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Oahu Bar Owners Are Crying Foul Over City Restrictions Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020

Oahu Bar Owners Are Crying Foul Over City Restrictions

Shut down for months while other drinking spots are allowed to stay open, bar owners say the rules governing Oahu watering holes make no sense.

Wrong Tests, Weird Exemptions – What The Data Tells Us About Hawaii’s Reopening Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020

Wrong Tests, Weird Exemptions – What The Data Tells Us About Hawaii’s Reopening

Many of the 67,000 or so travelers in the first week of Hawaii’s pre-travel testing program came with unapproved test results.

VIRUS TRACKER — Oct. 24: 90 New COVID-19 Cases And 3 Deaths In Hawaii Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020

VIRUS TRACKER — Oct. 24: 90 New COVID-19 Cases And 3 Deaths In Hawaii

Students and hotel workers are among the people diagnosed with COVID-19 on Lanai.

DOE: Lanai High & Elementary Reports 15 Student COVID-19 Cases Courtesy: Robin Kaye/2020

DOE: Lanai High & Elementary Reports 15 Student COVID-19 Cases

The tally as of Friday comes amid a growing outbreak on the sparsely populated island.

VIRUS TRACKER — Oct. 23: 131 New COVID-19 Cases And 3 Deaths In Hawaii Ronen Zilberman/Civil Beat/2020

VIRUS TRACKER — Oct. 23: 131 New COVID-19 Cases And 3 Deaths In Hawaii

Students and hotel workers are among the people diagnosed with COVID-19 on Lanai.

Military Family Struggles To Find School Routine That Works Courtesy: Misha Ross

Military Family Struggles To Find School Routine That Works

Distractions while learning from home have made it hard for the kids to stay focused to online classes.

Here’s How Hawaii Is Planning For A Future COVID-19 Vaccine Getty Images/iStockphoto

Here’s How Hawaii Is Planning For A Future COVID-19 Vaccine

Health workers and first responders will be the first to be offered a vaccine when one is approved.

VIRUS TRACKER — Oct. 22: 102 New COVID-19 Cases, Lanai Outbreak Grows Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020

VIRUS TRACKER — Oct. 22: 102 New COVID-19 Cases, Lanai Outbreak Grows

Twenty people have been diagnosed with COVID-19 on Lanai in the last two days.

Kauai Restaurants Bar ‘Unquarantined Travelers’ From Dine-In Service Allan Parachini/Civil Beat/2020

Kauai Restaurants Bar ‘Unquarantined Travelers’ From Dine-In Service

A few businesses have taken the extra precaution as the state loosens COVID-19 restrictions.