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Frustrations Surface Over Maui Restaurant and Bar Rules, and Interpretation for EnforcementFrustrations Surface Over Maui Restaurant and Bar Rules, and Interpretation for Enforcement

Thirty-plus COVID-19 cases have been identified at the Harbor Lights condominium complex in Kahului on Maui, according to an update provided Thursday afternoon by Maui Mayor Michael Victorino.

The Hawai‘i State Laboratories Division began its molecular surveillance in June and to date has performed genome sequencing on nearly 700 samples of viral RNA.

A Haʻikū man is hospitalized with life-threatening injuries following a single-vehicle crash on New Year’s Eve on Maui.

Aina Townsend, 22, of Wailuku, drove off in his very first fully-paid-for vehicle on New Year’s Eve. The man who works as a security guard at a local grocery store didn’t know that doing what he felt was right would land him in such a lucky position.

As 2020 comes to an end — hallelujah! — Maui Now takes a look back at the year like no other, when masks became fashion items, Old Lahaina became a ghost town and Maui lost an icon, Willie K.

There were 188 new COVID-19 cases reported in Hawai‘i on Wednesday, including 135 on O‘ahu, 26 on Maui, 14 on Hawaiʻi Island and 13 in Hawaiʻi residents diagnosed outside of the state.

The lava lake within Halemaʻumaʻu crater continued to enlarge slowly in the past few days to 82 acres in size.

COVID-19 testing at the Harbor Lights condominium complex in Kahului is currently underway as state and county crews, in coordination with Minit Med work to determine the extent of a cluster reported there earlier this week.

Currently, Maui County has sustained 10 traffic fatalities this year. Four of these fatalities or 40 percent involved someone impaired by alcohol or drugs.

The public is reminded that fireworks can only be legally set off from 9 p.m. New Year’s Eve to 1 a.m. New Year’s Day.

New Emergency Rules for Maui County are proposed to take effect at 12:01 a.m. on Jan. 2, 2021.

The new rule will allow travelers to Kaua‘i, who receive a negative pre-travel test and stay in an approved Enhanced Movement Quarantine (EMQ) “resort bubble” property, to take a post-travel test three days after arrival and be released from quarantine with a negative post-travel test result.

Kauaʻi Mayor Derek S. K. Kawakami sent Governor David Ige a proposed amendment seeking to rescind the county’s moratorium on the Safe Travels program for inter-island travel.

California Governor Gavin Newsom said a case of the COVID-19 variant previously identified in the United Kingdom, has been confirmed in Southern California.

The County of Maui opens its new $25 million Service Center at the corner of Hoʻokele and Alaʻihi streets in Kahului on Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021.

State wildlife officials believe that severe drought conditions on Molokaʻi are to blame for recent instances of deer dying on the island.

There were 108 new COVID-19 cases reported in Hawai‘i on Wednesday, including 86 on O‘ahu, 17 on Maui, two on Hawaiʻi Island, one on Kauaʻi and two in Hawaiʻi residents diagnosed outside of the state.

Mahi Pono LLC has announced the promotion of Maui’s Shan Tsutsui to chief operating officer. Tsutsui succeeds Tim O’Laughlin who will be relocating to California to focus on new initiatives for both Mahi Pono and Pomona Farming.

As the New Year gets underway, another round of restrictions on Maui has some bars and restaurants frustrated with the focus on their industry instead of businesses in general.