Queen's announced plans last year to build a new 80-bed hospital in Kona. Now, the state is kicking in $50 million to partner with Hawaiʻi Health Systems Corporation to build an outpatient center to complement the new facility.

Honolulu’s city council has authorized a $1 million settlement for the family of a 16-year-old boy shot and killed by police in 2021. The death of Iremamber Sykap highlighted local racism toward Micronesians amid a national focus on police use of force.

U.S. Postal Service carrier Jim Finnigan and owner of the small business Red Pinneapple spoke to The Conversation's Catherine Cruz about shipping and holiday services.

Biologists David Sischo and Michael Hadfield spoke to The Conversation's Catherine Cruz at the opening of the Honolulu Zoo’s newest exhibit space focusing on native snails.

Maui Film Commissioner Brian Kohne spoke with HPR’s DW Gibson about the newly announced Wailuku Film Festival set to launch in June 2026.

By the end of 2025, the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands will have spent $120 million of the $600 million appropriated by the state Legislature in 2022 to develop homestead lots for beneficiaries.

After years of community pushback, the Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting will hold a public hearing for the project developers to plead their case and for the public to weigh in. The department hasn’t set a date yet for the hearing.

Officials voted to extend the late pandemic era program that was set to expire this month. HPR's Savannah Harriman-Pote has more.

Waikulu will be home to Maui's newest film festival; The Honolulu Zoo has a new exhibit featuring rare endemic snails

Lahaina recovery marks a milestone as the town’s burned harbor reopens with limited use. HPR’s Catherine Cluett Pactol has more.