Maui News

Milestone Hawaiʻi Legislation Has Enabled Patient Choice for 20 Years.

Maui nonprofits are receiving 10 paid positions at no cost to help them with administrative, warehouse, landscaping, and labor through June 21, 2020.

In advance of the reopening of interisland travel in Hawai‘i, on Tuesday, June 16, the state Department of Health has created a new web page, where travelers can download the mandatory interisland travel and health form prior to departure. 

A team of volunteers and staff are readying the Hawai‘i Nature Center campus at ʻĪao Valley on Maui for the return of children next week.

There are 5 new COVID-19 case reported in Hawaiʻi today (including four new case on Oʻahu and one on Hawaiʻi Island), pushing the statewide count to 728 cases in Hawaiʻi over the course of the pandemic. To date, 629 people (88.4%) have recovered including 113 in Maui County. There are currently 82 active cases. 

A total of 1,948 people arrived in Hawaiʻi aboard 23 trans-Pacific flights on Saturday–696 of them returning residents and 457 visitors.  Here on Maui, 119 people arrived from out-of-state on two flights, including 46 returning residents, 42 visitors, 13 individuals planning to relocate, 12 crew members and six individuals in transit to another location. 

Maui Obituary Notices: Week of June 14. May they Rest In Peace. Brought to you in part by Ballard Family Mortuaries.

A string of peaceful demonstrations and paddle out events have been held over last two weeks throughout the islands.

The event is designed to live through each person’s participation and shared experience on social media, joined together by using the same hashtag, #ehifarmday20.

The first round of funds will be dispersed in July with the remaining funds, as adjusted, becoming available in October.

Lane closures on Maui slated for June 13 to June 19. 

The Rexburg Police Department today confirmed that the remains found earlier this week at the Idaho property of Chad Daybell are in fact those of his new wife’s missing children–Joshua “JJ” Vallow and Tylee Ryan. During their time in the islands, Daybell and his newlywed wife made a brief visit to Maui amid the national media attention surrounding the case.

All but one, of the new cases, are adult residents on O‘ahu. Two of the additional cases are related to a household cluster, where 12 individuals have now tested positive. Some 300 residents in surrounding households have been tested as part of community outreach and screening and all have tested negative, apart from those in the single household. 

As the State continues to reopen, the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands will open its main office doors in Kapolei, Oʻahu to the public on Monday, June 15 and on the neighbor islands beginning on Wednesday, June 17.

Celebrate Maui Museums is a collaboration from the Alexander & Baldwin Sugar Museum, Lahaina Restoration Foundation, Makawao History Museum, and Maui Historical Society to highlight the unique diversity and history of Maui County. The exhibits were created for National Preservation Month in May, but will be kept online indefinitely for the community to appreciate.

Visitors to the islands and islets are asked to remember that these islands are important refuges for native seabirds, plants, and insects, as well as for Hawaiian Monk seals and other protected and endangered ocean species.

Maui Mayor Michael Victorino announced this afternoon that Transient Vacation Rentals on Maui will be allowed to operate starting on Tuesday, June 16, but can only accommodate individuals who are not subject to the 14-day quarantine.  

With the reopening of interisland travel next Tuesday, Governor Ige and some of his top advisors are working on components necessary before opening up travel to and from the mainland and from foreign destinations.

Over the nearly two month period (between April 15 and June 12, 2020) eight arrests were made in Maui County for violating Hawaiʻi’s Rules and Orders, pertaining to the 14 Day Quarantine. In addition to the arrests, there were eight other individuals that were contacted by police regarding quarantine, who voluntarily returned home.

Maui Mayor Michael Victorino says he hopes “most if not all” Maui County businesses, including theaters and other venues will be able to reopen by around June 25th with health and safety protocols in place. Any decision on the matter is pending approval by the governor.