Vaccine Logistics; Care Home Data Delay; Reality Check: Legal Battle Imminent over Final Stretch of Rail; Rice Farming in Hawaii
Vaccine Logistics
This morning we heard more from the head of the Healthcare Association of Hawaii about the vaccine rollout, the first batch is expected to touch down at some point today and could be distributed in the islands as soon as tomorrow. Doctors and nurses, firefighters and police are among the first frontliner that will be offered the vaccines. President and CEO Hilton Raethel breaks down the plan.
Care Home Data Delay
Among the first group to be offered the vaccines are the elderly. We talked to AARP Hawaii’s Craig Gima. He is the communications officer with the organization helping seniors.
Reality Check: Legal Battle Imminent over Final Stretch of Rail
Joining us for today’s Reality Check is Marcel Honore. He has an online story about rail and potential litigation if the train does not go all the way to Ala Moana Shopping center.
Rice Farming in Hawaii
We wanted to spotlight a series we aired recently about the past present and future of rice in the islands. Did you know Hawaii supplied rice to the states during the civil war? Kauai farmer Jerry Ornellas, began planting his winter crop of rice. His summer harvest was bountiful and he is encouraged by his success so far. We were there on the Garden Isle early on in the year to check on his rice fields as Ornellas is trying to carve out a market for Hawaii grown sushi and table rice.