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The state BLNR heard from the Office of Conservation and Coastal Lands (OCCL) on Item K-2, a programmatic statewide small-scale beach restoration (SSBR) permitting program that would reauthorize and expand the existing beach nourishment program OCCL to streamline activities. The motion is highly contested by many in the Maui community.

Maui’s Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea ushers in a new chapter with the return of Ben Shank as the resort’s new General Manager in July 2021.

A new video was released featuring the completed “Quick Build” Demonstration Project at the Papa Avenue and Māʻalo Street intersection fronting Lihikai School in Kahului.

The confirmed cases included: 26 on O‘ahu (+2 probable); 15 on Hawai‘i Island; seven on Kaua‘i; six on Maui; and six in Hawai‘i residents diagnosed while out of state (+1 probable).

The University of Hawaiʻi Vanguard Center of High Performance Computing on Maui has named Tiare K. Martin as its new executive director, effective July 1, 2021. The center is part of the Applied Research Laboratory at UH and supports the US Air Force’s Maui High Performance Computing Center, one of five Department of Defense Supercomputing Resource Centers nationwide.

The story of the PSA, which was produced in both Hawaiian and English, is the story of the ocean’s many personalities, from the small and inviting kai poʻi waves to the destructive force of tsunami waves.

Premiering tonight, Monday, July 12, at 7 p.m. is Maui’s own big wave surfer, community advocate and YouTube cooking sensation Ian Walsh. A new episode will air every Monday for the next 12 weeks at 7 p.m. on Spectrum OC16.

Public health nurses with the Maui District Health Office join medics with the National Guard in hosting COVID-19 vaccine clinics each Friday through the end of July at the Queen Kaʻahumanu Center.

The partners of The ‘Alalā Project have attempted to reintroduce ‘alalā into native forests, after the last bird in the wild was spotted decades ago.

Mauna Loa erupted forty-six years ago this week, on July 5–6, 1975, in a 20-hour event with vents confined to the summit region (the area above 3,660 m/12,000 ft) and lava flows descending to just below 3,170 m (10,400 ft). This was the first eruption in 25 years, at the time the longest quiet stretch since 1843 (we are currently in the longest stretch at 37 years and counting).

The confirmed cases included: 54 on O‘ahu (+4 probable); 12 on Maui (+1 probable); 12 on Hawai‘i Island; eight on Kaua‘i; and 11 in Hawai‘i residents diagnosed while out of state.

A Comprehensive Affordable Housing Plan was delivered to the Maui County Council that provides a roadmap for building 5,000 affordable homes for local renters and homebuyers in the next five years.

The benefit race, which originated along the famous Maliko downwind run, raises funds for Imua’s annual summer camp program for children with special needs – Camp Imua.

The confirmed cases included: 58 on O‘ahu (+13 probable); 20 on Hawai‘i Island; two on Kaua‘i; four on Maui (+3 probable); and 14 in Hawai‘i residents diagnosed while out of state.

Gianina Reid, 25, was last seen on Molokaʻi two weeks ago on Thursday, June 24, 2021. Police say no one has heard from her since that date.

As of June 30, 2021, there were over 10,000 beneficiaries with homestead leases and 28,792 native Hawaiians on the Waiting List.

Department officials say this is the first detection of the disease in a cattle herd in Hawaiʻi since an outbreak of bTB on Molokaʻi 25 years ago.

Starting Thursday, July 15, 2021 travelers from the Philippines and from South Korea’s Incheon International Airport may bypass the State of Hawaiʻi’s mandatory 10-day quarantine if they take a COVID-19 test from a trusted testing partner.

The confirmed cases included: 36 on O‘ahu (+1 probable); 10 on Hawai‘i Island (-1 probable); seven on Kaua‘i; three on Maui (+1 probable); and 12 in Hawai‘i residents diagnosed while out of state.

A rapid increase of visitors is being reported at the historic Pololū Valley in North Kohala on Hawaiʻi Island where community members and industry officials are exploring ways to mitigate impacts to natural and cultural resources.