The Hawaii Nurses’ Association, which represents about 600 nurses at Kapi‘olani, disagrees with HPH, which operates the medical center, on the terms of a new, three-year contract.
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The Queen’s Health System on Thursday held a blessing for its new command center to help it manage patient care across its facilities more efficiently.
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Union nurses showed up in full force Monday for the second day of a weeklong strike at the Kapi‘olani Medical Center for Women & Children.
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Carol Kwan, a Mililani-based arborist, will never forget the day that little fire ants rained down on her while she was on the job.
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It is one of five that the department chain is closing across the U.S., along with a 3.5% reduction of its workforce.
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The Laysan albatross is not listed as endangered, but is protected under the federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act, enforced by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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Hawaii Attorney General Anne Lopez has joined a multistate coalition urging the Biden administration to move forward on its ban of menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars.
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The 10-ounce Makana Brownie Assortment Boxes were sold from Dec. 13 to 21 at the Ala Moana Center store only.
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The University of Hawaii at Manoa has narrowed down three candidates for the new dean of the John A. Burns School of Medicine.
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Hawaii’s last pediatric death from influenza occurred in June. The state recorded a total of four pediatric deaths due to influenza during the 2022-23 flu season.
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The state is rolling into the new year with at least four traffic-related fatalities, three involving pedestrians.
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When ER departments are full, ambulances either have to make a longer drive to a different hospital or deal with longer wait times to transfer patients to doctors.
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The organizer of a kayak group cited by state officials over the weekend for allegedly engaging in commercial activity in state waters without a permit says he was simply leading a club on an excursion.
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Hospital officials said the 10-day strike notice was disappointing, but they have a plan to maintain operations and patient services.
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Hospital officials say they have secured a temporary workforce of experienced nurses to ensure patient services and hospital operations are not affected.
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A majority of unionized nurses at the Kapiolani Medical Center for Women & Children — 96% — recently voted to authorize a strike, with staffing ratios being the top issue of concern.
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The 145-year-old Falls of Clyde, which has been docked for years at Honolulu Harbor, has been delisted from the Hawaii Register of Historic Places.
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While the total is a dramatic drop from last year, placing COVID-19 much lower among leading causes of death in the state this year, it still affected parts of the state population significantly.
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The 57 employees at the Royal Hawaiian Center location will be offered positions at two other Apple stores on Oahu, Apple said.
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Signs informing the public of the exceedance have since been taken down.
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Law enforcement agencies across Hawaii are employing various strategies to crack down on illegal fireworks as New Year’s Eve approaches.
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