Honolulu City Council Chair Tommy Waters argued that his shortened first term allowed him to run for a third term. City law only allows two consecutive terms.
HPR has created a list of ways those affected by the storm, and also how to help those in need.
Country Detours travels through the evening inversion mists along the backroads and byways of blues, soul, and country-western music. Tune in Thursday nights, 10 p.m. to midnight on HPR-1.
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Hawaiʻi's third-largest bank has been under private ownership for nearly two years. But that's about to change. We get more on that story from Pacific Business News Editor-in-Chief Janis Magin. -
Country music icon Dolly Parton is being remembered around the world, and in Hawai‘i, where she performed with local musicians. She died Tuesday at the age of 80. -
Some of the state’s most famous coffee-growing regions on Hawaiʻi Island were also among the hardest hit areas during Hurricane Lala. -
Hawaiian Electric Company VP of Communications Jim Kelly shares progress on getting the lights back on after the outages during Hurricane Lala. -
More than one million trees on Hawaiʻi Island have already been lost to the fungal disease Rapid ʻŌhiʻa Death, and Hurricane Lala may worsen that epidemic. -
One of Asia's biggest automakers is looking for new roads into the United States — including Hawaiʻi. And the strategy has a new twist. HPR's Bill Dorman has more in today's Asia Minute. -
In the middle of a busy urban center sits a fourth-generation, family-run farm tucked between the two phases of Pearlridge Mall in Central Oʻahu. Sumida Farm has been operating for nearly 100 years, cultivating and harvesting Hawaiʻi’s largest supply of watercress. -
The state Board of Agriculture and Biosecurity rejected a proposal to relax import restrictions to Maui and Lānaʻi meant to keep out the invasive coconut rhinoceros beetle, but is open to making changes to those restrictions.
HPR Music Features
September is "Classical Music Month"! HPR is celebrating with a countdown of your favorite composers and compositions, as chosen by you! The top 100 list will be revealed on HPR-2 beginning September 16. Stay tuned!
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