Neighbor Island News

The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands shares updates gathered from a drone survey on the flood damage experiences across Maui County after the Kona low storms.

Terry George, CEO of the Hawaiʻi Community Foundation, introduces the Stronger Hawaiʻi Fund, which was established to provide statewide disaster relief after the Kona storms.

Hawaiʻi communities are digging out from the state's worst flooding in more than 20 years, and aid groups are rushing to support them by raising money statewide.

County officials are requesting the public’s help in determining the scope of damage from the recent Kona low storm. Each county has released online forms for residents to self-report damages to their property.

Clean up and repairs underway across the Hawaiian Islands following the powerful Kona storm.

Kauaʻi Councilmember Fern Holland shares updates and information she gathered about an immigration raid she witnessed in her neighborhood four months ago.

Maui County Councilmember Gabe Johnson talks with HPR about the first affordable housing project on Lānaʻi in 35 years and the importance of the long-awaited project.

The $50 billion federal program will be distributed to all 50 states over the next five years. The program was a compromise in President Donald Trump’s megabill, H.R. 1, as the Medicaid cuts are expected to negatively impact rural health systems.

If the federal government shutdown continues through this month, funding loss may impact flights to rural Hawai’i communities. HPR’s Catherine Cluett Pactol has the details.

Hawaiʻi’s solar energy market has been flooded with residents trying to install systems before a major tax credit expires. HPR’s Savannah Harriman-Pote has more from across the islands.