Earlier this month, military planes dropped food, school supplies, gifts, and fishing gear to nearly 60 remote islands in the South Pacific. HPR's Derrick Malama has more in the Pacific News Minute.

The announcement comes amid a legal challenge to the schools’ admission policy, which gives preference to Native Hawaiian students.

A federal judge's ruling allows Hawaiʻi's new tourist tax, which includes a levy on cruise ship passengers, to take effect in 2026. The tax aims to raise funds to address climate change issues like ...

Honolulu Fire Department Deputy Fire Chief Jason Samala spoke to The Conversation's Catherine Cruz about staying safe through the upcoming holidays.

Gov. Josh Green has made recent appointments to the state Commission on Water Resource Management, the Board of Agriculture and Biosecurity, and the Hawaiʻi State Ethics Commission.

It’s the time of year for many holiday celebrations, observances, and a popular time for travel. HPR’s Bill Dorman has more on some of this year’s most popular regional holiday destinations in today’s ...

The team behind Hawaiʻi Public Radio’s daily news and talk show, The Conversation, looks back on some of their favorite headlines for this 2025 end-of-year roundup.

Gov. Josh Green's budget proposal for the upcoming fiscal year that begins on July 1, 2026, attempts to balance federal funding uncertainty for programs like Medicaid and SNAP.

Surfer and scientist Cliff Kapono spoke with HPR’s Maddie Bender about his feature in the mini-documentary called “The Smartest Surfer in the World." ...

Dr. Jim Ireland, director of the Honolulu Emergency Medical Services Department, spoke to The Conversation's Catherine Cruz about a new strain of flu that is circulating around the globe.

Twenty-three Kauaʻi families have moved into new homes under the county's Lima Ola Project Workforce Housing Development project.

Dec. 23, 2025 marks one year since the ongoing eruption at Kīlauea began, bringing glowing displays of lava and fountains sometimes as tall as the Empire State Building.