Members of the Planning and Sustainable Land Use Committee will take a virtual tour of Lumeria Maui, a visitor facility that is being considered for a zoning change.

Come Monday, a booster shot will be required for eligible individuals in order to be considered fully vaccinated in Maui County.

Darrell DeMello parked his bus for the last time in the Maui Economic Opportunity Puʻunēnē lot on Jan. 14, 2022, ending a 25-year career as a passenger assisted technician driver.

The Airports Division of the Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation has sold new airports system revenue bonds to fund approximately $230 million of essential projects to modernize and expand air service facilities across the state. 

SMALL TOWN * BIG ART is conducting a survey to identify Maui County neighborhoods that would be a good match for the art project that if funded with a National Endowment of the Arts grant.

In Maui County, the seven day average for new cases daily is 690. For every 100,000 residents in Maui County, there have been an average of 412.1 newly reported cases per day over a seven day period–thatʻs the highest in the state.

The Hawaiʻi Medical Service Association donated $1 million to establish the HMSA Distinguished Endowed Professorship in Health Economics at the University of Hawaiʻi Economic Research Organization. The endowment will support UHERO’s research in the area of health economics.

The Master Plan for the University of Hawaiʻi Maunakea Lands: E Ō I Nā Leo (Listen to the Voices) replaces the Master Plan the BOR adopted in 2000 and does not result in the approval, adoption or funding of new projects or land uses.

Maui Ku‘ia Estate Chocolate was named a “Producer of Excellence” and given the Gold Award in the Asia-Pacific Region in the International 2021 Cocoa of Excellence Awards, announced virtually from Rome, Italy, on Dec. 16.

The first Money Matters Adult Financial Literacy Workshop series of the new year, offered by Maui Economic Opportunityʻs Business Development Center, will be held 10 a.m. to noon, Jan. 19 and 20.

Turo owners on Maui struggle as car rental prices dropped in 2021.

Temporary interisland shipping disruptions are expected for small container or palletized shipping as a result of COVID-19 related worker impacts at the Young Brothers shipyard on Maui, Mayor Michael Victorino confirmed.

Menehune Road in Waimea is expected to remain fully closed until further notice, with a possibility of reopening before the end of January.

The Senate Committee on Labor, Culture and the Arts, led by Oʻahu Sen. Brian Taniguchi, is set to hold a legislative hearing on a bill that would raise the minimum wage to $18.00 by 2026.

The Hawai‘i State Department of Health Kaua‘i District Health Office announced 269 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, Jan. 21.

The state Department of Health reported 4,473 new COVID-19 cases Friday, bringing the statewide total to 195,151.

Staffing issues force temporary closures of Kaua‘i Community Recycling Services in Kīlauea and Puhi Metals in Puhi.

Authorities seek the public's locating a 15-year-old Hilo girl reported as a runaway.

Hawai‘i police report that John and Joseph Norton, who had been reported missing on Jan. 19, were located in Puna in good health.

Two people were taken into custody in Orchidland Friday, Jan. 21, after a suspect rammed two Hawai‘i police subsidized vehicles.

The National Weather Service issued a high surf warning for west-facing shores of Hawaiʻi Island, to include North and South Kohala and North and South Kona, through this weekend.

The Hawai‘i Police Department reported around 3 p.m. Friday that Highway 11 at the 111 mile marker near the KTA Express in Kealakekua is closed in both directions due to a fire.