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Of today’s 196 cases, there are 160 cases identified as confirmed, and 36 probable cases were added to the count.  The confirmed cases included: 95 on O‘ahu (+29 probable); 18 on Hawai‘i Island (-1 probable); 19 on Maui (+2 probable); 11 on Kaua‘i (+2 probable); 0 on Molokaʻi; two on Lānaʻi; and 15 Hawai‘i resident diagnosed while out of state (+4 probable).

King Kekaulike’s Nā Aliʻi is the first neighbor island team to win an outright state championship, and only the second title holders from Maui. The last time a Maui team won the state title in Division I was in 2018 when Baldwin High School shared the title of co-champion with Hawaiʻi Prep after the championship match was postponed indefinitely due to lighting.

Of today’s 184 cases, there are 137 cases identified as confirmed, and 47 probable cases were added to the count.  The confirmed cases included: 90 on O‘ahu (+31 probable); 13 on Hawai‘i Island (+6 probable); 16 on Maui (+5 probable); 10 on Kaua‘i (+1 probable); one on Molokaʻi; 0 on Lānaʻi; and seven Hawai‘i resident diagnosed while out of state (+4 probable).

An additional 84 affordable rental units for seniors were completed recently as part of Catholic Charities Housing Development Corporation’s Kahului Lani Phase 2 project.

The Hawaiʻi Island Police Department has launched an arson investigation into a structure fire at the former Uncle Billy’s Hotel in Hilo overnight that caused an estimated $2,025,000 in damage.

On Saturday, March 5, 2022, Abela’s family reported she contacted them. The Maui Police Department thanks the public for their assistance.

Of today’s 234 cases, there are 159 cases identified as confirmed, and 75 probable cases were added to the count.  The confirmed cases included: 98 on O‘ahu (+41 probable); 14 on Hawai‘i Island (+16 probable); 20 on Maui (+5 probable); nine on Kaua‘i (+13 probable); 0 on Molokaʻi; 0 on Lānaʻi; and 18 Hawai‘i resident diagnosed while out of state.

The Hawai‘i State Senate’s Ways and Means Committee has advanced two bills that aim to provide major funding to address the state’s housing shortage. 

Attempts to revive a male visitor who lost consciousness during a snorkeling trip in waters off Maui, were unsuccessful, and the man died, according to Maui police.

Two residents were displaced after a home fire burned a 600 square foot cottage on Puakea Place, Thursday morning.

Of today’s 314 cases, there are 247 cases identified as confirmed, and 67 probable cases were added to the count.  The confirmed cases included: 161 on O‘ahu (+37 probable); 14 on Hawai‘i Island (+10 probable); 29 on Maui (+13 probable); 21 on Kaua‘i (+2 probable); three on Molokaʻi; two on Lānaʻi; and 17 Hawai‘i resident diagnosed while out of state (+5 probable).

The restaurant celebrated its 35th anniversary last year, marking three and a half decades of service from a corner spot at Luakini and Dickenson Streets. But the heavy burden of economic landscape and staffing concerns made the decision official.

Maui Now’s featured job openings for the week of Feb. 27 to March 5, 2022.

More than 70 people gathered this morning at the Kalana O Maui Building in Wailuku as Maui Mayor Michael Victorino proclaimed today as Ukraine Solidarity Day throughout the County of Maui.

Of today’s 166 cases, there are 134 cases identified as confirmed, and 32 probable cases were added to the count.  The confirmed cases included: 61 on O‘ahu (+22 probable); 19 on Hawai‘i Island (+5 probable); 16 on Maui (+5 probable); 11 on Kaua‘i; 0 on Molokaʻi; 0 on Lānaʻi; and 27 Hawai‘i resident diagnosed while out of state.

The Kīpahulu Campground will officially reopen on March 16, 2022. To stay in the campground, campers will need to utilize the new online reservation system on Recreation.gov, starting March 16. 

Maui County’s Plastic Disposable Foodware Ordinance No. 5084 went into effect today. The ban was supposed to take effect in the new year, but implementation was postponed for two months amid COVID-related supply chain delays.

Rescuers were unable to save the life of a woman who became caught in a rip current at Koki Beach in East Maui on Tuesday afternoon.

Governor David Ige today announced an end to the state’s Safe Travels Hawaiʻi program for domestic travel when the state’s current emergency proclamation related to COVID-19 ends on March 25, 2022; but he left the door open to potentially extend the state’s indoor mask mandate.

A beachfront home at Rocky Point on Oʻahu collapsed into the sand today, inundated by powerful winter swells.