HONOLULU (KHON2) — Good news for inter-island travelers: the state is expanding its list of trusted testing partners for inter-county travel. [Hawaii news on the go–LISTEN to KHON 2GO weekday mornings at 7:30 a.m.] More trusted testing partners will make it easier for residents who island-hop to bypass quarantine with […]

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Holiday traffic in November — the first full month of the Hawaii Safe Travels pre-arrivals testing program — didn’t help Hawaii hotels much. Only 22.1% of available hotel rooms were occupied in November, according to new data released by Hendersonville, Tenn.-based STR. The 72.1% statewide occupancy decline from November 2019 […]

Editor’s Note — The CDC’s latest domestic travel guidance states, “Travel can increase your chance of spreading and getting COVID-19. Postponing travel and staying home is the best way to protect yourself and others from COVID-19.” (CNN) — When Hawaii reopened after seven months of lockdown and mandatory quarantining on […]

Since the coronavirus hit the U.S., roughly 40% of U.S. employees now work from home. If you’re one of them, you may be fantasizing about trading your boring apartment walls and modest desk for tropical air and sandy beaches. A new program known as Movers and Shakas is offering just […]

The way to “perfect the system” for testing inbound Hawaii passengers for COVID-19 would be to extend the mandatory preflight testing to four days from three and then require a second test upon arrival, Lt. Gov. Josh Green told the Honolulu Star-Advertiser’s Spotlight Hawaii online video program. The extra day […]

A California woman allegedly broke Hawaii’s COVID-19 quarantine rules and was arrested, Maui police said. Colleen Proppe, 52, arrived at the Honolulu International Airport from Dallas/Forth Worth International Airport on Nov. 7, the Maui Police Department said in a Monday news release. All visitors in Hawaii are required to self-quarantine […]

COVID-19 has squashed most holiday and vacation plans this year amid travel restrictions and quarantine recommendations to slow the spread of the virus. Yet some California lawmakers have traveled to Maui this week for the California Independent Voter Project’s annual policy conference. A San Diego-based group that works to empower […]