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The administration’s request includes $6,125,000 to protect 3,019 acres at Haleakalā National Park on Maui and $150,000 to protect an additional three acres at the Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park on the west side of Hawaiʻi Island.

An additional $14.2 million will be allocated to Hawaiʻi under the American Rescue Plan to provide emergency housing vouchers for over 700 people and families who are experiencing or at risk of becoming homeless.

An up to six-level state office building over a five-level parking structure is proposed for development on the site of the old Wailuku Post Office at 70 South High Street in Wailuku. The parcel is currently being utilized as a parking lot for the County of Maui with approximately 45 reserved stalls.

Maui police are investigating the death of a windsurfer who was found unresponsive at Kanahā Beach Park on Wednesday afternoon.

The confirmed cases included: 18 on O‘ahu (-1 probable); 15 Maui (+2 probable); five on Hawai‘i Island; and four in Hawai‘i residents diagnosed while out of state (+3 probable).

Managers at the Queen Ka‘ahumanu Center on Maui are setting their marketing efforts on a new program that gives Hawai‘i-made brands and products an opportunity to compete for a chance to win a free “cart” or shop space at the center for three months.

The Department of Water Supply is requesting that Upcountry Maui consumers voluntarily conserve water to reduce consumption. This request comes after recent high water use Upcountry, in addition to a reduction of water supply at the Wailoa Ditch, which supplies water to the Kamole Water Treatment Facility.

The US Senate passed major bipartisan legislation today that included a provision co-sponsored by US Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawai‘i, which would ban the buying and selling of shark fins in the United States and protect sharks from finning.

Over the weeklong campaign, Maui police issued a total of 465 citations for various offenses including 211 seatbelt citations. Police also arrested two individuals for Operating a Vehicle While Under the Influence of an Intoxicant, as well as 19 other arrests for other offenses.

The confirmed cases included: 14 on O‘ahu (+1 probable); 11 Maui (+2 probable); two on Hawai‘i Island; one on Kaua‘i; and five in Hawai‘i residents diagnosed while out of state.

The Maui Ocean Center, Marine Institute’s coral restoration team coordinated an emergency response and restoration projects to save corals at seven different sites in Lahaina, recently damaged by commercial boat anchors.

In honor of World Ocean Day, the Maui Ocean Center Marine Institute announced a beach cleanup program that allows residents and visitors to Maui to take a hands-on approach to help protect marine environments and collect data.

Governor David Ige today set additional vaccination benchmarks for gatherings and restaurants. When Hawaiʻi reaches a 60% vaccination rate, social gatherings can increase to 25 indoors and 75 outdoors; and restaurant capacity will increase to 75% (with a maximum group size of 25 indoors and 75 outdoors).

The confirmed cases included: 18 on O‘ahu (-1 probable); three on Hawai‘i Island; 12 Maui; -1 on Kaua‘i; and one in a Hawai‘i resident diagnosed while out of state (-1 probable).

Police say that through investigation it was learned that an active Butane Honey Oil or BHO lab was in operation on the premises. BHO is described by police as a marijuana concentrate.

A former Head Start student is now a teacher aide for the program. After 18 years, she was reunited with her own teacher, who worked there when she was a kid.

A recent Hawai‘i Department of Health-commissioned survey has confirmed the need to make vaccinations more accessible for those who face health and social disparities.

In an effort to end the peculiar school year on a high note, Percich partnered with Humans Worldwide to create an uplifting curriculum focused on happiness.

A motorcyclist was critically injured in an evening crash on North Kīhei Road on Sunday night when the operator collided into the side of a pick-up truck that was backing into the southbound lane of travel.

The confirmed cases included: 25 on O‘ahu (+7 probable); 35 on Hawai‘i Island; 13 Maui (-1 probable); and two in Hawai‘i residents diagnosed while out of state.