It turns out, there are around 80 pharmaceutical manufacturing plants in Puerto Rico–all of which were closed because of Hurricane Maria in early October, 2017. That has affected the supply ...Read more
Hawaii Electric Light Company, or HELCO, is the primary energy provider for the Big Island of Hawaii (there are a small number of folks who are completely self-powered). IF we have an ...Read more
When you are on Hawaii Island and call 9-1-1, who responds? It’s Hawaii County Fire Department, the only department in the state that handles not just fires but also search and rescue, ...Read more
In Part 2 of our conversation (Part 1 aired Jan. 28, 2018), Mayor Kim tells us what happened here in Hawaii County on January 13, 2018, with the false missile alert…and his thoughts on ...Read more
Hawaii County Mayor Harry Kim talks about the North Kona water well situation, the County budget and his willingness to consider streamlining, rat lungworm disease, and more. We recorded the ...Read more
IF Mauna Loa Volcano erupts, Hawaii County Civil Defense will be/should be responsible for notification to the public. We talk with HCCD Director Talmadge Magno. IF it erupts, since the summit ...Read more
Island Issues host Sherry Bracken spoke with members of the Hawaii Governor’s Joint Task Force on Rat Lungworm Disease, Vernon Ansdell, M.D., internal medicine specialist and tropical ...Read more
Mauna Loa Volcano continues to be a bit restive…in Fall, 2015 Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists raised the threat level to Yellow, Advisory, because of increased seismic activity and ...Read more
We continue our update on rat lungworm with Dr. Susan Jarvi of UH Hilo College of Pharmacy and Dr. Jon Martell of Hilo Medical Center, PLUS a discussion with Keith Kawaoka, State Department of ...Read more
Following our Dec. 10 rebroadcast of the 2015 talk story with Dr. Jon Martell of Hilo Medical Center and Dr. Susan Jarvi of UH Hilo College of Pharmacy, we recorded an update a few weeks ago, to ...Read more
