The recent surge in COVID-19 cases on O‘ahu has resulted in a new two-week stay-at-home order, combined with an aggressive campaign for widespread testing, contact tracing, quarantining and isolation. The ...
Read More Surge testing and new restrictions to curb COVID-19
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Fighting the pandemic is taking a new turn in Hawai‘i with a newly hired director of Disease Investigation, an expanded corps of investigators and contact tracers and a bigger workspace ...
Read More Ramping up Hawaii’s corps of ‘disease detectives”
Gov. David Ige and Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (DLIR) Acting Director Anne Eustaquio have announced that Hawaiʻi has been approved to participate in a new unemployment insurance plus up program called the Lost Wages Assistance (LWA) Program. The ...
Read More Hawaiʻi approved for new unemployment bonus program
A 34-year-old single mom. A 45-year-old construction worker. This is Hawai‘i’s face of COVID-19 — a disease as insidious as it is deadly — infecting people of all ages, not ...
Read More The human cost of COVID-19 hits home in Hawaiʻi
If you need crisis support, including help with COVID-19 isolation and quarantine, access to mental health resources and substance use treatment, Hawai‘i CARES is just a call away. The newly ...
Read More State offers ‘one-stop’ crisis hotline
After an impressive 21-year career at the state’s Department of Human Services (DHS), director Pankaj Bhanot announced he was leaving his position Aug. 31 for health and family reasons. “I ...
Read More DHS’s Bhanot steps down; Betts named new director
Looking for a way to make a difference? The governor’s office is seeking qualified volunteers to fill vacancies on boards and commissions statewide. “Their service is critical for input to ...
Read More Making your voice count
A new online marketplace for local products is just a click away with the launch of a new website from the state Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism. The ...
Read More New ‘Buy Hawaii, Give Aloha site
“Never stop learning because life never stops teaching.” — Anonymous If there were ever a time when all of us needed to keep learning and adapting, it’s now. From school ...
Read More Family resources to keep learning, growing in tough times
Mask up . . . keep your distance . . .wash your hands. How many times have we heard Governor Ige and health officials remind us of precautions to keep ...
Read More Now, more than ever: Fighting COVID-19 together