Island Issues

We first met John D. Dawson in 2011 when the US Postal Service was issuing a bonsai stamp which John created.  He now has an ohia exhibit at Volcano Art Center inside Hawaii Volcanoes National ...Read more

Hawaii County Mayor Harry Kim and Island Issues host Sherry Bracken talked on Thursday, September 7 in his Hilo office–filmed by Big Island Video News (bigislandvideonews.com) and discussed ...Read more

Island Issues host Sherry Bracken gets the rest of the story about Kona Community Hospital–infection control, infections, financials, the search for a partner, and more, with CEO Jay Kreuzer ...Read more

Hawaii Island has three major hospitals.  Today is the first of several conversations with the top execs of each–with Jay Kreuzer, Chief Executive Officer of Kona Community Hospital.  We ...Read more

We talked story with US Senator Brian Schatz, home in Honolulu on the summer recess.  We recorded on Thursday, August 17, 2017, by phone, with Sen. Schatz in his Honolulu office. Many topics:  ...Read more

Jim Rizzuto: fishing writer (West Hawaii Today, the Monday column, since 1970!), author (several books on fishing and lures), former math teacher and counselor at Hawaii Preparatory Academy, ...Read more

Hawaii County Fire Chief Darren Rosario gives an update on all things fire, rescue, lifeguards, and medical, while Laura Mallery Sayre and Dr. Frank Sayre and Chief  talk with Island Issues host ...Read more

Wastewater:  invisible til there’s a sewer break, but it’s a costly item to address.   And the State has outlawed all cesspools in the state, which means outlawing around 50,000 ...Read more

Our guests:  head of Hawaii County Department of Environmental Management Bill Kucharski and Puna Councilmember Eileen O’Hara, who heads the Council’s Committee on Environmental ...Read more

Sean Pagett, graduate of Konawaena High, former sports columnist with West Hawaii Today, swim-and-run event organizer, continues his discussion with Island Issues host Sherry Bracken.  We talk ...Read more