Sophie Cocke

Jul 30, 2023 | news.yahoo.com | Sophie Cocke

Jul. 30—Plans include periodically moving hundreds of cubic yards of sand along the Fort DeRussy Beach sector to widen it and every 10 years mining large amounts of sand from offshore to replenish the Royal Hawaiian Beach sector. Hawaii officials for years have talked about the need to retreat from isle coastlines as sea level rise models show large swaths of the state's shorelines inundated by waves and increased flooding.

Jul 29, 2023 | staradvertiser.com | Sophie Cocke

Hawaii officials for years have talked about the need to retreat from isle coastlines as sea level rise models show large swaths of the state’s shorelines inundated by waves and increased flooding. But for Waikiki, a major economic driver for the state, tourism officials and the state Department of Land and Natural Resources are advocating another path: staying put through at least 2080.

Jul 26, 2023 | es-us.finanzas.yahoo.com | Sophie Cocke

Jul. 26—Staffing shortages and health and safety problems have continued to plague the Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home in Hilo, two years after the state took over the nursing facility and fined the company that was managing it over $510, 000 for numerous violations following a COVID-19 outbreak that infected more than 80 % of residents, killing 27.

Jul 25, 2023 | staradvertiser.com | Sophie Cocke

Staffing shortages and health and safety problems have continued to plague the Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home in Hilo, two years after the state took over the nursing facility and fined the company that was managing it over $510,000 for numerous violations following a COVID-19 outbreak that infected more than 80% of residents, killing 27.

Jul 23, 2023 | news.yahoo.com | Sophie Cocke

Jul. 23—Hawaii once again ranked among the best states overall when it comes to its health care system, just behind Massachusetts, in an extensive analysis of 58 metrics that assess access to care, health outcomes, quality, costs, reproductive care and women's health.