A Japanese rocket is heading toward Mars today. It's on a historic mission that is scheduled to take five years, and may answer some lingering mysteries about the origins of our solar system. HPR's Bill Dorman has more in today's Asia Minute.

OHA is looking for its third CEO in the past four years. The search comes at a pivotal time as five seats on the Board of Trustees are up for reelection and its deposed CEO Stacy Ferreira is legally challenging the agency and its nine trustees, alleging that her leave was retaliation and that the board violated sunshine and whistleblower laws.

Aloun Kauaʻi Farming is making the request to the Agribusiness Development Corporation for the three-year recovery package. It would help AKF with more than 530 acres of land used for farming, and about 140 acres for the Kauaʻi Shrimp farm.

Director Jordan Manley and producer Kathy Muneno discuss their film “The Navigator,” set to debut at the Hawaiʻi International Film Festival.

Voting rights organizations rally in the streets to get the vote out ahead of General Election Day, Nov. 3.

The United States Postal Service has not been delivering mail to rebuilt homes in Lahaina following the 2023 wildfires. As HPR’s Catherine Cluett Pactol reports, that policy has received widespread pushback from Lahaina homeowners and officials, and the postal service has responded.

Historical costume designer Iris Gil Viacrusis explains the history and details behind his reproduction of Princess Kaʻiulani’s ball gown.

The question will be posed to residents as immigration raids and arrests have increased around the country — including in Hawaiʻi — during the Trump administration.