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The state Department of Health reports that there were 93 additional COVID-19 cases in Hawai‘i on Friday, including 85 confirmed cases and eight cases that were identified as probable. The confirmed cases included: 65 on O‘ahu; 15 on Maui, one on Hawai‘i Island, and three in Hawai‘i residents diagnosed while out of state. The probable cases included: six on O‘ahu, two on O‘ahu and one in a Hawai‘i resident diagnosed while out of state.

The Wailea Community Association committed to a partnership with the UH Maui nursing program and is helping 41 graduates from the class of 2021 obtain their nursing licensure by funding the costs associated with taking the National Council Licensure Examination for each UHMC graduate.

The state Department of Health reports that there were 61 additional COVID-19 cases in Hawai‘i on Friday, including 61 confirmed cases and 0 cases that were identified as probable. The confirmed cases included: 39 on O‘ahu; three each on Hawai‘i Island and Kaua‘i; one each on Maui and Moloka‘i; and 14 in Hawai‘i residents diagnosed while out of state.

Hui No’eau Visual Arts Center presents Rose River Memorial, an art installation in collaboration with Artist Marcos Lutyens and the Rose River Memorial project honoring the lives lost to COVID-19 in the State of Hawai‘i.

The Shops at Wailea has completed a center-wide renovation with upgrades to “restore a Hawaiian sense of place and timeless sophistication” to the shopping and dining destination.

Maui County Mayor Michael Victorino is proposing to acquire approximately 545 acres in the Wai‘ale area of Wailuku for a historic cultural preserve.

The County of Maui issued a reminder to trans-Pacific travelers to Maui, saying that although fully vaccinated travelers are exempt from Maui County’s post-arrival testing requirement, they are required to provide documentation as proof.

High winds and dangerous conditions in the Alenuihaha Channel may delay Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia’s departure from Lahaina until the weekend when crew, who are watching the weather closely, anticipate a possible window by Sunday. Until then, they have been training in the Pailolo Channel, between Maui and Molokaʻi.

The state Department of Health reports that there were 80 additional COVID-19 cases in Hawai‘i on Thursday, including 59 confirmed cases and 21 cases that were identified as probable. The confirmed cases included: 50 on O‘ahu, five on Maui, three on Hawai‘i Island, and one in a Hawai‘i resident diagnosed while out of state.

For the season as a whole, 2 to 5 tropical cyclones are predicted for the Central Pacific hurricane region. This number includes tropical depressions, named storms and hurricanes. A near-normal season has 4 or 5 tropical cyclones.

“Seeing these other events unfolding and other things that are happening on our island and our state, these kids should be allowed to compete. I understand entirely, keeping professional events at bay, those draw large crowds…but I don’t think these kids should be punished – for lack of better words – because of the size of these professional events, because their events don’t draw the same amount of crowds,” said Walsh.

The 98th Maui Fair is canceled again this year due to ongoing public health concerns related to the continued presence of COVID-19 in the community.

The state Department of Health reports that there were 73 additional COVID-19 cases in Hawai‘i on Wednesday, including 58 confirmed cases and 15 cases that were identified as probable. The confirmed cases included: 41 on O‘ahu, seven on Hawai‘i, four on Maui, two on Moloka‘i, and four in Hawai‘i residents diagnosed while out of state.

The Maui Police Department today issued a statement saying the officers will continue enforcement of the mandatory mask mandate throughout the county as outlined in Maui Mayor Michael Victorino’s Public Health Emergency Rules.

The Hawai‘i Commission on Water Resource Management announced today it has adopted instream flow standards for Honokōhau, Honolua, and Kaluanui Streams in West Maui and for Wai‘oli Stream, in Halele‘a, North Kaua‘i.

The study focused on the four most frequently sighted species in Maui Nui — the Pantropical spotted dolphin, the spinner dolphin, the common bottlenose dolphin and the more elusive false killer whale — and revealed a concerning lack of applicable information regarding the distribution of these populations.

Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia have been moored off of Lahaina, Maui, since Thursday, May 13, the morning after departing Honolulu for a training voyage to the Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), the area of the Pacific Ocean known as “the doldrums.”

The Hawai’i Department of Health announced that it will add probable COVID-19 cases to the state’s case count beginning Wednesday, May 19.

The Kalana O Maui Building is lit in light blue tonight, and on Wednesday and Thursday this week in honor of National Emergency Medical Services Week, May 16-22, 2021.

The state Department of Health reports that there were 56 additional COVID-19 cases in Hawai‘i on Tuesday, including 49 on O‘ahu, three on Kaua‘i, one on Maui, one on Moloka‘i, and two in Hawai‘i residents diagnosed while out of state.