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Preparing for the summer in Hawaii
Hurricane season, are you prepared? As June 1st marks the start of hurricane season, running through November 30th, it is now the time to prepare your homes and businesses for possible disastrous situations. Although the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration...

A New Year, Yet COVID-19 Remains
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...

Hawaii, have you been vaccinated?
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...

June 1st Marks the Start of Hurricane Season
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....

National Public Health Week
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 –...

Hawaii Sees Tier 3
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...

COVID-19 vaccine, are you eligible?
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...

COVID Updates Across Hawaii
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...

Illegal Dumping on the Rise During COVID-19 Lock Downs and Restrictions
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...

Work Credentials and Badges for Daily Travel
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...