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During the month of January 2021, MPD made 70 impaired driving arrests compared to 59 in 2020. To date, MPD has made four Habitual offender arrests compared to two at the same time last year.

There were 90 new COVID-19 cases reported in Hawai‘i on Monday, including 57 on O‘ahu, 20 on Maui, seven on Hawaiʻi Island, one on Kaua‘i, and five in Hawaiʻi residents diagnosed outside of the state.

The bill aims to save lives by reducing excessive alcohol abuse, drunk driving, vehicle homicides, domestic violence, addiction, and healthcare costs.

Should the Governor include the proposed measure in his packet, the draft Legislation would then proceed to be considered by the Hawaiʻi State Legislature. If the Governor chooses not to include it in his packet, the Department may seek a Legislator to introduce the proposal.

There were 82 new COVID-19 cases reported in Hawai‘i on Sunday, including 59 on O‘ahu, eight on Maui, 11 on Hawaiʻi Island, and four in Hawaiʻi residents diagnosed outside of the state.

Both counts will take place three times during peak whale season annually on the last Saturdays in January, February, and March.

There were 116 new COVID-19 cases reported in Hawai‘i on Saturday, including 82 on O‘ahu, 20 on Maui, eight on Hawaiʻi Island, and six in Hawaiʻi residents diagnosed outside of the state.

“It’s another example of the way we can successfully partner with the community to everyone’s benefit,” said UH Maui College Chancellor Lui Hokoana.

There were 115 new COVID-19 cases reported in Hawai‘i on Friday, including 75 on O‘ahu, 24 on Maui, five on Hawaiʻi Island, and 11 in Hawaiʻi residents diagnosed outside of the state.

The new Netflix film “Finding ʻOhana” premieres today, starring Maui’s Lindsay Watson, Alex Aiono of YouTube fame, teen dancer Kea Peahu, established Honolulu-born actress Kelly Hu, and long-time actor and stuntman Branscombe Richmond of Maui.

The Friends of the Library of Hawaiʻi has awarded Senator Gilbert Keith-Agaran the Mahalo Award as the FLH 2020 Legislator of the Year.

There were 100 new COVID-19 cases reported in Hawai‘i on Thursday, including 65 on O‘ahu, 21 on Maui, seven on Hawaiʻi Island, one on Lānaʻi and six in Hawaiʻi residents diagnosed outside of the state.

Seven Hawaiʻi National Guardsmen who recently deployed to Washington, D.C. to help ensure a peaceful transition of presidential power on Inauguration Day, Jan. 20, 2021, have tested positive for COVID-19, the Department of Health has confirmed.

Southwest Airlines announced new nonstop flights between Long Beach and both Kahului, Maui and Honolulu on Oʻahu.

Gov. David Ige issued an emergency proclamation today declaring the County of Maui, which has suffered under drought conditions since March 2019, a disaster area.

Authorities are searching for the vandal(s) who cut through metal gate poles and fencing at the “entrance” to Pu‘u Ola‘i “Little Beach” at Mākena State Park on Maui. The beach section was closed on Jan. 5 in an effort to stop Sunday evening large gatherings (drum circles) attended by hundreds of people.

The Hawai‘i Department of Health delivered and administered COVID-19 vaccines to residents and employees at the Kalaupapa Settlement of Kalawao County on the island of Moloka‘i this week.

Fourteen-year-old Naiya Eideʻs heart stopped at the beach, but thanks to quick actions from a CPR-performing tourist and successful surgery to put in a pacemaker and defibrillator, the Maui eighth-grader will be able to live a normal and active life.

Preliminary engineering and environmental compliance studies are set to get underway on Thursday, Jan. 28, for the improvement of the Waikamoi and South Wailua bridges in East Maui.

There were 103 new COVID-19 cases reported in Hawai‘i on Wednesday, including 64 on O‘ahu, 27 on Maui, three on Hawaiʻi Island, and nine in Hawaiʻi residents diagnosed outside of the state.