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Puʻu Ōlaʻi sometimes referred to as “Little Beach” in Mākena State Park on Maui’s south shore, will reopen tomorrow, Saturday, March 13, after being closed for several months.

The state Department of Health reports that there were 66 additional COVID-19 cases reported in Hawai‘i on Friday, including 30 on O‘ahu, 20 on Maui, 15 on Hawai‘i Island, and one on Moloka‘i.

The newly blessed Mobile Medical Educational Unit will be used for community outreach for non-critical medical issues such as wound care, mental health services, and COVID-19 preventative awareness measures.

The search continues today for a 45-year-old Idaho man who went missing in waters off of Hāmoa Beach in the Hāna area of East Maui on Thursday night.

Hawaiian Airlines launched its new, twice-weekly nonstop flights from Honolulu to Orlando on Thursday. The carrier also announced it is increasing service between Hawai‘i and Florida to three weekly flights from June 1 through Aug. 10 to meet summer demand.

The US Coast Guard and Maui county partners are searching for a missing 45 year-old man with red hair last seen offshore Hāmoa Beach in Hāna, Maui. He was last seen wearing blue shorts.

At 2:46 p.m., radar indicated heavy showers falling over the northern slopes of the West Maui Mountains and Haleakalā.

Gov. David Ige today announced that furloughs and layoffs are no longer necessary now that President Joe Biden has signed the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, also known as the COVID-19 relief bill.

The Hawai‘i Department of Health announces the state will extend vaccine eligibility to people age 65 and older and those who qualify as members of phase 1c beginning Monday, March 15.

The state Department of Health reports that there were 60 additional COVID-19 cases reported in Hawai‘i on Thursday, including 30 on O‘ahu, 18 on Maui, eight on Hawai‘i Island, and four in Hawai‘i residents diagnosed outside of the state.

Ten years ago on March 11, 2011, at 2:46 p.m. Japan local time, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake occurred off the northeastern coast of Honshu, Japan, that generated a devastating tsunami.

The Hui No Ke Ola Pono Hawaiian Health Care Center at the J. Walter Cameron Center in Wailuku started administration of COVID-19 vaccines to eligible residents this week.

The Johnson & Johnson one-shot COVID-19 vaccine is now available across the state, but demand is still greater than supply. Therefore, only people age 70 and older and those in phase 1a and 1b of the vaccination plan are currently eligible, according to state health officials.

The USGS “Did you feel it?” service received more than 300 felt reports within the first hour of the earthquake, including reports from Kula on Maui, as well as parts of Oʻahu and Kauaʻi.

An entangled subadult humpback whale was freed of gear by a team of trained responders off Lahaina, Maui on Tuesday, March 9, 2021.

The state Department of Health reports that there were 48 additional COVID-19 cases reported in Hawai‘i on Wednesday, including 29 on O‘ahu, nine on Maui, five on Hawai‘i Island, and five in Hawai‘i residents diagnosed outside of the state.

The US House of Representatives passed the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package today that includes at least $6.1 billion in estimated funding for Hawai‘i.

Hawaiian Airlines today began nonstop service between Long Beach and Kahului, Maui, welcoming Southern California travelers onboard with the convenience of a second daily flight to Hawai‘i.

Storage company, U-Haul is offering 30 days of free self-storage to Hawaiʻi residents impacted by recent extensive flooding.

“A low west of Kauaʻi will keep the atmosphere moist and unstable, maintaining the potential for locally heavy rainfall,” according to the NWS forecast.