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You’ll still need to pack your mask when you head indoors. But other restrictions may soon be relaxed on all islands.

With nearly half of the state vaccinated, governor drops mask mandate outdoors

Hawaii Drops Outdoor Mask Mandate Waikiki, Honolulu, HI. Photo: Shutterstock.com.  Ahead of Memorial Day Weekend, Hawaii Gov. David Ige on Tuesday announced that the State is dropping its outdoor mask mandate for both residents and tourists, a big move towards a return to some kind of normalcy for The Aloha State. While the indoor mask mandate will still be in place, residents and tourists in Hawaii will no longer be required to wear a mask outdoors, effective immediately. Ige made the change after Hawaii became one of the first nine states to reach a 70% vaccination rate of its adult popula...

The news comes as the state looks to reopen schools fully in the fall.

Another leak prompts new calls to shut down Navy’s massive Red Hill fuel storage facility Casey Lund © Provided by Honolulu KHNL Huge fuel storage tanks at Red Hill have been a community concern for years. (Image: Navy) HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - The US Navy is continuing to monitor its massive Red Hill fuel storage facility following a leak of about 1,000 gallons of jet fuel on Thursday night. In a news release Friday, the Navy said the leak was from a distribution pipeline and that a containment system “properly monitored, detected and collected the fuel relea...