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Habitat for Humanity Maui’s current and upcoming projects include critical repairs and retrofits for struggling homeowners, new construction home builds for Hawaiian Home Lands lessees, and in the near future a new construction development in Hāna, Maui featuring 25 single family homes.

Themed “Navigating the Kupuna Islands,” the voyage will bring the canoes to Nihoa, Mokumanamana and Lalo (French Frigate Shoals) and will focus on the voyaging, cultural and ecological significance of these places.

The Department of Public Safety transferred 28 inmates from the Hawaiʻi Community Correctional Center in Hilo on Hawaʻi Island to the Hālawa Correctional Facility and Women’s Community Correctional Center on Oʻahu, to help alleviate overcrowding at the Big Island jail.

Maui’s own Eli Hanneman, the current No. 1 ranked surfer on the Hawaiʻi Qualifying Series, received a wildcard into his first-ever Championship Tour event for a three-day competition at the Surf Ranch in Leemore, California.

There is no tsunami threat to Hawai‘i following a 4.5 preliminary magnitude earthquake reported at 4:32 p.m. on Thursday, June 17, 2021.

Governor David Ige announced the appointment today of Rep. Lynn DeCoite to the Senate District 7 vacancy created by the recent retirement of former Senator J. Kalani English on May 1, 2021.

Viewers can tune in at 5:30 p.m. each day, June 21-25, and enjoy entertainment, food demonstrations, craft how-to’s and hear the stories from communities on Maui, Moloka‘i, Lāna‘i and in Hāna.

Juneteenth, which commemorates the end of African American enslavement in the United States, was added to the official state calendar as a permanent day of reflection, honoring the ancestral legacy and experience of African Americans.

The Department of Transportation’s Highways Division selected the Notestone Crew to receive the No Ka Oi Highway Hui Awards. The quarterly recognition honors Adopt-A-Highway participants that have demonstrated an exemplary commitment to the anti-litter public service program.

There will be no public aerial fireworks display on Maui this year for the Fourth of July holiday, and retailers will not be selling firecrackers, so no firecracker permits will be sold.

Renner Chumley, a 9th grader at Maui Preparatory Academy, is headed to the IMG Junior World Golf Championship in San Diego, California, July 12-16, 2021.

The Maui Police Department is requesting the public’s help with any information on the whereabouts of 41-year-old Edward White, who also known goes by the name Guy White.

The Office of the Mayor has been informed that the Golden Bear, a training ship with the California State University Maritime Academy, will drop anchor off of Lahaina on Sunday morning.

The confirmed cases included: 22 on O‘ahu (+2 probable); two on Hawai‘i Island (-1 probable); two on Maui (+1 probable); one on Kaua‘i; and one in a Hawai‘i resident diagnosed while out of state.

Elaine Nishiura of Hilo won 100,000 HawaiianMiles, provided by Hawaiian Airlines. Mark Matsuo of Honolulu won two round-trip tickets to anywhere Alaska Airlines flies.

Maui motorists are advised that the posted speed limit on Piʻilani Highway between Uwapo Road/Kaiwahine Street and Līpoa Street/Līpoa Parkway will be reduced from 40 mph to 35 mph in both directions. The new speed limit signs were installed June 15, 2021 and are effective immediately.

Crews arrived on scene and confirmed that one paddler, a 70-year-old Haʻikū man was missing, and the other paddler, a 57-year-old Haʻikū woman was aboard the vessel, which was drifting downwind, approximately a quarter mile from shore.

“The Hale Kaiola development represents a major step forward for kamaʻāina-first housing on Maui, helping to ensure that the island’s citizens have an equitable chance to become homeowners amidst the ongoing challenges of escalating prices and a lack of inventory,” according to a builder announcement.

The confirmed cases included: 13 on O‘ahu (+7 probable); eight on Hawai‘i Island; five on Maui (-3 probable); two on Kaua‘i (+1 probable); and three in Hawai‘i residents diagnosed while out of state (+1 probable).

Maui Film Commissioner Tracy Bennett gives the latest industry updates on the Valley Isle, including the film “Paradise City” starring John Travolta, Bruce Willis.