After nearly three decades representing the Hawaii Kai-Kalama Valley district, Republican state Rep. Gene Ward announced Friday morning that he will retire due to ongoing health concerns ...

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As Hawaii marks the five-year anniversary of the start of COVID-19 outbreaks in the isles and health-related shutdowns, for some the pandemic was a blip, a small notation in their medical char ...