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The University of Hawaiʻi Point of Distribution clinic for COVID-19 vaccines closed early today “in an effort to maintain safety and order,” according to planners with the Maui District Health Office, which is running the site.

A 52-year-old Maui woman was pulled unresponsive from waters off of Kāʻanapali Beach on Tuesday afternoon.

The Court’s ruling explains that none of the current CMLs may be used for commercial aquarium collection. The ruling does not affect other types of commercial fishing or taking of marine life.

Kaiser Permanente today sent information to its members on how it plans to roll out vaccinations on different islands this week for select groupings, and procedures in place for scheduling appointments.

The airline, which offers five weekly nonstop flights between Long Beach and Honolulu and daily nonstop flights to Kahului, Maui starting March 9, partnered with Long Beach-based Worksite Labs, which administers the testing site daily.

There were 114 new COVID-19 cases reported in Hawai‘i on Tuesday, including 21 on Maui.

“Molokaʻi is now faced with a severe public health crisis; a situation that we were trying to avoid back in 2019,” said Senate Majority Leader J. Kalani English and Representative Lynn DeCoite.

The COVID-19 cluster at the Harbor Lights condominium complex in Kahului is now estimated at 97, with another 57 linked to those within the Pacific Islander community, according to an update provided by the County of Maui on Monday afternoon.

An estimated three dozen people in the 1B priority group for vaccinations were turned away from getting a shot at a drive-in clinic hosted by the Maui District Health Office at the University of Hawaiʻi Maui College on Monday as confusion set in over registration procedures, priority groupings, and differences in where expanded service was being offered.

“After consulting with the State Department of Health and the governor, it was determined that closing businesses will not solve the problem of community spread,” county officials said during a press briefing this afternoon.

The Maui Police Department has launched a Citizens Online Police Reporting System that allows users to submit a report immediately and print a copy of the police report for free.

The Maui Police Department is asking for the public’s help with any information on the whereabouts of 39-year-old Brandon Butihi.

There were 172 new COVID-19 cases reported in Hawai‘i on Monday, including 108 on O‘ahu, 33 on Maui, 20 on Hawaiʻi Island, one on Kauaʻi and 10 in Hawaiʻi residents diagnosed outside of the state.

Flags will fly at half-staff as a sign of respect for the service and sacrifice of United States Capitol Police Officers, Brian D. Sicknick and Howard Liebengood and all Capitol police officers and law enforcement across the US.

There were 200 new COVID-19 cases reported in Hawai‘i on Sunday, including 128 on O‘ahu, 30 on Maui, 12 on Hawaiʻi Island, nine on Kauaʻi and 21 in Hawaiʻi residents diagnosed outside of the state.

Baldwin Beach Park on Maui is closed until further notice after flooding overnight.

The awardees were selected for going above and beyond their own capacity to give back to the community, and for being an inspiration during these trying times of the pandemic.

What started out as Ana Eyre’s senior project for King Kekaulike High School about her family’s cross-country trip in a 1982 G-Wagon fueled by cooking oil turned into an award-winning documentary at the 2020 Hawaiʻi International Film Festival.

At 5:28 p.m. HST, the thunderstorm was located approximately 8 miles northeast of Huelo, or 21 miles east of Kahului, and was moving southwest at at 15 mph.

Hale Makua Health Services has confirmed that one staff has tested positive for COVID-19 at the Kahului facility. The individual is asymptomatic and is in quarantine at home.