Hawaiʻi lawmakers introduced at least four bills in the current legislative session that would legalize limited amounts of marijuana for recreational use. The proposals elicit strong opinions from both sides of the issue. Join the live conversation on INSIGHTS. Phone in or leave us a comment on Facebook or Twitter. INSIGHTS is also streamed live on our website and PBS Hawaiʻi’s Facebook page.

Meet Ron Edmonds, Grace and Paul Atkins and Mick Kalber, four eyewitnesses to history. From documenting the world’s most active volcano, covering some of the most memorable news stories in Hawaiʻi and on the mainland to capturing video footage of our ever-changing environment, these four have stories to share.

State lawmakers are considering ways to help the Department of Hawaiian Homelands overcome years of inefficiency in putting Native Hawaiians on homestead land the department holds in trust. A resort casino on DHHL land near Kapolei, Oʻahu is one idea being floated.

Growing up barefoot and carefree in the wild outdoors of Kaua‘i, no one predicted David Kuraoka would find his calling in the confines of a ceramics studio. Even after becoming a widely celebrated ceramics artist, he managed to straddle two very different worlds: his job as an art professor at San Francisco State University and summers spent in the vast wilderness of Kalalau Valley on Kaua‘i’s Nā Pali Coast.

The COVID-19 pandemic forced an almost complete stop to organized sports activities for youth in Hawaiʻi including most high school sports as well as little league baseball, youth soccer, and keiki football and basketball. How is this affecting our children? Join the conversation on COVID-19: School and Youth Sports, Thursday on Insights on PBS Hawaiʻi.

As the daughter of a wildlife biologist father and kumu hula mother, Ulalia Woodside’s passion for the natural world was rooted in her since childhood. This early passion blossomed into a career in protecting Hawai‘i’s diverse natural resources. She is now Executive Director of The Nature Conservancy of Hawai‘i.

Many of Hawaiʻi’s tenants who were laid off or suffered a reduction in hours and/or pay because of the coronavirus are struggling to pay their rent. While Governor David Ige has imposed an eviction moratorium that runs through February 14, the moratorium does not guarantee rental housing.

From political struggles to the modern Hawaiian Sovereignty movement, activist photographer Ed Greevy has been capturing Hawaiʻi history since the 1970s. The LA native came to Hawaiʻi to surf as the Save Our Surf movement was ramping up, and it made him aware of threats to surfing breaks on the south shore. He documented this and other land development conflicts over the past 40 years and now has an archive of over 100,000 images.

Get a COVID-19 vaccine. Wear a mask. Stay at least 6 feet apart. Avoid crowds. Wash your hands. These are messages we have heard over the past year as we've had to battle and navigate COVID-19 across the country and here in our state. What more can we do? Will a COVID-19 vaccine help? When will I be able to get one? What are the side effects? What's happening in our hospitals? Join us for a conversation with administrators at Hawaiʻi hospitals, and get the answers to the questions that you have.

Most colleges and universities went to virtual classrooms as COVID-19 swept the nation, eliminating in-person learning and interaction for thousands of students. How are these changes affecting students currently enrolled, as well as high school seniors considering whether to go to college at all?