Maui News

Maui Health announced that beginning April 1, 2020, air ambulance helicopters can now land at Maui Memorial Medical Center’s helipad at night.

In light of safety and health concerns and after serious consideration, the organizers and sponsors of the 2020 Merrie Monarch Festival announced today that the event will not be held.

Mayor Victorino said he would be seeking a moratorium of 60 days minimum on cruise ship travel to Maui County. He also said he is asking county employees to stay home if they are sick out of consideration to others in the work place.  Triage at Maui Memorial Medical Center is being moved outside.

Hawaiʻi President David Lassner provided details about the planned transition to online classes and other changes at the university amid response to COVID-19 concerns.

The event, will tentatively be rescheduled to June 27; however that date is pending community impacts of the ongoing COVID-19.  The school will continue to monitor and assess the situation as the new date approaches. 

A total of 39 Hawaiʻi VEX IQ teams from Hawaiʻi Island, Maui, Molokaʻi, and Oʻahu participated in the state middle school robotics championships, which has been sponsored by Hawaiian Electric since 2013.

Due to the dramatic international spread of the novel coronavirus, the University of Hawaiʻi Economic Research Organization (UHERO) has sharply lowered its economic forecast for the state.

The Valley Isle Keiki Fest that was scheduled to take place on April 11, 2020, has been cancelled due to growing concerns of COVID-19. 

Disneyland Park in California will close on Saturday morning, March 14, through the end of the month amid concerns over COVID-19 also known as the coronavirus.

The University of Hawaiʻi will be moving classes online after spring break, effective Monday, March 23, 2020 according to an email communication from UH President David Lassner to students this morning.

Starting this Friday, March 13 and continuing through St Patrick’s Day on Tuesday, March 17, the Maui Police Department Traffic Division will be conducting sobriety checkpoints and saturation patrols at various locations.

A Brown Water Advisory has been issued at West Maui and North Shore (Waiheʻe to Hoʻokipa Beach Park) on Maui.

Police say the 27-year-old Kihei man operating the moped sustained life threatening injuries in the crash that was reported at 6:16 p.m. on Wednesday, March 11, 2020.

DOH has temporarily suspended tours to Kalaupapa National Historical Park until April 11, 2020 as a public health measure to protect the vulnerable population of patients.

In light of Coronavirus (COVID-19), Council Chair Alice Lee said today she encourages the public to provide testimony and view meetings of the council and the council’s committees online.

The ‘Alalā Project is now in the fourth year of releases, and despite losses, project organizers say the birds are continuing to grow and learn in their new environment.

Maui police responded to 12 burglaries, 8 vehicle thefts and 8 vehicle break-ins in Maui County over a seven day period from March 1 to March 7, 2020.

The Hawaiʻi Department of Education is cancelling all school and department-related travel to the US mainland and international destinations until the end of the 2019-2020 school year, effective March 12, 2020. 

Mayor Victorino will be joined by guests Dr. Lorrin Pang of the Maui District Health Office and Dr. Lee Weiss, medical director and chairman of the Maui Memorial Medical Center’s Emergency Department.

The address comes on the heels of a morning announcement from the World Health Organization, declaring the COVID-19 situation is now a pandemic.  In a recent Tweet, President Trump said, “The media should view this as a time of unity and strength. We have a common enemy, actually, an enemy of the world, the coronavirus. We must beat it as quickly and safely as possible. There is nothing more important to me than the life and safety of the United States.”