Construction of a state-of-the-art psychiatric hospital was supposed to mark a new era in worker and patient safety. Instead, a familiar set of problems emerged.

School psychologists are in a constant state of triage because of a shortage in special education teachers and behavioral health specialists.

The licensed practical nurse role is being phased out in favor of more specialization.

The killing of a nurse last week happened outside the main secure facility, but it cast a spotlight on concerns about staff safety.

Oahu has had 51 traffic deaths so far this year caused at least in part by alcohol, officers said.

The killing was a first for the state-run psychiatric hospital, officials said, although it has a history of other violence against both staff and patients.

UPDATES: The suspect had been stable enough to be placed in a supervised residential program after being discharged from the hospital’s acute care unit, officials said.

Experts are worried about the lack of interest as people are still suffering from the virus and long Covid.

Some think the toxic ash and debris from the Lahaina fire should be shipped to the mainland instead.

But in recent years, the youth in need have been harder to locate due to county laws and the pandemic.