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A high surf advisory is in effect for the East facing shores of Maui and Molokaʻi until 6 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 21, 2020. 

Until the next supply barge arrives and is unloaded this afternoon, the school and community partners only have enough supplies to provide breakfast and a limited lunch service for students.

Councilmember Shane Sinenci said the proposal builds on the polystyrene food container and plastic bag bans that went into effect in 2018.

The Maui Police Department’s Chief Tivoli Faaumu today honored Triston Kahookele-Santos with the Department’s Civilian Medal of Valor for his help in keeping a group of visitors safe after a shark bit the paddle board of a fellow ocean goer earlier this month.

Kanahā Beach Park in Kahului, Maui will be closed from 8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 18, to 4 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 20, the Department of Parks and Recreation announced.

Schatz and the senators urged immediate action because the top global public health position at the NSC has remained vacant for almost two years.

The case has sparked national media coverage amid the disappearance of the two children (17-year-old Tylee Ryan and 7-year-old Joshua Vallow) and the deaths of both individual’s former spouses as well as Vallow’s brother. No charges have been filed to date.  Over the weekend, the Idaho Press detailed reasons why the couple have not been arrested, primarily citing lack of evidence.

The Diamond Resorts issued a letter to members on Sunday saying they learned from the Hawaiʻi Department of Health that a couple who visited Kāʻanapali Beach Club tested positive for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in their home country of Japan.

A man that was part of a scuba diving tour off of Molokaʻi died after he was found unresponsive approximately 50-feet of water on Saturday morning.

During the Feb. 25 meeting, preliminary designs will be unveiled and potential signage locations will be identified. Installation of the completed signs is slated for June 2020.

The committee found that the prevalence of motorists who violate Hawaiʻi’s traffic laws, particularly those who fail to stop at red lights, has greatly increased.

Beyond Pesticides launches their Hawaiʻi-wide Organic Land Management Education Tour with its first stop on Maui on Monday, Feb 17.

The bipartisan legislation seeks to create a permanent funding mechanism to ensure quick and effective responses to future public health emergencies.

Gov. David Ige is heading to Japan on Saturday for a series of meetings to promote and expand travel to Hawai‘i, and make access easier through pre-clearance flights from Japan to Hawai‘i and the US.

Ten individuals joined the ranks of the Maui Police Department as the members of the 89th Recruit Class took their professional oaths during a graduation ceremony held Friday, Feb. 14, at the King Kamehameha Golf Club in Waikapū.

A man from Japan who was on Maui and Oʻahu in Hawaiʻi recently, is among of the newly confirmed cases of individuals who have tested positive for the COVID-19 novel Coronavirus, state officials have confirmed during a press conference hosted this afternoon by the Hawaiʻi Department of Health.

The 13th annual Maui AgFest & 4-H Livestock Fair, Maui’s signature event to raise awareness about Maui agriculture while invigorating Maui agriculture will take place Saturday, May 30, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at War Memorial Complex, the special events field and two of the baseball fields.

Waiola Church in West Maui hosts the Celebration of Mo‘i Wahine Keōpūolani, The Sacred Queen of Hawai‘i on Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020. The 197 year old historic church in Lahaina will be honoring Keōpūolani, whose final resting place is The Royal Tomb located in Waiola’s Waine‘e graveyard.

The Lahaina Skate Park in West Maui is temporarily closed for cleanup of vandalism, the Department of Parks and Recreation announced today.

A federal jury today found a Wailuku man guilty of attempted enticement of a minor. The charges stem from an Oct. 11, 2017 incident in which the man was accused of exchanging messages with an individual “whom he believed was a 14 year-old girl.”