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Sophia McCullough/HPRHPR's Ashley Mizuo reports on the University of Hawaiʻi Economic Research Organization’s most recent forecast. It expects a mild recession largely due to weak tourism numbers, federal worker layoffs and volatile tariffs increasing the price of goods. -
Alex Brandon/APA group of Maui teachers were detained by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement early Tuesday morning. Several of the teachers are from the Philippines. They had J-1 visas, which allow educators from other countries to teach in the U.S.
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A company that manages more than a dozen hotels in Hawaiʻi has merged with a larger company to create a portfolio of nearly 300 properties. The combined company CEO may be a familiar face to Hawaiʻi's tourism community. We get more on that story from Pacific Business News Editor in Chief, Janis Magin. -
The Conversation's Catherine Cruz spoke to Michael Cain, administrator of the state Office of Conservation and Coastal Lands about work being proposed to deal with disappearing sands on a man-made beach and the possibility of creating a new beach on the Fort DeRussy end of Waikīkī. -
Sen. Sharon Moriwaki is a veteran lawmaker of Waikīkī. The Conversation talked to her about Waikīkī's eroding coastline and the challenges that face her district. -
The effects of climate change have caused coastal erosion along Waikīkī's shorelines. HPR talked to various people along Waikīkī's shoreline about the consequences of the ongoing coastal erosion. -
The long-term response to the Waikīkī Beach erosion is being put at the doorstep of the state Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism. The Conversation talked to Mary Alice Evans, who heads the Office of State Planning and represents DBEDT as it takes the lead on the long-term fixes and the Waikīkī resiliency plan. -
The Conversation's Catherine Cruz spoke to Dolan Eversole from the University of Hawaiʻi Sea Grant Program on the efforts to address chronic erosion and beach restoration along Waikīkī. -
The University of Hawaiʻi has unveiled a dashboard that provides detailed weather reports across the state, offering the public real-time data of the local weather, including specific data for Hawaiʻi's microclimates. About 70 monitoring stations around the state are being used to collect that data, and another 30 or so are planned to be installed. -
The Hawaiʻi County Council advanced a resolution on Tuesday that called on the county Department of Water Supply to create an online system that shows the amount of available water islandwide. -
Hawaiian Airlines is celebrating the release of the upcoming live-action movie “Lilo & Stitch” with the launch of the first of three character aircraft designs into service. -
The Conversation's DW Gibson recently spoke with residents of Waikīkī about the impacts of sea level rise and coastal erosion.
