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LATEST NEWS FROM THE NETWORK
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Hawaiʻi Road Deaths Hit 18-Year Peak Last Year. Most Other States Dropped
January 13, 2026
Hawaiʻi was one of just six U.S. states where the rate of road deaths in 2025 rose compared to 2024.
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VIDEO: O‘ahu’s North Shore Erosion Leaves Homeowners Without Solutions
January 12, 2026
Residents are struggling to protect their homes from falling into the ocean without violating environmental protections that preserve the island’s iconic beaches.
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Hawaiʻi ICE Arrests And Detentions In 2025 Spiked From Year Before
January 06, 2026
The data shows that most of the arrests this year were “at-large”, meaning they occurred in public spaces such as courts, streets and workplaces.
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Kauaʻi Renters Are Fighting A Hawaiian Homesteads Condo Project
December 18, 2025
Residents of an apartment complex on Kaua‘i who are being displaced by a Hawaiian homesteads project are having a tough time finding rentals on the small island with a lack of housing units.
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A Month After Kauaʻi ICE Raid, Questions Linger
December 04, 2025
Weeks later, confusion and fear lingers and the Kauaʻi community remains on edge.
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Hawai‘i Farmers Are Investing In Tech To Protect Property And Livestock
November 24, 2025
Hawaiʻi farmers and ranchers are adopting new forms of technology at a rapid pace.
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Going Hungry In Hawaiʻi? Government Shutdown To Halt Food Stamps
October 27, 2025
More than 150,000 Hawaiʻi residents will not receive their food stamps next month, as effects of the budget impasse strike widely into daily life.
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What Toxic Legacy Did This Abandoned Sugar Mill Leave Behind?
October 24, 2025
The owner of the land tied to a former sugar mill wants to develop housing on the site but must make sure hazardous plantation-era remnants are cleared.
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Waiʻanae Goes All In With New $17M Facility To Boost Food Security
October 03, 2025
A 15-acre campus is expected to include a food bank, fruit trees, community kitchen, wastewater treatment center and more.
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Hawaiʻi Will Soon Be Home To The World’s Biggest Land-Based Seaweed Farm
September 25, 2025
A Big Island aquaculture company is greatly expanding its seaweed farm in Kona to supercharge production of algae-based supplements that reduce planet-warming cow burps.
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Photo Essay: Kalaupapa National Historical Park Reopens
September 22, 2025
Kalaupapa Saints Tour brings visitors back to Molokaʻi’s top tourist attraction.
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Molokaʻi Residents Fight To Keep Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle Off Their Island
August 26, 2025
As the invasive pest shows up on all the other Main Hawaiian Islands, residents of Molokaʻi say the state is not doing enough to ensure they don’t meet the same fate.
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Hilo Family Fights To Bring A Missing Woman Home From Oʻahu’s Streets
August 20, 2025
A 33-year-old woman with mental struggles disappeared after she was medevaced from Hilo to The Queen’s Medical Center. Then she ended up on the unfamiliar streets of Honolulu.
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Report: Hawaiʻi’s False Killer Whales Trending Toward Extinction
August 14, 2025
A new report finds that efforts to protect the dolphins are not working. Experts blame both fishing vessels and NOAA.
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See A Bird’s-Eye View Of Lahaina’s Fire Recovery
August 07, 2025
Aerial photos reveal changes big and small in Lahaina and Upcountry as the island continues to rebuild and recover from the 2023 fires.
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