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Linda Hohnholz has been writing and editing articles since the start of her working career. She has applied this innate passion to such places as Hawaii Pacific University, Chaminade University, the Hawaii Children's Discovery Center, and now TravelNewsGroup.

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833 New Hawaii COVID-19 Cases: 2/7/22

Linda Hohnholz - editor
In the latest COVID-19 report from the Government of the Aloha State, there are 833 new cases bringing the total cases to date to 227,284. Of those total cases, 5,730 required hospitalization with XXX currently hospitalized. The total cases reported in the past 14 days was 21,158. Total deaths to date are 1,226. CURRENT TRAVEL INFORMATION Hawai‘i’s five-day (number of required days changed on January 3, 2022) mandatory self-quarantine remains in... Read More
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18 Deaths in One Day and 1,278 New Hawaii COVID-19 Cases: 2/5/22

Linda Hohnholz - editor
In the latest COVID-19 report from the Government of the Aloha State, there are 1,278 new cases bringing the total cases to date to 225,535. Of those total cases, 7,756 required hospitalization with 283 currently hospitalized. The total cases reported in the past 14 days was 25,114. Total deaths to date are 1,222. CURRENT TRAVEL INFORMATION Hawai‘i’s five-day (number of required days changed on January 3, 2022) mandatory self-quarantine remains in... Read More
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10 Deaths and 1,192 New Hawaii COVID-19 Cases: 2/4/22

Linda Hohnholz - editor
In the latest COVID-19 report from the Government of the Aloha State, there are 1,192 new cases bringing the total cases to date to 224,257. Of those total cases, 7,728 required hospitalization with 288 currently hospitalized. The total cases reported in the past 14 days was 27,570. Total deaths to date are 1,204. CURRENT TRAVEL INFORMATION Hawai‘i’s five-day (number of required days changed on January 3, 2022) mandatory self-quarantine remains in... Read More
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3 Deaths and 1,532 New Hawaii COVID-19 Cases: 2/3/22

Linda Hohnholz - editor
In the latest COVID-19 report from the Government of the Aloha State, there are 1,532 new cases bringing the total cases to date to 223,065. Of those total cases, 7,699 required hospitalization with 314 currently hospitalized. The total cases reported in the past 14 days was 30,836. Total deaths to date are 1,194. CURRENT TRAVEL INFORMATION Hawai‘i’s five-day (number of required days changed on January 3, 2022) mandatory self-quarantine remains in... Read More
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10 Deaths and 1,177 New Hawaii COVID-19 Cases: 2/2/22

Linda Hohnholz - editor
In the latest COVID-19 report from the Government of the Aloha State, there are 1,177 new cases bringing the total cases to date to 221,533. Of those total cases, 7,667 required hospitalization with 321 currently hospitalized. The total cases reported in the past 14 days was 35,053. Total deaths to date are 1,191. CURRENT TRAVEL INFORMATION Hawai‘i’s five-day (number of required days changed on January 3, 2022) mandatory self-quarantine remains in... Read More

New Hawaii COVID-19 Hotline

Linda Hohnholz - editor
The Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) has a new hotline for people with questions about COVID-19. What should I do if I test positive? What should I do if I have been in close contact with someone who has tested positive? Who can get a booster shot? Those questions and more can be answered by calling the free hotline at (808) 586-8332. “The hotline provides information about isolation, quarantine, booster shots... Read More
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1,068 New Hawaii COVID-19 Cases: 2/1/22

Linda Hohnholz - editor
In the latest COVID-19 report from the Government of the Aloha State, there are 1,068 new cases bringing the total cases to date to 220,356. Of those total cases, 7,631 required hospitalization with 344 currently hospitalized. The total cases reported in the past 14 days was 37,799. Total deaths to date are 1,181. CURRENT TRAVEL INFORMATION Hawai‘i’s five-day (number of required days changed on January 3, 2022) mandatory self-quarantine remains in... Read More
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Honolulu Opens Second Isolation and Quarantine Facility for COVID-19 Prevention

Linda Hohnholz - editor
In an effort to provide a safe place to isolate and quarantine for those who otherwise do not have a place to do so, as well as help mitigate the spread of COVID-19 on O‘ahu, the City and County of Honolulu will open its second isolation and quarantine facility at its West Loch Modular housing facility on Monday, Jan. 31, 2022. The 3-story building was the first stacked modular project in... Read More
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1 Death and 1,513 New Hawaii COVID-19 Cases: 1/31/22

Linda Hohnholz - editor
In the latest COVID-19 report from the Government of the Aloha State, there are 1,513 new cases bringing the total cases to date to 219,288. Of those total cases, 7,500 required hospitalization with 373 currently hospitalized. The total cases reported in the past 14 days was 41,880. Total deaths to date are1,181. CURRENT TRAVEL INFORMATION Hawai‘i’s five-day (number of required days changed on January 3, 2022) mandatory self-quarantine remains in place... Read More
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9 Deaths and 1,860 New Hawaii COVID-19 Cases: 1/29/22

Linda Hohnholz - editor
In the latest COVID-19 report from the Government of the Aloha State, there are 1,860 new cases bringing the total cases to date to 215,034. Of those total cases, 7,500 required hospitalization with 373 currently hospitalized. The total cases reported in the past 14 days was 46,297. Total deaths to date are 1,173. CURRENT TRAVEL INFORMATION Hawai‘i’s five-day (number of required days changed on January 3, 2022) mandatory self-quarantine remains in... Read More

DOH grants permit to Navy to remove fuel contamination from Red Hill

Linda Hohnholz - editor
The Navy plans to extract contaminated water from the Red Hill Shaft for treatment to remove fuel contamination before water is released into Halawa Stream. The discharge is authorized under a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) general permit.  The Navy will begin pumping water from its Red Hill Shaft into a hybrid zeolite-granular activated carbon treatment system that is designed to remove fuel or its degraded constituents from the extracted water.   The... Read More
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5 Deaths and 1,907 New Hawaii COVID-19 Cases: 1/28/22

Linda Hohnholz - editor
In the latest COVID-19 report from the Government of the Aloha State, there are 1,907 new cases bringing the total cases to date to 213,174. Of those total cases, 7,437 required hospitalization with 371 currently hospitalized. The total cases reported in the past 14 days was 44,501. Total deaths to date are 1,164. CURRENT TRAVEL INFORMATION Hawai‘i’s five-day (number of required days changed on January 3, 2022) mandatory self-quarantine remains in... Read More

Visitor spending and arrivals for December 2021 down compared to pre-pandemic

Linda Hohnholz - editor
According to preliminary visitor statistics released by the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT), total spending by visitors who came to the islands in December 2021 was $1.66 billion. Prior to the global COVID-19 pandemic and Hawaii’s quarantine requirements for travelers, the State of Hawaii achieved record-level visitor expenditures and arrivals in 2019 and in the first two months of 2020. December 2021 visitor spending was lower compared to... Read More
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Hardware Hawaii and Halona Pacific fined and forced to close cesspools to protect groundwater

Linda Hohnholz - editor
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has taken enforcement actions against Hale Kauai Limited and Halona Pacific LLC to close two illegal, pollution-causing large capacity cesspools on the islands of Kauai and Oahu. EPA will collect a total of $110,000 in fines. In 2005, EPA banned water polluting large capacity cesspools under the Safe Drinking Water Act. “Companies like Hale Kauai and Halona Pacific must do their part to protect water... Read More
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10 Deaths and 2,380 New Hawaii COVID-19 Cases: 1/27/22

Linda Hohnholz - editor
In the latest COVID-19 report from the Government of the Aloha State, there are XXX new cases bringing the total cases to date to 211,267. Of those total cases, 7,406 required hospitalization with 386 currently hospitalized. The total cases reported in the past 14 days was 50,950. Total deaths to date are 1,159. CURRENT TRAVEL INFORMATION Hawai‘i’s five-day (number of required days changed on January 3, 2022) mandatory self-quarantine remains in... Read More