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Kauaʻi Mayor Derek S. K. Kawakami sent Governor David Ige a proposed amendment seeking to rescind the county’s moratorium on the Safe Travels program for inter-island travel.

California Governor Gavin Newsom said a case of the COVID-19 variant previously identified in the United Kingdom, has been confirmed in Southern California.

The County of Maui opens its new $25 million Service Center at the corner of Hoʻokele and Alaʻihi streets in Kahului on Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021.

State wildlife officials believe that severe drought conditions on Molokaʻi are to blame for recent instances of deer dying on the island.

There were 108 new COVID-19 cases reported in Hawai‘i on Wednesday, including 86 on O‘ahu, 17 on Maui, two on Hawaiʻi Island, one on Kauaʻi and two in Hawaiʻi residents diagnosed outside of the state.

Mahi Pono LLC has announced the promotion of Maui’s Shan Tsutsui to chief operating officer. Tsutsui succeeds Tim O’Laughlin who will be relocating to California to focus on new initiatives for both Mahi Pono and Pomona Farming.

As the New Year gets underway, another round of restrictions on Maui has some bars and restaurants frustrated with the focus on their industry instead of businesses in general.

Two Maui men in their 20s who were diving with a larger group off Maui’s North Shore in the Peʻahi Farms area of Haʻikū-Paʻuwela, died today.

Lava activity at the Kīlauea Volcano on Hawaiʻi Island remains confined to Halemaʻumaʻu Crater, with the lava lake deepening to 591 feet and maintaining its 72 acres in size.

There were 76 new COVID-19 cases reported in Hawai‘i on Tuesday, including 56 on O‘ahu, nine on Maui, seven on Hawaiʻi Island and four in Hawaiʻi residents diagnosed outside of the state.

On Dec. 28, 2020 at 3:05 p.m., Soumya Murugendrappa, 29, from Sunnyvale, CA succumbed to her injuries that were sustained in a Christmas Eve crash and died while at Maui Memorial Medical Center.

Health officials on Maui are asking the public to be patient by waiting their turn in the distribution timeline, and continue health care precautions as the state carries out its vaccination plan.

Nineteen firefighter recruits graduated on Friday with the Maui Fire Department’s 36th Recruit Class.

Maui District Health Officer, Dr. Lorrin Pang said 10 cases have been identified at the Harbor Lights condominium complex in Kahului through initial assessment. Efforts are currently being made to determine the extent of the cluster.

Maui police issued two fireworks violation citations over the Christmas weekend.

The COVID relief law provides a new round of one-time direct payments, or “recovery rebates,” to eligible individuals.

There were 46 new COVID-19 cases reported in Hawai‘i on Monday, including 13 on Maui.

Lava activity at Kīlauea remains confined to Halemaʻumaʻu crater with lava erupting from a vent on the northwest side of the crater, according to a new update issued by the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.

Only one individual of the new species, named Cyanea heluensis, is currently known from a remote location in West Maui.

There were 95 new COVID-19 cases reported in Hawai‘i on Saturday, including 72 on O‘ahu, 18 on Maui, 3 on Hawaiʻi Island, 1 on Kauaʻi, and 1 Hawaiʻi resident diagnosed out of the state.