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Pixabay/A former Hawaiʻi Department of Health official says the most frustrating part of working with the Navy to fix the Red Hill situation is coordinating with the multiple departments and chains of command. -
Mike Mozart/CC BY 2.0 / FlickrThe 45-acre Hoʻopili Business Park in West Oʻahu has been sold to Costco for $130 million.
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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.
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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.
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Residents of an Oʻahu housing complex are asking a judge to stop their landlord from charging them rent until their tap water is safe from contamination. Kapilina Beach Homes in ʻEwa Beach used to be Navy housing.
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How much do you know about poet and author Paul Laurence Dunbar? His life and work will be featured in an upcoming local production at TAG: The Actors Group. The Conversation talked with producer Derrick Brown and researcher Larry Bartley to learn more.
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To help navigate new COVID-19 drugs, The Conversation spoke with Kaiser’s infectious disease specialist Dr. Tarquin Collins. He walked us through four drugs, starting with Paxlovid.
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The Navy water contamination crisis caught the attention of Task and Purpose, an online outlet focused on military issues. The Conversation talked to reporter Haley Britzky, who has written stories about the plight of displaced families and the response to the water crisis.
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Earthjustice and the Sierra Club say they are cautiously optimistic about the prospect of the Navy removing fuel from its Red Hill storage facility.
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The head of the union representing public school teachers says he’s disappointed with the new COVID-19 isolation and quarantine guidelines, calling them reactive rather than proactive.
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Three former high-ranking Honolulu officials were arrested on Wednesday for allegedly conspiring to hide the source of public funds used to get then-Police Chief Louis Kealoha to retire amid a corruption investigation. They pleaded not guilty, HPR’s Scott Kim reports.
