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Off the News: Labor group looks out for members
It’s never OK, from union members’ perspective, to have their dues money squandered on things that don’t further their interests. Read more
It’s never OK, from union members’ perspective, to have their dues money squandered on things that don’t further their interests. Read more
One adaptation as tourism charts its way through a pandemic may be a “small is beautiful” mode. Read more
The “Na Lei Koa (Warrior Lei)” theme for today’s event is a fitting tribute amid ongoing social distancing orders. Read more
Tech has been a blessing — video meetings, online business sales — and a curse — breakdowns that take big Honolulu rail decisions out of public view. Win some, lose some. Read more
Even in an emergency pandemic shutdown, there are right ways and wrong ways to conduct governmental meetings — the public’s meetings. The Honolulu Police Commission, for one, is doing it the wrong way. Read more
Venture outdoors and take a few deep breaths of some of the cleanest air in the U.S. In the American Lung Association’s 2020 “State of the Air” report, Honolulu ranks among the four cleanest metropolitan areas — those that had no high ozone (smog) or high particle (soot) pollution days while maintaining low year-round particle levels. Read more
”Aloha” means “goodbye” these days, even when it comes from a group that usually likes showing the love. Read more
Perhaps it’s now clearer why the state has closed certain trails, including the Manoa Falls Trail, after the Honolulu Fire Department rescued a poor hiker from the area on Wednesday. Read more
Surely there was a way around the Maui Brewing Co. flap with the hand sanitizer, right? Read more
While Honolulu Hale lists exercise as an “essential activity,” an exception to the stay-at-home/work-at-home order, all city parks have been closed for a solid five weeks now. Read more
Anxiety tied to COVID-19 is spurring spikes in stress-reducing habits. But in the case of self-soothing via smoking tobacco and marijuana as well as vaping, the coronavirus is serving up ample reason to taper or quit. Read more
Masks as adjunct to social distancing have increasingly been seen in the community, as people go about their essential business. Read more
In today’s devastated economy, time can be a precious thing. And that’s just what aviation operations at Dillingham Airfield got. Read more
Reaching $1 million has a nice ring to it — and it’s extra nice that the funds will help students complete their education. Read more
It’s a relief to hear that the city-imposed 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew against driving last weekend “served its purpose,” according to Mayor Kirk Caldwell, and probably won’t be repeated. Read more
It’s great news — a no-brainer, really — that inmates enrolled in the Waiawa Correctional Facility sewing program have taken on cloth mask-making as a project. Read more
So much information — and misinformation — is flying around about the novel coronavirus. Read more
At a time when more than 207,000 Hawaii workers have filed jobless claims since March 1, it is not a good time for top Oahu leaders to be getting pay raises. Read more
First Assembly of God’s Red Hill congregation is trying a socially distant worship solution: the drive-in Easter service. Read more
Starting today, donations of homemade and unopened store-bought personal protective equipment (PPE) can be made at three dropoff sites, dubbed “resilience hubs.” Read more
Theft is theft, but few crimes could be worse today than stealing personal protective equipment from a health care company. Read more