Hawaii County Council member Ashley Kierkiewicz and Hawaii Island Realtors Association Executive Director Kehau Costa realized once the COVID-19 issues began and businesses shut down and people lost jobs that there could be some serious issues with...
COVID-19 Interview
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Island Conversations #114--COVID vaccines with Lt. Gov. Green and more with Mayor Mitch Roth
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Island Conversations #113--Mayor Elect Mitch Roth
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Island Conversations #111--Queen's North Hawaii Community Hospital Pres Cindy Kamikawa
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Island Conversations #106--Travel, tourism, testing with Ross Birch, HIVB
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Island Conversations #96--Dr. Kimo Alameda of Bay Clinic
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Mayor Harry Kim talks COVID, new restrictions, testing
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Island Conversations #94--Dan Brinkman, Hilo Medical Center
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Rep Gabbard says state MUST fix contact tracing snafus--where are the federal funds?
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News: Hawaii County Mayor Kim talks travel quarantine exemptions and election
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News: Lt. Gov. Josh Green weighs in on the current COVID situation
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Island Conversations #90 --Kaiser Permanente and COVID
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Island Conversations #88--COVID update with Dr. Scott Miscovich
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News update--Kailua Bay sewage spill: COVID? Other health issues? The environment? Dr. Scott Miscovich, Dr. Rick Bennett
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Island Conversations #85--former Mayor Billy Kenoi
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Island Conversations #84: Stress and anxiety during COVID, with Dr. Katherine May, PA Chris Russell
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Island Conversations #82 -- Landlord Tenant Mediation
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Island Conversations #81--Gov. David Ige
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Island Conversations #80-- COVID testing, antibody testing, and more with Ali'i Health
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Island Conversations #77--COVID PCR and antibody tests, with Dr. Scott Miscovich
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Island Conversations #76 -- Hawaii Island Food Basket update with Kristin Frost Albrecht
COVID-19 Interview
This time of COVID-19 has only reinforced how important it is to support agriculture in the state and on the island. Council member Tim Richards (North and South Kohala) talks with Island Conversations host Sherry Bracken about...
Hawaii’s Lieutenant Governor, Josh Green, is a medical doctor who continues to serve in the emergency room at North Kohala Hospital once or twice a month. He’s seen COVID-19 cases in the state, he knows the medical...
The University of Hawaii Public Policy Center has released a report called Crush the Curve, written by lead researcher Dr. Robert Perkinson, PhD; Seiji Yamada, MD, MPH; and Colin Moore, PhD. Dr. Perkinson talked with Island Conversations...
University of Hawaii at Hilo Chancellor Bonnie Irwin stepped into the job on July 1, 2019. Now, she’s facing challenges in helping students have a college experience while dealing with COVID-19. She talks about that and other...
The island’s (and the state’s) prisons and jails are overcrowded, and even under normal circumstances, that’s not good–but with the potential of spreading COVID-19, it could be deadly and also overstress our island’s hospitals. County Prosecutor Mitch...
Dr. Nathan Tomita is the Medical Director of, and a General Surgeon at, Ali’i Health Center, an affiliate of Kona Community Hospital. Dr. Tomita talks with host Sherry Bracken about COVID-19–testing (which Ali’i Health is doing, along...
New West Broadcasting’s Darrin Carlson (DC from B97/B93) spoke with Dr. Ka’ohimanu Akiona and Dr. Kimo Alameda regarding today’s drive-through screening / testing at the Ho’olulu Complex (Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium , Wong Stadium parking lot) being operated...
Everybody in the world is likely feeling anxious and stressed right now because of COVID-19, the Coronavirus circling the globe. Dr. Katherine May, a clinical psychologist who is head of Behavioral Health at West Hawaii Community Health...
New West Broadcasting’s General Manager Chris Leonard speaks with Mayor Harry Kim Saturday March 21st regarding the Governor’s order for mandatory quarantine for all travelers coming into Hawaii from out of state and it’s impact on Hawaii...