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The state has a new plan to move displaced Maui residents sheltering in hotels into more permanent housing. HPR's Ashley Mizuo explains how the state plans to reach its goal of having families out of temporary housing by May.
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Ready for an earthquake drill? A global one? That's what will happen at 10:20 a.m. on Thursday. Here in the islands, it’s being billed as the Great Hawaiʻi ShakeOut. Thousands have signed up so far locally.
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The Hawaiʻi Emergency Management Agency teamed up with architecture students at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa to create a prototype of a temporary shelter called Wiki Hale.
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Hurricane season officially started Wednesday. Meteorologists predict a below-average season with only two to four tropical cyclones for the Central Pacific region. But the Hawaiʻi Emergency Management Agency is asking residents to make preparations in the event that a hurricane, or another extreme weather event, hits the state.
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The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is sending a larger COVID-19 team to the Big Island Thursday to help contain the coronavirus outbreak at the Yukio…
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Hawai?i needs to import 3,000 tons of food per day to keep grocery store shelves stocked around the state. All of those goods come into one place: the…
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On Tuesday, Governor David Ige released a road map for reforming the Hawai?i Emergency Management Agency. Failures of management, protocol, an technology…
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The State Legislature is considering a number of bills in the aftermath of the False Missile Alert Jan 13th. HPR’s Wayne Yoshioka reports. House Bill 2582…
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The former administrator of what used to be called State Civil Defense agrees the top brass had to step down. He supports closer coordination with the…
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Hawai‘i residents were stunned Saturday morning by what turned out to be a false alarm of an incoming ballistic missile. While state emergency officials…