Residents of fire-prone Waikōloa Village were hopeful that they would get a new evacuation route this year. Work on an egress road started under former Hawaiʻi County Mayor Mitch Roth, but now the new mayoral administration is casting doubt on the project. HPR's Savannah Harriman-Pote has more.

Around Hawaiʻi, communities celebrate "Ke Aliʻi Makaʻāinana," or "the prince of the people" on Prince Kūhiō's birthday today. His legacy lives on across the state as many honor his service to the Hawaiian people.

Hawaiʻi County Prosecuting Attorney Kelden Waltjen noted that local children who run away from their families face the highest risk of being trafficked because of their vulnerability and lack of stability.

It’s been over 80 years since the United States and Allied forces fought Japan in the Battle of Guadalcanal. Today, communities in the Solomon Islands are still dealing with the unexploded devices that were left behind. With the Pacific News Minute, HPR's Derrick Malama reports.

An ʻIolani School senior recently took home a top prize at the nation’s oldest science research competition for high school students. Logan Lee traveled to Washington, D.C., earlier this month for the Society for Science's Regeneron Science Talent Search, where he presented his research on mosquitoes.

A new UHERO report looks into how construction liability litigation is hampering Hawaiʻi's housing market. The Conversation talked to UHERO housing researcher Trey Gordner about the findings.

The City and County of Honolulu is planning to invest $100 million into mixed-use development — which includes transforming Iwilei Center. But the state law that allows the city to finance that type of development will sunset in 2028, the year Iwilei Center is expected to break ground.