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“There is discussions with the governor.  Mayor actually went to Honolulu today to have discussions with the governor and we look forward to an announcement coming out very shortly,” said Maui Managing Director Sandy Baz.  

Circuit courts may resume jury trials on September 1 “barring further public health or other extraordinary developments that would make doing so imprudent. Grand juries have already resumed in the Second (Maui County) and Fifth (Kauaʻi) circuits. First (Oʻahu) and Third (Hawaiʻi Island) circuits will resume grand jury proceedings in July.

A salvage company has been hired and a 250-ton crane has been contracted to lift shipping containers out of the ocean in Hilo.  The effort is underway following yesterday’s mishap involving 21 containers that fell into the ocean while in transit to Hilo on Hawaiʻi Island. 

There are three new COVID-19 case reported in Hawaiʻi today–all of them on Oʻahu–pushing the statewide count to 819 cases in Hawaiʻi over the course of the pandemic.  To date, 673 people (83.9%) have recovered including 113 in Maui County. There are currently 129 active cases in the state, including three on Maui.

Mayor Michael Victorino announced drive-through testing for COVID-19 in West, South and Central Maui from Wednesday through Friday, June 24–26, 2020.

The ACLU Hawai‘i drafted a letter dated June 19, 2020 to the state Department of Transportation, the Attorney General and Governor David Ige, expressing concerns with the state’s plans to use the technology as part of the COVID-19 screening process.

There is no tsunami threat to Hawaii after a preliminary magnitude 7.4 earthquake was reported near the coast of Oaxaca Mexico. The earthquake was reported at 5:29 a.m. HST on Tuesday, June 23, 2020.

Representative John M. Mizuno, Chair of the House Health Committee, and Representative Rida Cabanilla, a registered nurse, are asking all nursing homes to comply with recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines and have COVID-19 testing for all their residents.

Mayor Michael Victorino announced today the extension of the Micro Business Loan Program with an additional $750,000 of funding from the County of Maui.

Maui Managing Director Sandy Baz reports that the bus will be located in Hāna Bay for the next two weeks, from Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. and then from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.

There are four new COVID-19 case reported in Hawaiʻi today–all of them on Oʻahu–pushing the statewide count to 816 cases in Hawaiʻi over the course of the pandemic. The state Department of Health reports that as a result of updated information, two cases were removed from the counts.  To date, 669 people (83.7%) have recovered including 113 in Maui County. There are currently 130 active cases in the state, including three on Maui.

Several 40-foot shipping containers fell overboard. That number currently stands at 21. Nine of those have been located, 12 remain missing. The crew of the tug and barge Ho Omaka Hou recognized the containers were missing after mooring in Hilo. Containers are reportedly adrift approximately 8 miles north of Hilo, and one is reported adrift in Hilo Harbor.

Effective July 1, 2020, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Brandon Segal will serve as the first Supervisor of the Vehicular Homicide and Road Safety Unit.

The Wailea Blue Course will close on July 6, 2020, until further notice.  Course executives say the closure is “a result of devastating economic conditions brought about by the coronavirus pandemic.”

In honor of Pride Month, the Hawai‘i Department of Health today launched the Sexual and Gender Minority (SGM) online resource hub.

The Hawai‘i State Senate is scheduled to resume its 2020 session today. Committees will be considering a limited number of critical bills that were put on hold when the Senate was forced to recess in mid-March due to COVID-19.

The County of Maui Office of Economic Development announced the launch of its refreshed www.KamaainaFirst.com website.

Minit Medical is conducting drive-through testing this week at three different locations on Maui: Wednesday: Lahaina Aquatic Center from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Thursday: South Maui Community Park from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.; and Friday: Keōpūolani Park from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

There are 11 new COVID-19 case reported in Hawaiʻi today–nine on Oʻahu, and two on Hawaiʻi Island–pushing the statewide count to 814 cases in Hawaiʻi over the course of the pandemic.

The Maui Police Department is requesting the public’s assistance with any information pertaining to the whereabouts of Kenneth Sands.   Sands is 33 years old, stands approximately 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighs about 270 pounds. Sands has brown hair and hazel eyes.