Maui News

Applications for high-quality, free prekindergarten programs are now being accepted by 11 public charter schools statewide, including Kualapu‘u Charter School on Molokaʻi.

Blue Hawaiian Helicopters, Blue Hawaiian Activities, and LifeSave KuPono partnered with the Maui Food Bank to pack more than 500 food boxes for kūpuna who reside at Hale Mahaolu Senior Residences on Maui, Moloka’i and Lāna’i. 

Starting this week, MIRA Image Construction will be doing underground utility work on West Vineyard Street in Wailuku, between Church and High streets.

The monthly test of the all-hazard Statewide Outdoor Warning Siren System, coordinated with the test of the Live Audio Broadcast segment of the Emergency Alert System, is scheduled for today, Tuesday, March 1, 2022 at 11:45 a.m.

A beachfront home at Rocky Point on Oʻahu collapsed into the sand today, inundated by powerful winter swells.

Maui Health is once again allowing regular visitors for Maui Memorial Medical Center patients, effective today, Monday Feb. 28, 2022.

Hawai’i will receive about $73 million from the $26 billion opioid agreement with the nation’s three major pharmaceutical distributors and drug maker Johnson & Johnson.

Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi today announced the end of the City and County of Honolulu’s COVID-19 emergency orders, including the Safe Access O‘ahu program, which will sunset this week at 11:59 p.m. on March 5, 2022.

The Judicial Council is seeking applicants to fill two upcoming vacancies on the Hawaiʻi State Ethics Commission. These terms will run from July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2026.  

The State of Hawaiʻi Supreme Court issued a court order temporarily suspending candidate filing for the offices of US Representative, State Senate, and State Representative contests until further notice from the court. The order arises from a challenge of the 2021 State Reapportionment Plan.

The range of potential alternatives includes no air tours over the park in the ATMP planning area, reducing the number of flights, limiting flight routes over sensitive areas, and prohibiting flights on specific days of the week. On average, there are 4,824 flights over Haleakalā National Park per year.   

The deadline is March 29, 2022 to apply for a US Small Business Administration disaster loan for damage resulting from the December 2021 “Kona low” severe weather, flooding and landslides.

The latest data represents a total of 3,837 “active” cases statewide over two weeks. This is below the delta peak of 11,500. Maui County’s seven day average of cases is now 13.5 cases per 100,000. This is below the delta peak of 57.6 per 100,000 reported on Aug. 25, and the 412.1 per 100,000 reported on Jan. 21, 2022.

The Maui Police Department is accepting applications for the 6th Annual Teen Academy. The deadline to apply is April 15, 2022.

The hybrid event will feature an in-person event at Ocean Vodka Distillery on Maui on World Ocean Day, June 8, 2022, and a virtual component offered from June 8-30, 2022. 

The DLNR Division of Aquatic Resources said they “believe that opening of all 12 of the BFRAs (four opened as of July 2019), will not adversely affect the overall sustainability of the Main Hawaiian Island Deep-7 fishery, and will be a benefit to local commercial and non-commercial bottom fishers.” 

Moloka‘i driver Dino Calairo was named the winner of the Maui Economic Opportunity Driver of the Year award for 2021, which was announced at the agency’s monthly staff gathering Friday, Feb. 25.

Students who complete a free digital readiness course being offered by four University of Hawaiʻi Community College campuses statewide may receive a refurbished laptop, while supplies last. Hawai‘i CC, Kapi‘olani CC, Kaua‘i CC and Windward CC are offering the introductory hands-on classes for adults with little or no computer experience.

The 11th Annual Maui 5K is the only fundraising event that supports both private and public schools throughout Maui County, and it’s gearing up for a morning of family fun on Sunday, March 6.

Maui Obituaries for the week ending Feb. 27, 2022. May they rest in peace.