GOOD EVENING.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR THE
NEWS AT TEN.
HOWARD IS WORKING FROM HOME THIS
WEEK.
LAUREN:
A BIG HIT TO HAWAII'S ONLY
ISLAND YET TO RECORD A CASE OF
COVID-19...
752 WORKERS FURLOUGHED BY FOUR
SEASONS...WHICH OPERATES TWO
RESORTS
ON LANAI.
THAT'S ABOUT A QUARTER OF
ISLANDS POPULATION.
SAM SPANGLER HAS MORE IN A STORY
NEW AT 10.
SAM SPANGLER: "ONE OF LANAI'S
STATE REPRESENTATIVES TELLS ME
THAT THE ISLAND HAS DONE A
FANTASTIC JOB OF AVOIDING THE
SPREAD OF COVID-19, BUT NOW IS
LANAI HAS A SPARSE POPULATION OF
JUST OVER 3,000 PEOPLE... WITH
MORE THAN 700 OF THEM
EMPLOYED AT THE TWO FOUR SEASONS
RESORTS AT MANELE AND KOELE.
YOU'RE TALKING OVER 2/3 OF THE
EMPLOYMENT OF THE ISLAND, IT'S
GOING TO BRUTAL." ADDING TO THE
PAIN OF THE LAYOFFS... THE HIGH
COST OF LIVING, WHICH IS ABOUT
TO BECOME MORE
EXPENSIVE.
THAT'S THANKS TO A 46-PERCENT
RATE INCREASE BY SHIPPING
COMPANY YOUNG BROTHERS..
WHICH IS SET TO TAKE EFFECT
TUESDAY.
THE INCREASE ON SHIPPED GOODS IS
EXPECTED TO FALL ONTO CUSTOMERS.
LYNNE DECOITE: "THIS WILL PUT A
BIG DAMPER, I'M GLAD THAT THE
STIMULUS IS GOING TO KICK IN FOR
THE EXTRA $300 SHOULD PLAY AN
IMPORTANT ROLE HERE
SO I GOT TO KUDO THE GOVERNOR
FOR THAT ONE AND THANK HIM AT
THIS TIME BECAUSE THEY ARE GOING
TO NEED IT AT THIS TIME THEY DO
ALSO HAVE A
HIGH COST OF LIVING." s
WITH TOURISM AT A STANDSTILL,
THE TRAVEL INDUSTRY HAS BEEN
TAKING BIG CUTS TO KEEP
BUSINESS AFLOAT.
IT WAS A HEARTBREAKING DAY FOR
MANY AT HAWAIIAN AIRLINES, WHERE
989 FLIGHT
ATTENDANTS AND PILOTS WERE LET
THOUSAND MORE
WORKERS WILL BE LAID OFF
SEPTEMBER 15-TH.
BOTH FOUR SEASONS LANAI AND
HAWAIIAN AIRLINES HAD SOME
BUSINESS FUNCTIONING
WITH INTERISLAND TRAVEL BEFORE
THE STATE'S AUGUST SURGE IN
CASES...WHICH UHERO
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CARL BONHAM
SAYS HAS PUT THE ECONOMY BACK AT
APRIL LEVELS.
CARL BONHAM, UH ECONOMIC
RESEARCH ORGANIZATION: "WE'VE
COMPLETELY REVERSED A LOT OF THE
PROGRESS WE'VE MADE, EVEN
BEFORE SHUTDOWN WAS ANNOUNCED ON
OAHU."
INTER-ISLAND QUARANTINE, THAT'S
WHERE A BULK OF THE TOURISTS AND
STUFF COME IN."
BONAHM SAYS TO PUT LIGHT AT THE
END OF THE TUNNEL FOR THE
TOURISM INDUSTRY...A PLAN TO
REOPEN TRANS PACIFIC TRAVEL
NEEDS TO BE CREATED.
CARL BONHAM, UH ECONOMIC
RESEARCH ORGANIZATION: "WE NEED
PLAN. WE'VE GOT VISITORS COMING
IN
EVERY DAY, WE'D BE BETTER OFF IF
THEY CAME IN PRE-TESTED."
SAM SPANGLER: "FOUR SEASONS SAYS
THE FURLOUGHS ARE INTENDED TO BE
BECOME PERMANENT.. HAWAIIAN
AIRLINES SAYS IT HOPES TO AVOID
MORE CUTS WITH FEDERAL
FUNDING...BUT
CONGRESS HAS YET TO AGREE ON
THAT. SAM SPANGLER KHON2 NEWS
WORKING FOR HAWAII "
LAUREN:
HEADS UP FOR DRIVERS. BEGINNING
5 A-M TOMORROW, THE H-3 FREEWAY
WILL BE OFF-
LIMITS FOR TRAFFIC.. AND ONLY
OPEN FOR DRIVERS WHO ARE GETTING
