Hawaiʻi Public Radio is rooted in community. HPR reporters set out to uplift voices from across the Hawaiian Islands this year.
People healing from the devastating 2023 Maui wildfires. Perpetuating farming culture on Kauaʻi. A medical Hail Mary that took a local woman to Tennessee. Changed shopping habits in a challenging year for consumers.
Join us as we look back on some of our favorite community stories from 2025.
Following the Maui fires in 2023, the community came together to help and provide for fire survivors and their families. Maui Ocean Adventures, a Lahaina charter company, opened for business just two weeks before the wildfires swept through Lahaina…