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Starting today, all restrictions on interisland travel are ending. Passengers traveling from O‘ahu, Maui, Kaua‘i or Hawai‘i Island will no longer be required to complete a Safe Travels profile or provide proof of a pre-travel test or vaccination when traveling to other counties within the state. This only applies to travel within the State of Hawai‘i.

Rory shared an update on how adopting Kaia has been incredibly rewarding for his family. “Having Kaia home to accompany my 11-year-old daughter during distanced learning gave me so much peace of mind. Kaia has inspired our family to foster eight dogs in the past seven months, and even led me to begin a new relationship,” said Rory.

The variant was detected in a specimen from an O‘ahu resident, who traveled to Nevada in early May. The person was fully vaccinated for COVID-19 prior to travel and had a negative SARS-CoV-2 test prior to departing Nevada. The person developed mild symptoms consistent with COVID-19 several days after returning to Hawai‘i and tested positive for SARS-CoV-2. To date, there is no evidence of household transmission or secondary cases.

The confirmed cases included: 22 on O‘ahu (-1 probable); 13 on Maui (+1 probable); seven on Kaua‘i; four on Hawai‘i Island; and 10 in Hawai‘i residents diagnosed while out of state.

The Blood Bank of Hawaiʻi is in urgent need of donors on Maui for all blood types, particularly O-/O+.

An 80-acre parcel of surplus federal property at the former NOAA Pacific Tsunami Warning Center on O‘ahu is being transferred for inclusion in the Hawaiian Home Lands Trust. The land has the potential to provide homesteads for 200 to 400 Native Hawaiian families.

One officer, a 13-year veteran of the department, reportedly returned fire and struck the suspect several times. Police have since identified the suspect as 34-year-old Ryan Y. Santos of Hilo, and say he died at the scene.

Five Maui County high school seniors have been awarded $1,000 each by the Josh and Souk Jerman Foundation Scholarship program.

A California man was found unresponsive during a snorkeling trip off of Maui on Sunday afternoon.

The confirmed cases included: two on Hawai‘i Island; 16 on O‘ahu; nine on Maui (+3 probable); and five in Hawai‘i residents diagnosed while out of state (+1 probable).

Maui police say an investigation into an illegal cockfighting operation on Molokaʻi last month netted two arrests.

Fire officials say a 10-year-old boy fell into the water while hiking with his mother along the rocky shoreline. His 40-year-old mother and a bystander entered the water in an attempt to assist the boy.

The confirmed cases included: 46 on Hawai‘i Island; 33 on O‘ahu; 15 on Maui (+3 probable); one on Kaua‘i; and seven in Hawai‘i residents diagnosed while out of state (-1 probable).

Maui County Federal Credit Union hosts a school supplies and backpack drive at each of its branches in Kahului, Lahaina and Wailuku from June 14 until July 16, 2021. These events support The Salvation Army’s annual back-to-school efforts to provide backpacks filled with school supplies for Maui’s children in need.

The confirmed cases included: 30 on Hawai‘i Island; 28 on O‘ahu (+5 probable); 10 on Maui; one on Kaua‘i (-1 probable); and five in Hawai‘i residents diagnosed while out of state.

Three new low cost, low energy, green infrastructure systems are being constructed this summer to purify water coming out of the Kīhei Wastewater Reclamation Facility. These new systems will harness the power of plants, soil and microbial activity to purify wastewater to approach drinking water standards, dramatically expanding its potential uses and reducing the need for disposal via injection wells.

Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi announced today he has received approval for a newly modified framework and move into an expanded Tier 4, effective immediately.

The 2021 Nā Kamehameha Commemorative Pā‘ū Parade and Ho‘olaule‘a is going virtual this year, and will be available for release next Saturday, June 19, 2021.

The signs warning of the $35 no parking citations and $200 parking violation surcharge under Hawaiʻi Revised Statute 291C-111 are being installed to reduce the temptation for drivers to illegally park on Hāna Highway.

The confirmed cases included: 27 on O‘ahu (+5 probable); nine on Maui (+8 probable); nine on Hawai‘i Island (+1 probable); one on Kaua‘i (+1 probable); and two in Hawai‘i residents diagnosed while out of state (-1 probable).