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List of emergency shelters ahead of Hurricane Nolo (opens the original)
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Hawaiʻi County and Maui County have opened shelters ahead of Hurricane Nolo. Shelter occupants are encouraged to bring their own food, water and necessary medicine. Shelters are pet friendly but occupants must bring a crate and a leash. The County of Maui will open emergency shelters at 12 p.m. Friday. Emergency shelters are equipped with charging stations for personal electronic devices. Residents should bring their own bedding, food, drinking water, medications, charging cables and other essen
'Slow-moving trainwreck': Economist discusses Hawaiʻi's struggles with airfare and AI (opens the original)
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The 2026 Hawaiʻi Tourism Conference has kicked off at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort. The event runs for two days from Sept. 24 to 25 and features panels on a variety of tourism topics, including a session on airfares and how global current events could affect consumer confidence in travel. Economists are also set to meet at the end of the week to discuss AI and its impact on industries that generate money for the state. Economist Paul Brewbaker is a principal of TZ Economics,
Former City Councilmember reflects on the anniversary of his life-saving surgery (opens the original)
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Different countries across the globe mark different times to raise awareness about organ transplants. The U.S. recognizes National Donor Day on Feb. 14, while this year the British mark Sept. 21-27 as Organ Donation Week — but on any day, there are thousands on the transplant list waiting for an organ to be available. And the need can happen for anyone — like Honolulu's own Gary Gill. The former City Councilmember and Environmental Deputy Health Director just marked a year since undergoing liver
HECO braces for Nolo as crews return home after Hurricane Lowell (opens the original)
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The National Weather Service is anticipating Tropical Storm Nolo to develop into a hurricane on Thursday evening that will pass closest to the island of Hawaiʻi. Nolo could bring up to 30 inches of rain, increasing the likelihood of flash flooding. Gov. Josh Green announced closures on Hawaiʻi Island and Maui for University of Hawaiʻi campuses, public schools, parks and state and county offices. Nolo comes at a time when state resources have already been strained by previous hurricanes Lala and
From the archives: The history behind naming Hawaiian hurricanes (opens the original)
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Tropical Storm Nolo joins Lala and Moke as tropical storms and hurricanes that have been given ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi names this hurricane season. The name Nolo, which means "filled full" or "crowded," was picked from a list reserved for storms formed in Hawaiian waters. But how was the list of Hawaiian storm names decided? HPR is republishing this 2014 story by former HPR reporter Molly Solomon on the history of Hawaiian tropical storm names. What's in a name? In the case of Hawaiian hurricanes — quite
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