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The Maui County Council unanimously passed Bill 101 last month– that creates a 3% transient accommodations tax in Maui County.

Hilton Grand Vacations Inc. announced the soft opening of its brand-new oceanfront  property, Maui Bay Villas by Hilton Grand Vacations in Kīhei. Located on Maui’s southwest coast, the all-suite luxury resort marks HGV’s first location on the island and 10th property in Hawaiʻi.

In this era of COVID-19 and its attendant deprivations, never before has Maui seemed more like a house divided. What has led us here? Can we mend? Do we need to redefine aloha?

A single car crash in Kula claimed the life of a 76-year-old Kula woman on Halloween night. Police say a preliminary investigation reveals that the 1941 Ford Woody station wagon sustained a mechanical failure, which may have contributed to the crash.

Hundreds of Maui families enjoyed a safe return to Halloween festivities on Sunday night at Maui Countyʻs Halloween Drive-Thru Adventure at Keōpūolani Regional Park in Kahului.

There were 152 additional COVID-19 cases in Hawai‘i on Sunday, including 22 on Maui. There were also 10 new COVID-19 deaths reported today.

There were 156 additional COVID-19 cases in Hawai‘i on Saturday, including 12 on Maui.

Maui Mayor Michael Victorino has submitted another request to Governor David Ige to ease restrictions in the County of Maui Public Health Emergency Rules. Details are forthcoming. If approved, the effective date for changes would be Nov. 5, 2021.

Six mariners aboard a grounded sailing vessel, were rescued by the US Coast Guard about a half mile off of Olowalu, Maui, Thursday.

Statewide, there were 78 people hospitalized with COVID-19, including three on Maui.

The Food and Drug Administration authorized the emergency use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine for the prevention of COVID-19 to include children 5 through 11 years of age.

After 27 years, Wailuku’s Sack N Save supermarket will close its doors on Nov. 28. The store has 60 employees who will be offered positions at other Foodland stores on Maui.

Several large employers on Maui are either silent or taking a wait and see approach when it comes to mandating COVID-19 vaccines for their employees.

To meet anticipated holiday demand, Hawaiian Airlines is expanding once-daily service between Honolulu and Seattle and San Francisco, as well as between Kahului, Maui and Los Angeles.

In Maui County, the seven day average for new cases daily is 12, with a 1.7% test positivity rate over 14 days. This is +6% from Oct. 13 to Oct. 26, 2021. For every 100,000 residents in Maui County, there have been an average of 7.0 newly reported cases per day over the last seven days.

USPS officials in Hawaiʻi are seeking to hire more than 600 Hawaiʻi residents for jobs paying up to $20.66 on Hawaiʻi Island, Kauaʻi, Maui and Oʻahu.  Job openings include 275 entry-level positions and 350 seasonal positions.

Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi today announced that indoor and outdoor organized entertainment events will return to 100% capacity for vaccinated residents a week from today, on Nov. 3, 2021. This includes a full capacity of 9,200 people at the University of Hawaiʻi’s Clarence T. C. Ching Stadium, Oʻahu’s largest outdoor venue.

Teddy’s Bigger Burgers is expanding on Maui with plans to open a new location at the Puʻunēnē Shopping Center in Kahului late this year or early next year.

There were 184 additional COVID-19 cases in Hawai‘i on Wednesday, including 10 on Maui, two on Lānaʻi and one on Molokaʻi.

Councilmember Kelly Takaya King will depart Thursday for the 26th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland. She is one of only two delegates selected to attend the conference on behalf of ICLEI USA, an association of local governments devoted to climate action and sustainability.