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LATEST NEWS FROM THE NETWORK
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Hawaiʻi Braces For Cuts That Could Strip Medicaid From Tens Of Thousands
July 14, 2025
Community health clinics offer a window into how the state might be impacted by hundreds of millions of dollars in cuts expected in the coming years.
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Kauaʻi’s Embattled Drug Addiction Treatment Center For Youth Is No Longer Empty
June 30, 2025
A new day treatment program has already graduated dozens of adolescents.
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Micronesians Are Suffering From Advanced Breast Cancer. Mammograms Could Help
June 26, 2025
Micronesians are less likely to get mammograms than women overall in Hawaiʻi. Community advocates say public health officials need to break down barriers to early screening.
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Kauaʻi Tackles Child Care Crisis With New Spaces And Baby-Friendly Workplaces
May 30, 2025
Solving the problem is seen as an important step in helping recruit and retain much-needed workers on the Garden Island. Initiatives could be models for the rest of the state.
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ICE Takes Aim At Immigrant Kids In Big Island’s Coffee Belt
May 02, 2025
President Trump has said he wants to deport hardened criminals. But on Hawaiʻi, agents are snaring undocumented children and their adult relatives.
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Hawaiʻi Farmers And Ranchers Face $46 Million In Federal Funding Cuts
April 23, 2025
The USDA decision has led to lost jobs, confusion and a setback on climate initiatives in the agricultural sector.
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Proposed Funding Cuts Could Reduce Access To Hawaiʻi Libraries
April 21, 2025
Potential cuts to staff and construction funds for the state library system also come amid ongoing uncertainty around federal support.
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Kaua’i Billionaire Wants To Sell Prime Ag Land. The State Might Buy It
April 14, 2025
Buying the land could keep it out of developers’ hands forever but some say the $39 million price tag may be too hefty for Hawaiʻi.
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Federal Cuts May Clip Wings Of Hawaiʻi’s Endangered Birds
March 07, 2025
Workers who had hoped to spend their careers supporting these at-risk local species have been let go. Now, who might take over remains up in the air.
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Laid Off Federal Workers: Hawaiʻi Governor Wants You For State Vacancies
February 18, 2025
State government has struggled to fill vacancies and nearly a third of its workers will be eligible for retirement in the next five years.
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Lahaina Disaster Still A ‘Relentless Presence’ In Fire Survivors’ Lives
February 11, 2025
Court documents filed in a wildfire compensation lawsuit give an unprecedented look at the struggles fire survivors continue to face.
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Hawaiʻi’s Fishing Industry Wants You To Know Where That Fresh Ahi Came From
January 27, 2025
State lawmakers have introduced a bill to ban the sale of raw ahi in retail establishments unless it carries a label that says the country where the tuna was landed.
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Kauaʻi Rooster Farm Stokes Cockfighting Criticism
January 08, 2025
A token of country life, roosters are stirring up a fraught debate over the right to raise noisy fowl and the right to a good night’s sleep in Hawai‘i.
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This Remote Hawaiian Island Had Vanished. Here’s Why Its Comeback Is Crucial
November 14, 2024
The storm destroyed a primary nesting site for endangered sea turtles and monk seals. East Island’s reemergence in this remote atoll has become an unexpected sign of resilience against climate change.
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Rural Hawaiian Homelands Residents Should Be Online By 2025
October 31, 2024
Most Hawaiian homesteaders have switched from Sandwich Isles to either Spectrum or Hawaiian Telcom.
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