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The Hawaiʻi Department of Accounting and General Services will construct a monument of two concrete columns with a gap between them, symbolizing the rift between the two sides of the labor conflict that left 20 people dead. The memorial is expected to be completed in 2026.
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The Kauaʻi Humane Society has no more space for pets — and is asking the public for help. The organization is currently housing 578 animals.
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A detection in a sample collected on Dec. 11 was so low that it wasn’t considered a positive. Samples collected on Dec. 18 and Jan. 8 also had similar low detections.
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In this year of our community forests, HPR has been highlighting programs in place to help engage people across the state. In honor of that, The Conversation spoke to former National Tropical Botanical Garden President and CEO Chipper Wichman about its 60 years of work.
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HPR met two staffers who tend to the ʻulu forest daily at the McBryde Garden on Kauaʻi. The Conversation talked to Neal Uno and Julia Ávila with the National Tropical Botanical Garden's Breadfruit Institute about the plant.
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Negotiations with management ended Monday night with no agreement on a new contract.
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About 1,900 unionized nurses working at Queen’s Medical Center will hold a three-day strike later this month as they continue contract negotiations.
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One solution that’s been proposed for land degradation, both around the world and in Hawaiʻi, is agroforestry. The Conversation spoke to John Parziale, the director of agroecology at Common Ground Kauaʻi, about agroforestry.
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A tiny Hawaiian honeycreeper, the ‘anianiau, found only on Kaua’i, is now in residence off-exhibit at the Honolulu Zoo. The Kauaʻi Forest Bird Recovery Project is behind the efforts. The Conversation talked to Cali Crampton and Nicole Suckow to learn more.
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The Kauaʻi-based National Tropical Botanical Garden's prized loulu palms are being closely monitored as the beetles were discovered on Kauaʻi last year. The Conversation talked to various employees about the race to protect the palms.