Six Hawaii fireworks patients remain in intensive care in Arizona

• By Nina Wu
• Today
• Last updated 5:55 p.m.

The Arizona Burn Foundation is assisting patients’ families with lodging and transportation needs, as well as guidance on what to expect in the months ahead. Read more

Hawaii nurses unions call for law regulating staffing ratios

• By Nina Wu
• Today
• Last updated 2:32 p.m.
• 31

State Rep. Sean Quinlan (D, Waialua-Haleiwa-Punaluu) announced plans to introduce a bill establishing enforceable ratios, along with accountability in hospital staffing practices. Read more

Nurses at Queen’s ratify new, three-year contract

• By Nina Wu
• Jan. 16, 2025
• 17

The Hawaii Nurses Association, which represents more than 1,900 nurses at Queen’s, announced in a news release Wednesday evening that the majority had voted to ratify the agreement. Read more

Union nurses strike for 2nd day at Wilcox Medical Center

• By Nina Wu
• Jan. 15, 2025
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Union nurses at Wilcox Medical Center on Kauai walked off the job for a second day today in protest of unfair labor practices by their employer. Read more

State detects ‘very low’ levels of H5 bird flu in Kauai wastewater

• By Nina Wu
• Jan. 15, 2025
• 2

The department got similar results for subsequent samples collected on Dec. 18 and Jan. 8. Read more

Kauai nurses begin 3-day strike at Wilcox

• By Nina Wu
• Jan. 15, 2025
• 3

Nurses at Wilcox Medical Center on Kauai began a three-day strike Tuesday after negotiations with their employer reached an impasse. Read more

NOAA team disentangled 2 humpback whales in Maui waters

• By Nina Wu
• Jan. 14, 2025
• 3

NOAA’s Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary team was able to respond to both reports — and to free both whales from their entanglements using a specialized, hooked knife on the end of a pole. Read more

Strike at Queen’s is averted in final hours

• By Nina Wu
• Jan. 14, 2025
• 2

A strike by union nurses at two Queen’s hospitals on Oahu was averted Monday after a tentative agreement on a new, three-year contract was reached during the early morning hours. Read more

Students without required vaccinations increase

• By Nina Wu
• Jan. 13, 2025
• 51

Hawaii health officials are expressing concern over a growing number of students without all of their required immunization shots for school. Read more

Report: Hawaii still faces health care worker shortages

• By Nina Wu
• Jan. 9, 2025
• 39

The state experienced a job vacancy rate of 14% for health care workers, down from 17% in 2022. Read more

Community group urges Queen’s to avert nurses strike

• By Nina Wu
• Jan. 8, 2025
• 5

The strike is imminent, as the Hawaii Nurses’ Association, which represents more than 1,900, has notified Queen’s of a planned, three-day strike starting 11 a.m. on Monday over unfair labor practices at both its downtown and West Oahu campuses. Read more

Maui Health and union agree to new 4-year contract

• By Nina Wu
• Jan. 7, 2025
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The union representing health care workers, including nurses at Maui Memorial Medical Center, has ratified a new, four-year contract with Maui Health. Read more

Health workers’ union ratifies new contract with Maui Health

• By Nina Wu
• Jan. 6, 2025

The United Nurses and Health Care Employees of Hawaii, which represents more than 900 workers at Maui Health, said this afternoon its members voted overwhelmingly to ratify a new, four-year contract with their employer. Read more

Hawaii fireworks burn patients stable in Arizona, face long recovery

• By Nina Wu
• Jan. 6, 2025
• 22

The six severely injured burn victims were transported over the weekend by a C-17 military jet from Oahu to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport in Arizona. Read more

President Biden honors members of the Hui Panala‘au

• By Nina Wu
• Jan. 6, 2025
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President Joe Biden has posthumously honored the service and sacrifice of the members of Hui Panala‘au, a group of men who courageously volunteered to live on uninhabited Pacific equatorial islands so they could become U.S. territories. Read more

Hawaii lost women community leaders, entertainers who made big impact

• By Nina Wu
• Jan. 6, 2025
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From a revered community matriarch to a war heroine, a popular entertainer, a kumu hula and leaders in media, arts and film, Hawaii lost many prominent women in 2024. Read more

Hawaii tallied more than 100 traffic fatalities in 2024

• By Nina Wu
• Jan. 4, 2025
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DOT noted that 24 of the 2024 fatalities listed speeding as the primary contributing factor; 11 cited suspected impairment and additional reckless behaviors. Read more

State fines Hawaii American Water for unpermitted discharges

• By Nina Wu
• Jan. 3, 2025
• 4

Hawaii American Water may request a hearing within 20 days of receiving the notice. Read more

Nurses union gives Queen’s notice of dates for 3-day strike

• By Nina Wu
• Jan. 3, 2025
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HNA said Queen’s was given its official 10 days advance notice that the strike is scheduled from 7 a.m. Jan. 13 to 6:59 a.m. Jan. 16 at the Queen’s Punchbowl and West campuses. Read more

Nurses strikes loom due to nurse-to-patient ratios

• By Nina Wu
• Jan. 3, 2025
• 10

The new year is off to a start with two potential nurse strikes as negotiations drag on at both The Queen’s Health System on Oahu and Wilcox Medical Center on Kauai. Read more

Hawaii saw 16 travel-related dengue cases in 2024

• By Nina Wu
• Jan. 2, 2025
• 4

State health officials said today that another travel-related dengue case on Oahu was confirmed last year in a person who was exposed in a country where dengue is common. Read more