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Bills at the Legislature and groups like Lahaina Strong are pressing for faster solutions and phasing out vacation rentals. The Conversation talked to Kelly Lee with the Hawaiʻi Mid and Short-term Rental Alliance about her group's stance.
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Instead of sharing various music and dances from around Polynesia, the resort’s focus is the paniolo, or the Hawaiian cowboy. The Conversation talked to Resort Manager Joey Woofter about "Paniolo, A Hawaiian Cowboy Lūʻau."
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A popular hiking trail in Upcountry Maui is set to reopen to residents and visitors next month. HPR’s Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi reports damage from wildfire and high winds have kept the Waihou Spring Forest Reserve and Trail in Makawao closed since last August.
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Every year, more than a million people enjoy the beach parks in the coastal community of Keaukaha on Hawaiʻi Island, according to a grassroots-led data collection effort over the last year known as Waiʻuli We Count. HPR’s Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi has more.
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Last week, a judge ordered a 10-day work stoppage for the Kauanoe O Kōloa project, a 279-unit development that has received backlash from members of the Native Hawaiian community.
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This year, the minimum wage in Hawaiʻi has gone up, and so have the salaries of some government employees. But in Japan, pay is moving up much faster — and that may eventually have an impact here on the islands. HPR's Bill Dorman has more in today's Asia Minute.
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On Aug. 8 and in the days after, Lisa Paulson led a group of tourism managers on a mission to evacuate over 12,000 tourists from the Valley Isle.
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Former HPD detective on the murder-suicide in Mānoa; Local woman honored for evacuating 12,000 tourists during the Lahaina wildfire; New video game set in Honolulu
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There's a tourism concept growing in the Asia Pacific that might also work here in these islands. HPRʻs Bill Dorman has more in todayʻs Asia Minute.
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The fate of a controversial development on the south side of Hawaiʻi Island remains in limbo after a public hearing in Hilo stretched more than eight hours into Thursday evening. HPR's Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi reports.