Locals, many of whom depend on tourism jobs, have long felt ambivalence about living in an island paradise that relies heavily on visitor spending, but many saw an upshot to a health crisis that threatened their livelihoods. Read more
UH-Manoa has improved its on-time graduation rate every year since 2006. For the class of 2020, the rate was 37.1%, up from 36.6% last year. Read more
Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell is proposing using a combination of post-arrival testing and phone tracking to allow travelers to test out of quarantine or considerably shorten their time in lockdown. Read more
The National Retail Federation, the nation’s largest retail trade group, has taken an optimistic view, predicting that shoppers will be looking for reasons to celebrate. Read more
A day after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urged Americans to stay home for Thanksgiving, more than 1 million people in the United States got on planes Read more
Instead of its typical path through Manhattan, this year’s parade was kept to the area in front of Macy’s flagship store and aimed at a television audience instead of live crowds. Read more
Tony Castillo, general manager of 53 by the Sea, said the restaurant had ordered 50 turkeys to make up 100 takeout packages for customers. They sold out last week. Read more
With coronavirus cases surging again nationwide, the Supreme Court barred New York from enforcing certain limits on attendance at churches and synagogues in areas designated as hard hit by the virus. Read more
Around the country, contact tracing and isolation protocols are sidelining school employees and closing school buildings. Read more
Americans are marking the Thanksgiving holiday amid an unrelenting pandemic that has claimed the lives of more than a quarter of a million people in the United States. Read more
An employee from the City Mill at Pearl City has tested positive for COVID-19, the company said today. Read more
This year’s Black Friday in the midst of a COVID-19 pandemic will be unlike any others due to new challenges, and yet, Hawaii’s malls have put up their holiday decorations, signaling their hope for a boost in sales this season. Read more
A surveillance study to evaluate the effectiveness of the Safe Travels Hawaii pre-travel testing program has found 45 COVID-19 cases out of 20,253 tests, or 2.2 per 1,000, over the past five weeks. Read more
This has been one horrible year. That’s an indisputable fact. Where in this dismal reality can thankfulness emerge? Read more
Of all the confirmed Hawaii infection cases, 1,286 have required hospitalizations, with 17 new hospitalizations reported today by state health officials. Read more
Hawaii health officials said that 1,340 COVID-19 cases are considered active statewide, with 27 new active infections reported today. Read more
The state’s tourism reopening plan just took two new blows: Kauai wants out temporarily, and CVS, one of the state’s larger trusted-testing partners, has begun telling Hawaii travelers that they should make other testing plans. Read more
The decision delays data that could help show how the pandemic is impacting learning. Read more
State Department of Labor and Industrial Relations director Anne Perreira-Eustaquio joined a livestream today to take your questions during Spotlight Hawaii. Read more
Question: As of Saturday neither my husband nor I has received a restaurant card. I have called the information line and been told I am on the list at the correct address. What’s up with the delay? If the card does not get here soon, I will not have time to use it. Read more
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