The Hawaiian Humane Society is reminding residents that pets are sensitive to loud noises and bright flashes. It released a list of precautions on keeping pets safe to minimize how many run away from home or get hurt.

Aaron Salā, the cultural creative producer for Cirque du Soleil’s ʻAuana, spoke to HPR’s DW Gibson about the show as it reaches its first anniversary.

Dan Dinell, the son of the University of Hawaiʻi urban planning professor Tom Dinell, spoke with The Conversation's Catherine Cruz about his father's passing earlier this month.

As the one-year mark after the deadly fireworks explosion on Oʻahu nears, local officials are urging the public not to use illegal fireworks during New Year’s celebrations.

This month, services were held to celebrate the life of Gloria Marks, one of the last surviving patients of Kalaupapa, Molokaʻi. She was among the thousands once banished to the remote peninsula because she had leprosy, now known as Hansen’s disease.

Maui County is considering replacing two of its fixed bus routes with on-demand, microtransit services.

ʻIolani Palace in Honolulu used to host the Malihini Christmas Tree celebration, where wealthy newcomers who wanted to give back to the community would buy gifts and provide food for thousands of underserved keiki in Hawaiʻi. One picture from the event has red parentheses marked around a man.

Carol MacLennan, author of the 2014 book “Sovereign Sugar: Industry and Environment in Hawaiʻi," spoke with HPR’s Maddie Bender about the history of the Big Five sugar industry.

University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa economics professor Nori Tarui and UH Shidler College of Business graduate student Muhammad Talal Khan spoke with HPR's Maddie Bender about their research into sea level rise and its impact on Hawaiʻi's real estate value.

State Sen. Glenn Wakai, who represents District 15, which encompasses the Salt Lake-Āliamanu area, spoke to The Conversation's Catherine Cruz about the fatal fireworks explosion that took place last New Year's Eve.