The 45-acre Hoʻopili Business Park in West Oʻahu has been sold to Costco for $130 million.

U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz has tested positive for COVID-19 in a breakthrough case, he announced on Thursday.

A new citizens’ group is preparing a lawsuit against the Navy over its Red Hill fuel storage facility. HPR's Noe Tanigawa reports the Wai Ola Alliance wants to ensure the fuel tanks are emptied safely and never used again.

Officials at Queen’s Health Systems have declared an internal state of emergency for its flagship hospital on Punchbowl Street in Honolulu due to rising numbers of patients and staffing shortages.

Local officials have urged residents to get a COVID booster shot, but the state says fewer than half the people eligible have gotten one. States like Vermont have administered booster doses to more than half of their populations. HPR’s Zoe Dym talks with health care workers from Hawaiʻi and Vermont to see how the state can catch up.

People are sitting out college in droves. During the pandemic, undergraduate enrollment has dropped nearly 7%. The long-term effects of this decline could have a dramatic impact on the economy.