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The first in a series of five town halls examining the lasting impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, this episode features leaders from the highest levels of Hawaii's state government, including Gov. David Ige, Lt. Gov. Josh Green, and Dr. Libby Char, the director of the state Department of Health.

A shooting rampage at a supermarket in Colorado has left 10 people dead, including a police officer.

It has been nearly two weeks since Haleiwa dealt with flood waters that devastated some homes. But the community is resilient, and many neighbors have stepped up to help those who had it worse.

A missing person’s case has been reclassified as a murder investigation after the victim’s body was found in a burned out vehicle in Waikane this week.

Hawaii reported 99 new COVID cases on Friday, pushing the total number of infections in Hawaii since the pandemic began to 28,608.

There was also an additional fatality reported on Maui. The death toll from the virus stands at 452.

Of the new cases, 49 were on Oahu, 37 on Maui, and seven on the Big Island. There were also six cases diagnosed out-of-state.

In the last 14 days, there have been 823 cases reported in the islands.

Meanwhile, as of Friday, the state had administered 518,381 vaccine doses. At least 22% of the state’s population has received at least one dose of the vaccine.

Maui is seeing a surge of cases, and health and county leaders say people may be letting their guard down too soon.

Oahu’s wedding industry doesn’t have a lot of love for the city’s tier system and ongoing restrictions. And they let the mayor know it today.

A former Rainbow Wahine basketball standout turned female aviator joins us on ‘Muthaship’ this week!

BJ Itoman has been literally soaring to new heights since dazzling fans on the court as an All-WAC point guard for the University of Hawaii. Her career as a pilot for Hawaiian Airlines and the Hawaii Air National Guard have taken her on a year-long deployment to Iraq and numerous humanitarian missions around the world.

The busy mother of two takes looks back on her many sports and career adventures and offers up advice for anyone interested in a career in aviation.

Hawaii reported 88 new COVID infections on Thursday as the state also officially surpassed the 500,000-mark for number of vaccine doses administered.

The new cases push the statewide total for infections since the pandemic began to 28,509.

Of the new cases, 39 were on Oahu, 41 on Maui, and seven on the Big Island. There was also one resident diagnosed out-of-state.

In the last 14 days, there have been 781 cases reported in the islands.

Meanwhile, as of Thursday, the state had administered 504,891 vaccine doses. At least 21% of the state’s population has received at least one dose of the vaccine.

A "permanent back-up" is now online for a critical tsunami warning system following a days-long outage.