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Charges have reportedly been dropped against five Lahaina women who were arrested last month for refusing to leave a construction site in West Maui. 

Maui police have released information on a motor vehicle accident involving Maui Police Chief Tivoli Faaumu after receiving a demand letter earlier this week and a video of the incident surfaced online today. 

There were 71 new COVID-19 cases in Hawai‘i today, including 59 on O‘ahu, two each on Hawai‘i Island and Maui, and eight in Hawai‘i residents diagnosed outside of the state. Maui cases were reported in Wailuku and Lahaina according to the latest mapping updates provided by the state Department of Health.

Nā Hale O Maui today announced the completion of its Kahoma permanently affordable workforce housing project in Lahaina. Nā Hale O Maui is able to sell homes at below-market prices by keeping the land in trust, subject to a 99-year lease with the homeowner. The 12 three- and four-bedroom homes at Kahoma, which appraised between $745,000 to $800,000, were purchased between $390,000 to $460,000, with 3% down.

The Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority is accepting COVID-19 Health and Safety Plans from hotel operators in Hawaiʻi as required by Governor David Ige’s 15th Proclamation Related to the COVID-19 Emergency, which he signed on Monday.

The MACC’s Live @ the MACC series continues this weekend, Nov. 20-22, with three free outdoor, drive-in concerts in the A&B Amphitheater. Each concert will also be livestreamed. The first event takes place on Friday, Nov 20 and features NĀ HŌKŪ HOU with Jeff Peterson, Amy Hānaialiʻi & Josh Tatofi.

The public is advised of reduced speed limits throughout the entire construction zone on Piʻilani Highway (Route 31), between N. Kīhei Road to Wailea Ike Drive.

There were 53 new COVID-19 cases in Hawai‘i today, including 37 on O‘ahu, six on Hawai‘i Island, two on Maui, and eight in Hawai‘i residents diagnosed outside of the state. Kaua‘i, Lānaʻi and Moloka‘i had no new cases today.  At least one of the new Maui cases was in Kīhei according to the latest mapping updates provided by the state Department of Health.

Update:  (8:45 a.m. 11.18.20) Susanne Matayoshi has been located in good health. The Maui Police Department thanks the public for their assistance.

A mobile hygiene unit used by unsheltered homeless in South Maui was broken into yesterday, with many items stolen, rendering the unit inoperable, according to the Ka Hale A Ke Ola Homeless Resource Centers. The organization estimates that damages and loss at $10,000 and possibly more.

A 41-year-old California man suffered multiple injuries to his body after falling approximately 20 feet from a waterfall onto rocks below in the area known as “Bamboo Forest” in the East Maui town of Kailua.

Gov. David Ige issued a 15th COVID-19 emergency proclamation that extends and clarifies the statewide mask mandate as agreed to by all four counties and the state.

Vouchers were sent to some 6,000 individuals and families impacted by COVID-19 on Maui as part of a Thaksgiving giveaway from the County of Maui.

There were 95 new COVID-19 cases in Hawai‘i today, including 76 on O‘ahu, eight on Hawai‘i Island, seven on Maui, two on Kaua‘i and two in Hawai‘i residents diagnosed outside of the state. The Maui cases included: three new cases in Kīhei, two in Wailuku and one each in Kahului and Kula.  One case was removed from Lahaina in the latest mapping updates provided by the state Department of Health.  

A Hawaiian musician is asking for kindness following comments made by radio hosts on Oʻahu in jest about her struggle with childhood hunger, during a Hawaiʻi Foodbank telethon on Friday.

“This additional time provides DOH and its partners a more sustainable data timeline and allows for greater accuracy in reporting COVID-19 statistics. It also makes Hawai‘i’s data timeline more consistent with the timeline of other states, counties, and municipalities across the country,” according to an update provided by the DOH.

The 2020 member award winners are: Alex Franco, retired president of Maui Cattle Company, “Member of the Year” recipient; Woody and Carmen Goble of Goble’s Flower Farm,  “Farm Family of the Year” recipient; Nelson Okumura of VIP Food Service and Island Grocery, “Friend of Agriculture” recipient; and David Chun of Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard’s office, “Mike Lyons Award” recipient.

More than 82,600 pounds of marine debris and trash were removed during a 16-day cleanup project at Lalo (French Frigate Shoals) within Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument.

Mayor Michael Victorino announced that a food distribution event will be held on Nov. 20, 2020, for Molokaʻi residents in need. The event is scheduled for 9 a.m. at the Mitchell Pauʻole Community Center in Kaunakakai.

The State of Hawai‘i has added new trusted partners for its domestic transpacific and inter-county pre-travel testing programs. The state will accept COVID-19 test results from the new partners starting Nov. 17.