News – K.L.E.A.N. Hawaii
by Corie James | Feb 7, 2022 | Blog | 0 Comments
As we finished up another year battling COVID-19, there are hopes of the virus slowing down. This is, however, not a time to let your guard down. COVID-19 is still very active both in the state and around the world. While we remain hopeful that the virus may “die…
by Corie James | Aug 31, 2021 | Blog | 0 Comments
Over the past several weeks, the state has seen higher than ever before recorded COVID-19 infections sweep the counties and begin to overwhelm Hawaii’s healthcare systems. Oahu’s Leeward coast has entered into crisis mode as the area holds some of the highest COVID…
by Corie James | May 31, 2021 | Blog | 0 Comments
June 1st marks the start of hurricane season here in Hawaii, which lasts through November. Last year, the islands became dangerously close to being struck with a devastating hurricane Douglas, which thankfully changed course and avoided a deadly threat to the islands….
by Corie James | Mar 31, 2021 | Blog | 0 Comments
This upcoming week will be National Public Health Week! For this week-long, yearly event, there are daily themes and fact sheets available on the National Public Health Week webpage. The themes are as follows: On Monday April 5th – rebuilding, Tuesday April 6th –…
by Corie James | Mar 2, 2021 | Blog | 0 Comments
As of Thursday, February 25th, Oahu entered into tier 3 of the COVID-19 reopening strategy after months of remaining in tier 2. The current state of Hawaii reopening impact level is now act with care. As the state proceeds with caution in reopening, tier 3 allows for…
by Corie James | Feb 1, 2021 | Blog | 0 Comments
As the Hawaii starts to implement vaccine distribution, the state Health Department has outlines two phases for vaccine distribution on the islands; phase 1a, phase 1b and phase 1c, and phase 2. Those included in phase 1a are persons living in long-term care…
by Corie James | Nov 30, 2020 | Blog | 0 Comments
As of November 30th, at 4:47pm, there have been 17,925 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the state, with just over 15,000 of those confirmed cases being in the Honolulu County. Of the 242 confirmed deaths in the state, 190 of those deaths were…
by Corie James | Sep 25, 2020 | Blog | 0 Comments
While illegal dumping across the state is not new to the islands, the problem has severely worsened for Oahu among COVID-19 lock downs and restrictions ordered by Governor Ige in March and again in August. “Covid cleaners” are dumping their unwanted goods at spots all…
by Kipp Luuloa | Apr 30, 2020 | Blog | 0 Comments
Throughout the ongoing outbreak of Cove-19 and the subsequent lockdown, many of our essential workers have been concerned about being pulled over en route to their jobs and cited for breaking quarantine rules. Although these concerns are understandable, and it has…
by Kipp Luuloa | Mar 6, 2020 | Blog | 0 Comments
This month the Hurricane Division of Hawaii Department of Transportation wants us to be aware of the complex and vital task that the state has of debris management during a hurricane or similar catastrophic event. We need to keep in mind that in addition to increased…