COVID-19: How We Live

Meleina Hancock was getting by before the pandemic and looking ahead to big goals. Now, she's worried about how she'll pay for food.

To help tell the story of the pandemic in the islands, Hawaii News Now is debuting a new digital series, “How We Live," that explores how COVID-19 has upended our “normal” and brought about change.

Teacher Sarah Click said the pandemic has brought her family closer and given her a new outlook on life.

Carl Bonham, director of the Economic Research Organization at the University of Hawaii, predicted earlier this year that some 30,000 Hawaii residents would leave the Aloha State by 2022.

John Roxburgh retired with dreams of traveling the world with his wife. Amid the pandemic, he's had to adjust.

George Ma, a self-described fitness addict, is now a COVID-19 "long hauler" — still suffering from the impacts of COVID-19 months after he fell ill.