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Seaman Krystal Diaz/Navy Closure Task Force - Red Hill/DVIDSFamilies on the Navy water system say there is new contamination in their tap water. They say samples they sent to labs have come back with traces of forever chemicals known as PFAS. The Conversation talked to Marti Townsend, the chair of the Red Hill Community Representation Initiative. -
Hawaiʻi Public RadioWhen we think about comedy in Hawaiʻi, names like Tumua Tuinei and Frank De Lima come to mind. These days, the Hawaii Comedy Festival carries on that tradition by showcasing original comedy by local performers and writers. Founder Kimee Balmilero sat down to talk about what attendees can expect at the Doris Duke Theatre on May 17 and 18.
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Local health officials say testing on West Maui residents shows no evidence of widespread lead exposure from last summer’s wildfires. -
Nalani Jenkins, Lehua Kalima and Angela Morales of Na Leo Pilimehana are spending this year giving back to the community that embraced their talent at an early age. -
This Mother's Day, many will celebrate by going out to brunch or dinner. Istanbul Hawaii on Oʻahu is one restaurant that expects to serve the Sunday Mother's Day crowd. It's owned by the mother-daughter team Nili Yildirim and Ahu Hettema. -
Condominium residents of the Courtyards at Waipouli Apartments on Kauaʻi are concerned that they will be displaced once the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands acquires the property. -
The state will continue to see economic growth, but at a slower pace compared to previous years, according to the latest forecast from the University of Hawaiʻi Economic Research Organization, or UHERO. -
Hawaiian Electric has rebuilt a backup power line to West Maui that can feed electricity to about 11,000 people. The line serves as a redundancy in case one of the other lines or circuits goes out of service. -
Interim housing developments taking shape on Maui offer a sense of hope to fire survivors. HPR's Catherine Cluett Pactol spoke with one family who just moved into their new modular home. But no matter where fire survivors find housing, there's no place like home. -
Hawai‘i has seen an uptick in its nursing workforce, according to a 2023 Nursing Workforce Supply Report released this week. -
Strides are being made toward solving Hawaiʻi's health care worker shortage. Pacific Business News editor in chief A. Kam Napier has more on recent efforts to boost the nursing workforce. -
Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke is leading the Ready Keiki initiative to provide more preschools across the islands to help struggling families. Speaking to The Conversation, she shared the news that Ready Keiki will expand with additional preschool sites this fall.
