Segment 2 of the Skyline rail system, which will run from the Daniel K. Inouye Airport to Middle Street, opens to the public Thursday, bringing a few disruptions to TheBus lines that run along the rail.

The company that manages TheBus is warning riders of a possible labor strike by bus employees. HPR talked to Jenny Lemaota, senior vice president and deputy general manager for OTS, on Tuesday morning.

Recipients between 55 and 64 years old, parents with children over 13 years old, people experiencing homelessness, and youth between 18 and 24 years old transitioning out of foster care will be required to work at least 80 hours a month to qualify for SNAP, formerly known as food stamps.

The UH system currently relies on a historical budget, meaning it only changes in small, predetermined increments, rather than a more responsive budget that adjusts to fluctuations in metrics like enrollment, infrastructure costs, or hiring needs.

Gov. Josh Green has entered Hawaiʻi into an agreement with JERA, Japan’s largest energy company, to move ahead with a plan to import liquefied natural gas to power Oʻahu’s grid. HPR has requested a full copy of the agreement.

Kāwika Lewis and his ʻohana are the land stewards at ʻĀina University, which perpetuates traditional cultural practices, aiming to bring the ahupuaʻa system back. HPR's Hannah Kaʻiulani Coburn has more.

Randy Perreira, head of the Hawaiʻi AFL-CIO, shares his thoughts on President Trump's threats to withhold back pay from furloughed workers.

Archeologist and anthropologist Tim Scheffler spoke to HPR's Maddie Bender about a mysterious “pictogram” he found nearly 12 years ago in a cave near Pāhoa Town on Hawaiʻi Island.

U.S. Rep. Jill Tokuda spoke to The Conversation's Catherine Cruz about air traffic controllers and other federal workers during the government shutdown.

A new grant for the University of Hawaiʻi’s Water Resource and Research Center will help researchers analyze how fecal contaminants are transferred between shores and the ocean.