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Mayor Victorino said: “Due to such late notice and lack of sufficient health and safety protocols in place, the County will not be able to issue a special event permit. The First Amendment march may proceed, and our community asks participants for adherence to all health and safety protocols to limit the spread of COVID-19.”

Today BlackSand Capital, a locally owned Hawai‘i real estate investment firm led by B.J. Kobayashi, announced that it is contracted to purchase the Royal Lahaina Resort.

She detailed the current state of beach erosion across Hawai‘i, citing government and academic reports that indicate 70% of the beaches on Maui, Kaua‘i, and O‘ahu are chronically eroding. By 2012, more than 13-miles of beach had completely disappeared due to erosion and seawall construction. 

In Maui County, the seven day average for new cases daily is 15, with a 2.1% test positivity rate over 14 days. This is -52% from Sept. 26 to Oct. 9, 2021. For every 100,000 residents in Maui County, there have been an average of 9.0 newly reported cases per day over the last seven days.

At about 3:10 pm Saturday, a 19-year-old driving a Toyota truck crossed left of center on Kula Highway and fatally struck a bicyclist head-on, according to the Maui Police Department.

On Saturday, the downward trend in new COVID-19 cases continued in Hawaiʻi with the report of 196 new cases, including 16 on Maui. There also were four deaths reported.

Maui County Mayor Michael Victorino has made a request to Hawaiʻi Gov. David Ige to ease some COVID-19 restrictions in the county due to a decline in the number of cases, the stabilization of the health care system and a 7-day average testing positivity rate of 2.22 percent, lowest in the state.

Governor David Ige joined Health Care leaders and Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi in announcing the easing of some COVID-19 restrictions on the island of Oʻahu. This includes allowing up to 1,000 attendees for outdoor seated entertainment (including UH football games), 500 attendees for indoor seated entertainment, and more, with safety measures in place.

A 69-year-old Florida woman suffered multiple traumatic injuries in a fall at Kaihalulu in East Maui on Thursday morning.

There were 201 additional COVID-19 cases in Hawai‘i on Friday, including 19 on Maui and one on Lānaʻi. There were also seven new deaths reported today.

Kainani Kahaunaele was the standout at the 44th Annual Nā Hōkū Hanohano Awards, winning seven awards in six categories for her third album Waipunalei. The list of winners is posted here:

The Maui Health clinic will now provide booster doses of the Pfizer vaccine to all eligible health care and other frontline workers, including teachers and hotel employees, whose occupation or workplace settings present an increased risk of infection or transmission of COVID-19.

HuiZero launches, Maui’s first zero waste to-go container program, on Friday, Oct. 8, 2021 at participating restaurants across Maui. 

The Maui real estate market remained hot for September 2021, with the median sales price for single-family homes at $996,500 (27.3% higher than a year ago) and $729,125 for condominiums (a 46.6% increase from September 2020), according to statistics from the REALTORS® Association of Maui.

Lava continues to erupt from two vents at the Kīlauea volcano on Hawai’i Island. One of the vents is located along the floor and one is located in the western wall of Halemaʻumaʻu crater.

There were 304 additional COVID-19 cases in Hawai‘i on Thursday, including 30 on Maui. The latest data represents a total of 3,744 “active” cases over two weeks.

Two Maui residents, a father and his son, are accused of the take and possession of a green sea turtle, a protected species, after being spotted by a DLNR Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement officer on routine patrol.

There were 168 additional COVID-19 cases in Hawai‘i on Wednesday. The latest data represents a total of 3,883 “active” cases over two weeks. Maui County’s seven day average of cases peaked at 57.6 per 100,000 on Aug. 25, and has been on a steady decline since the beginning of September, dropping to 12.6 per 100,000 today.

Update: As of Thursday, Nov. 4, 2021, Massey was located. The Maui Police Department thanks the public for their assistance. 

There is no tsunami expected after a 4.6 (preliminary magnitude 4.4) earthquake reported at 8:37 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021 in the SW rift zone of the Kīlauea volcano on Hawaiʻi Island.