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Hawaiʻi is expected to reach a 60% fully vaccinated rate by July 8, which will result in relaxed rules relating to travel and social gatherings.

Governor David Ige today signed three bills into law, supported by the Women’s Legislative Caucus, relating to human trafficking, divorce and child exploitation.

The US Fish and Wildlife Service is reopening the public comment period on the published proposed rule to reclassify the aeʻo (Hawiian stilt) from endangered to threatened under the Endangered Species Act.

Maui Ocean Center launches its Nā Hoa Kai annual membership for Hawaiʻi residents on Sunday, July 4, 2021.

A Maui police officer suffered minor injuries on Wednesday while attempting to restrain a female suspect wanted on outstanding warrants.

In a 5-0 decision, the Hawai’i Supreme Court recently upheld the integrity of the Coastal Zone Management Act in a case involving the Kahoma Village Project in West Maui.

The confirmed cases included: 12 on Hawai‘i Island (-1 probable); 26 on O‘ahu (-2 probable);one on Maui (+1 probable); one on Kaua‘i; and four in Hawai‘i residents diagnosed while out of state.

After combating “yellow crazy ants” for a decade, the US Fish and Wildlife Service has eradicated the invasive species, protecting vital seabird colonies at Johnston Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, part of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument.

More enforcement is needed to deter illegal parking on the Hāna Highway, as rural residents deal with an influx of visitors and limited resources.

The University of Hawaiʻi Maui College Culinary Arts Program’s advanced baking students are hard at work this summer, offering pastries to the public for sale at their storied “Back Door Bake Shop.”

The Shops at Wailea released its calendar of signature Hawaiian cultural events. Guests of all ages can again enjoy complimentary cultural activities and live entertainment, including hula dancing, coconut weaving and lei making.

The number of animals surrendered and found stray on Maui have “multiplied exponentially” over the course of a month, resulting in critical capacity at the Maui Humane Society.

The confirmed cases included: four on Hawai‘i Island (+1 probable); 10 on O‘ahu (-1 probable); one on Kaua‘i; and one in a Hawai‘i resident diagnosed while out of state (+1 probable).

To date there have been three cases of the Delta variant associated with travel from the continental United States. Two of those cases are on O‘ahu and one is on Hawai‘i Island. In addition, the State Laboratories Division has identified the Delta variant in a specimen from an O‘ahu resident with no history of travel. The Department of Health is investigating to determine the extent of household and community transmission.

A new social host ordinance aimed at reducing underage drinking goes into effect for the island of Maui on Sept. 1, 2021. The Maui Coalition for Drug-Free Youth launched a new website, mcdfy.org, on June 21 to help raise awareness about the ordinance, and to help parents stop underage drinking at home.

The new funding will help support airports that have experienced severe economic disruption caused by the COVID-19 public health emergency.

More than half of University of Hawaiʻi students surveyed last year experienced some type of basic needs insecurity, according to a recent study.

“New guidance from the federal government clearly states that rescue funds cannot be used for debt service, and this created a gap in the budget that must be corrected,” said Gov. Ige.

The confirmed cases included: two on Hawai‘i Island (-1 probable); 11 on O‘ahu (+1 probable); Kaua‘i (-1 probable); and two in a Hawai‘i residents diagnosed while out of state.

Maui-based design firm Sae Design Group took home six Pele Awards; while fellow Maui designer Artistry8 earned two awards; and Daryl Fujiwara, Zeno Design Studio and Naish International took home one award each.