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New aerial footage of Molokaʻi shows just how extensive the axis deer population has gotten, and the threats that it is posing to agriculture and forested lands.

The Department of Water Supply is advising customers in the Kalaʻe system on Molokaʻi to boil water before consumption due to possible E. coli contamination.

There are 3,392 new COVID-19 cases today; and four new COVID-19 deaths, including two on Hawaiʻi Island, and one each in Maui County, and on Oʻahu.

Two visitors were airlifted from the Waiheʻe Ridge Trail during separate incidents on Wednesday in which they slipped and fell on the muddy trail and were injured.

Statewide, there were 325 people hospitalized with COVID-19, including 27 on Maui. There are 3,512 new cases today, including 373 on Maui, 19 on Molokaʻi, and eight on Lānaʻi.

The Grand Princess is the first with passengers to disembark from a cruise ship in 22 months, since the industry halt in March of 2020 amid pandemic concerns, according to Department of Transportation spokesperson Jai Cunningham.

Hospice Maui in Wailuku is grieving the loss of their Chief Executive Officer, Dr. R. Gregory LaGoy, who died suddenly on Jan. 4, 2022. LaGoy had been the CEO of Hospice Maui for more than 30 years. 

There are now 26 people hospitalized in Maui County with COVID-19, according to counts last updated at 9 a.m. on Jan. 11, 2022, from Maui Health. Eleven of the current Maui COVID-19 hospitalizations are in vaccinated, and 15 are in unvaccinated individuals. There are now two Maui COVID-positive patients in the ICU (1 vaccinated/1 unvaccinated) and one vaccinated COVID-19 patient on a ventilator.

The Maui Farm has been named the recipient of a $300,000 grant through the annual Chick-fil-A True Inspiration Awards program, according to a company announcement today.

The Hawai‘i Department of Health has updated interim COVID-19 isolation and quarantine guidance for K-12 schools. The updated guidance is closely aligned with new CDC guidance for schools. Isolation and quarantine times for students and staff who meet certain conditions have been reduced to five days.

There are now 28 people hospitalized in Maui County with COVID-19, according to counts last updated at 9 a.m. on Jan. 10, 2022, from Maui Health. Ten of the current Maui COVID-19 hospitalizations are in vaccinated, and 18 are in unvaccinated individuals. There are now two Maui COVID-positive patients in the ICU (1 vaccinated/1 unvaccinated) and one vaccinated COVID-19 patient on a ventilator.

“The problem with this virus is it can shed… before you’re sick, and then certainly after you get better. So that’s why we keep having these strange rules,” said Dr. Pang.

Maui County continues distributing free BinaxNOW take-home COVID-19 self-test kits while supplies last: TODAY, Jan. 10, 4 p.m., at the Lahaina Aquatic Center.

The state Department of Health is reporting a COVID-19 count of 4,578 new cases today, including 679 on Maui, 20 on Molokaʻi, and eight on Lānaʻi.

For the first time, the Maui Sunday Market will offer garden-fresh produce–such as avocados, lilikoʻi (passion fruit) and herbs of basil and rosemary–from 4 to 8 p.m. in the Kahului Shopping Center parking lot. 

Weather conditions and unexpected delays in shipments of critical mitigation materials continue to delay the state’s effort to manage the axis deer population on Maui, according to the governor.

Turo owners on Maui struggle as car rental prices dropped in 2021.

Of today’s 4,204 cases, there are 564 cases on Maui, 12 on Molokaʻi, five on Lānaʻi. Hawai‘i’s COVID-19 deaths increased to 1,102, with one new death reported today, on Oʻahu.

Over the past few weeks two nēne have been fatally struck by vehicles at Haleakalā National Park, with the latest incident reported early Friday morning, just after midnight near the Summit District park entrance. 

Mayor Michael Victorino announced today that Maui County will continue distributing more BinaxNOW self-test kits beginning at 4 p.m. Jan. 10, while supplies last, at the Lahaina Aquatic Center. Additional test kit distributions will be held at 4 p.m. Jan. 11 at the Kulamalu Park parking lot (Saturday farmer’s market area) in Pukalani and at 4 p.m. Jan. 12 at the South Maui Community Park Gymnasium in Kīhei.