Queen’s nurses start contract talks with staffing among top issues
Negotiations between nurses and hospital leaders at The Queen’s Health System are now underway for a new, three-year contract. Read more
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Negotiations between nurses and hospital leaders at The Queen’s Health System are now underway for a new, three-year contract. Read more
Funding from federal biomedical research grants awarded to the University of Hawaii in 2023 generated $158 million in state economic activity and supported 819 local jobs, according to a report released in March. Read more
Question: For the second time, a local doctor’s office is using deceptive billing practices with my mom, who has Medicare Advantage health insurance. It’s infuriating. Where can I report this deeply unethical and possibly illegal behavior? Read more
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Music is important in Hawaii. Many of our monarchs were extremely talented as composers and performers. So, it comes as no surprise that many young people who grew up here made it big as musicians in Hawaii and beyond our shores. Read more
Drought has arrived early to the Hawaiian Isles, signaling a potentially fiery summer of wildfires. Read more
An association opposed to a planned Kalaeloa 5-acre wave pool, which will take 7 million gallons of fresh water to fill from the same aquifer that Oahu communities depend on, says its members were heartened by developments at a court hearing Thursday. Read more
Hawaii Energy has announced the following new hires Read more
Rent control might be needed as Maui landlords continue to demand more money for limited housing to accommodate survivors of the Aug. 8 wildfires, according to officials with the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement who say victims might need to consider moving off-island for a year or more. Read more
Waipahu High School inaugurated its Academic Health Center — a first-of-its-kind school-based health clinic in the nation — on Wednesday. Read more
The city says demolition of the more than 3,900 steps leading to the top of the Koolau Range, above Haiku Valley and the H-3 freeway, will begin at the end of April. Read more
A man who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in a fatal shooting near the Waianae Small Boat Harbor in 2021 was sentenced Wednesday by Circuit Court Judge Shanlyn Park to 20 years in prison. Read more
A longtime animal rescue advocate accused of using a Wisconsin veterinarian’s identity to order ketamine and other opioids for a mobile clinic that cares for dogs and cats avoided federal prison time Wednesday. Read more
Scott David DeAngelo, a 34-year-old mechanic on trial in the 2022 slaying of his 33-year-old roommate by stabbing him in the neck before setting fire to their rented Pearl City apartment and jumping from the burning fourth-floor unit, testified Tuesday and Wednesday before closing statements. Read more
Question: Does the state have plans to maintain the asphalt on the Makapu‘u Point Lighthouse Trail that cost us taxpayers a lot of money to repair? Read more
The sudden immersion into the hierarchical, almost feudal culture of sumo tested not only Chad Rowan’s physical strength but his mental toughness. Read more
The state Department of Hawaiian Home Lands appears set to receive extra time to use $600 million appropriated by the Legislature in 2022. Read more
Coldwell Banker Realty has hired Realtor Associate Royce Nagai as an independent agent at its Waikele office. Read more
The state Legislature appears poised to create a new way for Hawaii electric utilities to pay for wildfire risk mitigation that reduces the cost possibly passed onto ratepayers in an effort to help prevent another tragic fire in the state. Read more
AES Hawai‘i is launching the West Oahu solar-plus-storage project in Kapolei, which will produce enough energy to reduce Oahu’s use of fossil fuels by 750,000 barrels of oil and the associated pollution and greenhouse gases emitted over its lifetime. Read more
Ransomware attacks, where malicious software encrypts a victim’s data and demands a ransom for decryption, have transitioned from a niche cyberthreat to a pervasive one. This alarming trend is largely fueled by the arrival of Ransomware as a Service, referred to as RaaS. Read more
Rory Inouye, a 35-year-old Waiakea High School class of 2007 alumnus and math teacher, was awarded a $25,000 Milken Educator Award in Hilo on Tuesday. Read more