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The Department of Health reports that an inspector visited the restaurant after receiving a complaint from a customer that reported finding a roach in crispy noodles purchased from the restaurant.

DOH recorded 64 additional cases of COVID-19 in the reporting period that ended at noon today. The majority are on O‘ahu with 53 new cases. No additional deaths were reported today.

A&B Maui employees designated the Maui Food Bank as their grantee of choice, under a   special grant program commemorating the company’s 150th anniversary year. Combined, A&B’s most recent donation totals $6,500.

The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands has published its final Environmental Assessment with a Finding of No Significant Impact for the Puʻunani Subdivision in Waikapū, Maui.

Grand Wailea, A Waldorf Astoria Resort will reopen its doors on Nov. 15. The reopening marks the debut of The Grand Life, programming focused on well-being and incorporating personalized health and safety measures, as well as a reimagined twist to the resort’s experiences.

There were 128 new COVID-19 cases in Hawai‘i today, including 106 on O‘ahu, 19 on Hawai‘i Island, two on Maui, and one in a Hawai‘i resident diagnosed outside of the state. Kaua‘i, Lānaʻi and Moloka‘i had no new cases today.

The launch of a new “Round two. Stronger you. Come Back to UH” campaign is reaching out to 250,000 Hawaiʻi residents who have “some credits, no degree” (DBEDT, 2019).

Hawaiʻi County is scaling back its post-arrival testing program citing logistics, and the the unsustainability of financial and resource commitments necessary to continue this program in its current form.

There were 128 new COVID-19 cases in Hawai‘i today, including 108 on O‘ahu, 11 on Hawai‘i Island, two on Maui, two on Kauaʻi and five in Hawai‘i residents diagnosed outside of the state. The new Maui cases included one each in Kahului and Haʻikū, according to map changes documented by the State Department of Health. Hawai‘i’s COVID-19 death toll increased to at 220 with one additional death reported today on the island of O‘ahu. Details are pending release.

Joe Biden has secured the presidency becoming the 46th US President, the Associated Press and NBC News are reporting. The reports are the first for major news organizations after four days of vote counts in a historically tight race.

International travel to Hawai‘i resumed on Friday with the arrival of 64 travelers from Japan on an All Nippon Airways (ANA) flight from Haneda Airport in Tokyo. The visitors are the first to take part in the state’s pre-travel testing program that now includes both domestic trans-Pacific travelers and those from Japan.

A unanimous 9-0 vote was cast today supporting the Mayor’s request to remove Maui County Prosecuting Attorney Don Guzman amid allegations of workplace violence. 

There were 122 new COVID-19 cases in Hawai‘i today, including 87 on O‘ahu, 21 on Hawai‘i Island, six on Maui, one on Lānaʻi, one on Kauaʻi and six in Hawai‘i residents diagnosed outside of the state. Moloka‘i had no new cases today. The new Maui cases included: 3 in Kahului, and one each in Kīhei, Haʻikū and Spreckelsville, according to map changes documented by the State Department of Health.

The Maui Police Department is requesting the public’s help in locating Valerie Park, 83, of Hāna, Maui. Police say Park may have hitchhiked to the Kahului or Wailuku area.

Two New York visitors were arrested on Maui for alleged violations of COVID-19 Rules and Orders relating to quarantine.

Speaker Scott K. Saiki announced the House leadership and committee chair assignments for the 2021 legislative session that will convene on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021:

The group includes six men and two women, ranging in age from their 20s to 50s. One is a returning lawmaker; two new members represent their Hawaiʻi Island communities; two new members represent Windward O‘ahu; and three new members will represent different portions of urban Honolulu.

There were 100 new COVID-19 cases in Hawai‘i today, including 66 on O‘ahu, 24 on Hawai‘i Island, one on Maui, one on Lānaʻi, one on Kauaʻi and seven in Hawai‘i residents diagnosed outside of the state. Moloka‘i had no new cases today. The new Maui case was in Kahului, according to map changes documented by the State Department of Health.

Maui police issued 61 citations over a five day period as part of an ongoing mask enforcement campaign that runs through the middle part of November.

Maui fire crews are on the scene of a house fire on Kealaloa Avenue in Makawao. The fire was first reported at around 8:45 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020.