Despite concerns over cultural preservation and climate change, a small plot of state-owned land in Wailua, Kauaʻi, near the old Coco Palms Resort, will be put up for public auction. The Board of Land and Natural Resources voted 4-2 to offer the parcel to the highest bidder. HPR's Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi reports.

Molokaʻi educator Gandharva Mahina Hou Ross has been selected from applicants worldwide for a month-long deep sea exploration this summer. He'll help translate the scientific discoveries of E/V Nautilus into educational opportunities. HPR's Catherine Cluett Pactol has more about his voyage.

Lahaina town's Yuna Lee is finishing her first year at Gonzaga University, majoring in civil engineering and minoring in business. Two weeks before Lee was supposed to leave for college in Spokane, Washington, her family home was destroyed in the Aug. 8 fires.

Community complaints about abandoned vehicles and rubbish prompted the action to clean up the area. Social service providers have been offering assistance to people living at the harbor, according to Maui County.

An NPR story by tech reporter Dara Kerr about billionaire Marc Benioff buying land in and around Waimea on Hawaiʻi Island caused a stir when it was published in February. The Conversation's Russell Subiono talked to several people who championed Benioff's philanthropy and felt the NPR piece did not tell the whole story.

Community reaction to an NPR reporter's revelations about billionaire Marc Benioff's land acquisitions in Waimea; The scramble to keep water access for the popular Camp Erdman through the summer

Community reaction to an NPR reporter's revelations about billionaire Marc Benioff's land acquisitions in Waimea; The scramble to keep water access for the popular Camp Erdman through the summer

Maui County's new Recovery Permitting Center opening next week will assist residents with building permits for structures burned in the wildfires.

Kauaʻi Habitat for Humanity acquired six properties in Kīlauea from non-profit workforce housing developer Permanently Affordable Living Hawaiʻi. It's estimated that the house offerings may be out as soon as the end of May.

The statement released by Maui County provided clarifications on various details including when Mayor Richard Bissen issued a county emergency proclamation. The county says it produced hundreds of pages of documents to investigators. State Attorney General Anne Lopez says she welcomes the county supplementing the facts.