Military family cautious to return home, and a Big Island resident recalls her father's Red Hill legacy

TL;DR - Military families welcomed the news that the Department of Defense will permanently shut down the Red Hill fuel tanks. We checked back in with a military mom who has been willing to share her experience throughout these past four months that her family has been displaced.

She had been reluctant to let us use her name and still is but she was pleased to hear of the DOD decision. Moving is not really a realistic option for her as her husband is deployed and she has pets and a young child. But her story as a Navy spouse is like many others. She is still apprehensive about moving back home which is now expected to happen next week if the State Health Department validates the results from the flushing in her neighborhood. Of the 19 zones, there are about 12 more to go.

March 9, 2022: Military family cautious to return home, and a Big Island resident recalls her father's Red Hill legacy, Hawaiʻi Public Radio