on the recent announcement that it will be carrying fresh milk from Hawaiʻi's last dairy farm, Cloverleaf Dairy, on Hawaiʻi Island; Bahman Sadeghi, who bought the Meadow Gold processing plant on Hawaiʻi Island five years ago, discusses the history of Hawaiʻi's dairy business.

Hawaiʻi Island Community Health Center's street medicine program is growing to address the need for health care services for people experiencing homelessness.

A Native Hawaiian nonprofit has successfully preserved Hawaiʻi Island land for generations to come. ‘Anaeho‘omalu Kapalaoa, a 27-acre plot of land in Waikoloa Resort, will now be permanently protected by Nā ‘Ōiwi O Pu‘uanahulu, a Native Hawaiian descendant-led nonprofit.

The Food Basket and Hawaiʻi County’s Department of Research and Development announced a $500,000 grant program to fight the island’s food insecurity issue.

The Hawaiʻi County Council has passed a resolution signaling that it wants to end the military’s presence at the Pōhakuloa Training Area — or at least task the military with taking better care of the land.

Honolulu Landing, a 364-acre stretch of coastline in Hawaiʻi Island’s Puna district, is on the market for just under $4 million. Some Hawaiʻi County Council members and Puna residents are urgently pushing to protect it from private buyers.

A Hawaiʻi Island health care provider facing federal funding cuts has received a $1 million grant to support operations from the Stupski Foundation.