Safety

The Supreme Court says it'll take up its latest gun rights case and consider striking down strict regulations on where people can carry firearms in Hawaiʻi. President Donald Trump's Republican administration had urged the justices to take the case, arguing the law violates the court's 2022 ruling that found people have a right to carry firearms in public under the Second Amendment. The Hawaiʻi law bans guns on private property unless the owner has specifically allowed them.

A volunteer effort to protect a Lahaina school campus from future fire risk is bringing the community together. As HPR’s Catherine Cluett Pactol reports, it’s just the start of a long-term initiative with safety in mind.

Honolulu councilmembers pushed the city Department of Emergency Management for more coordination and public awareness for evacuation plans following the July tsunami warning.

Australian scientists have tested bite-resistant wetsuits by letting sharks bite them at sea. The study shows these suits can help keep swimmers safe.

The Kauaʻi utility has yet to share if and how customers' bills may increase to pay for the costs of the utility’s plan, but KIUC Chief of Operations Brad Rockwell told the commission that the utility was keeping possible impacts to ratepayers in mind.

Maui County officials have lifted evacuation orders for residents living near a wildfire that broke out late Tuesday. Before the situation improved, emergency sirens sounded and police went door-to-door evacuating residents.

The Conversation spoke with Travis Counsell, the head of the Hawaiʻi Bicycling League, on Friday. He's glad that road safety is getting more attention. Some 2,000 cyclists will take part in the organization's Honolulu Century Ride this Sunday. Watch out for traffic closures!

University of Hawaiʻi leadership is meeting with federal Department of Education officials to discuss funding cuts; More than 2,000 cyclists are expected to take part in the Honolulu Century Ride

The House Public Safety Committee urged the Honolulu Department of Emergency Management to better identify where people should go in the case of a higher category hurricane.

The estimated cost of the damages is about $3.3 million, according to the Hawaiʻi Agricultural Foundation, which oversees about 800 acres of farm land in the Kunia area of Oʻahu. Most of that comes from the value of destroyed specialty crops like breadfruit, mango and banana.