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The confirmed cases included: 80 on O‘ahu (+1 probable); 17 on Hawai‘i Island (+3 probable); 12 on Kaua‘i; 3 on Maui (+6 probable); and two in Hawai‘i residents diagnosed while out of state.

A male scuba diver was found unresponsive on Friday afternoon in waters off of Mākena Landing in South Maui. Maui police responded to the area at around 2:28 p.m. on Friday, July 16, 2021. Police say the male was diving with a friend, but they became separated while at the surface. The friend lost sight […]

Felicia is forecast to move into the Central Pacific Hurricane Center area of responsibility Tuesday night as a tropical storm, according to forecasters.

A woman from Wailuku, Maui is among the latest grand prize winners for the state Department of Health’s #HiGotVaccinated campaign.

One day after federal Judge Susan Oki Mollway issued an order requiring Maui County to get discharge permits for Lahaina injection wells under the Clean Water Act, Councilmember Kelly Takaya King said today she urges Mayor Michael P. Victorino to not appeal the decision.

State Representative Troy Hashimoto and Councilmember Yuki Lei Sugimura host the live roundtable from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, July 22, 2021.

“The law was passed before the global pandemic and the unforeseen impacts of COVID-19 must be considered. We must at the same time consider the intent of County Council, which unanimously passed this legislation, and the devastating impact single-use plastics have on the environment,” said Tamara Farnsworth, Division Manager with the County of Maui Department of Environmental Management, Environmental Protection & Sustainability Division.

The confirmed cases included: 95 on O‘ahu (-2 probable); 25 on Hawai‘i Island (+2 probable); seven on Maui; nine on Kaua‘i; one on Molokaʻi; and 10 in Hawai‘i residents diagnosed while out of state.

An 82-year-old woman who was struck by a vehicle while she was walking within a sidewalk on Mo’olu Circle in Waikapū last month, has since succumbed to injuries she sustained in the crash.

The US Navy announced this week that it will reevaluate the impacts of its testing and training exercises on endangered whales off Southern California and Hawaiʻi. The move comes in response to a notice of intent to sue from the Center for Biological Diversity, filed after two dead fin whales were found on the hull of a military destroyer in San Diego in May.

Felicia is expected to move into the Central Pacific Hurricane Center area of responsibility next Wednesday as a tropical storm.

ROCKSLIDE KAHEKILI HWY AT HONOKOHAU:6:15 p.m. July 14, 2021 Kahekili Hwy is closed at mile post 37 due to a rockslide. Maui Police are on scene and crews from the state Department of Transportation, Highways Division are responding to clean up the area.

Governor David Ige provided formal notification today that the eviction moratorium in Hawaiʻi will end when it expires on Aug. 6, 2021. The eviction moratorium has been in place since April 17, 2020.

The names of the remaining 53 individuals selected for grand prizes will be announced throughout the week, as winners are verified. More than 260,000 individuals registered for the chance to win prizes to date.

The confirmed cases included: 89 on O‘ahu (+2 probable); 18 on Hawai‘i Island (-1 probable); 15 on Maui (+7 probable); 14 on Kaua‘i; and 21 in Hawai‘i residents diagnosed while out of state (+1 probable).

State Senator Lynn DeCoite hosts a virtual town hall meeting TONIGHT starting at 4:30 p.m., with State and County leaders to discuss the traffic congestion on Hāna Highway and in East Maui.

All students at Hawaiʻi’s 257 public schools will receive free breakfast and lunch meals for the entirety of the 2021-22 school year, thanks to a nationwide waiver from the US Department of Agriculture.

The credit is the first in a series of monthly payments totaling about $65 million for Hawaiʻi families to help 257,000 children thrive.

“I want to be clear that this behavior is absolutely unacceptable. Visitors to our islands – you’re asked to respect our people, culture, and laws protecting endangered species that are found nowhere else in the world,” Gov. Ige wrote.

Ten small rural hospitals in Hawai‘i – those with fewer than 50 beds and Critical Access Hospitals – will receive $2,583,760 in new federal funding from the American Rescue Plan. This includes funding in Maui County for Kula Hospital, the Lānaʻi Community Hospital and Molokaʻi General Hospital.