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Representative John M. Mizuno, Chair of the House Health Committee, and Representative Rida Cabanilla, a registered nurse, are asking all nursing homes to comply with recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines and have COVID-19 testing for all their residents.

Mayor Michael Victorino announced today the extension of the Micro Business Loan Program with an additional $750,000 of funding from the County of Maui.

Maui Managing Director Sandy Baz reports that the bus will be located in Hāna Bay for the next two weeks, from Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. and then from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.

There are four new COVID-19 case reported in Hawaiʻi today–all of them on Oʻahu–pushing the statewide count to 816 cases in Hawaiʻi over the course of the pandemic. The state Department of Health reports that as a result of updated information, two cases were removed from the counts.  To date, 669 people (83.7%) have recovered including 113 in Maui County. There are currently 130 active cases in the state, including three on Maui.

Several 40-foot shipping containers fell overboard. That number currently stands at 21. Nine of those have been located, 12 remain missing. The crew of the tug and barge Ho Omaka Hou recognized the containers were missing after mooring in Hilo. Containers are reportedly adrift approximately 8 miles north of Hilo, and one is reported adrift in Hilo Harbor.

Effective July 1, 2020, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Brandon Segal will serve as the first Supervisor of the Vehicular Homicide and Road Safety Unit.

The Wailea Blue Course will close on July 6, 2020, until further notice.  Course executives say the closure is “a result of devastating economic conditions brought about by the coronavirus pandemic.”

In honor of Pride Month, the Hawai‘i Department of Health today launched the Sexual and Gender Minority (SGM) online resource hub.

The Hawai‘i State Senate is scheduled to resume its 2020 session today. Committees will be considering a limited number of critical bills that were put on hold when the Senate was forced to recess in mid-March due to COVID-19.

The County of Maui Office of Economic Development announced the launch of its refreshed www.KamaainaFirst.com website.

Minit Medical is conducting drive-through testing this week at three different locations on Maui: Wednesday: Lahaina Aquatic Center from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Thursday: South Maui Community Park from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.; and Friday: Keōpūolani Park from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

There are 11 new COVID-19 case reported in Hawaiʻi today–nine on Oʻahu, and two on Hawaiʻi Island–pushing the statewide count to 814 cases in Hawaiʻi over the course of the pandemic.

The Maui Police Department is requesting the public’s assistance with any information pertaining to the whereabouts of Kenneth Sands.   Sands is 33 years old, stands approximately 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighs about 270 pounds. Sands has brown hair and hazel eyes.

Maui Now’s Wendy Osher interviews Dr. Stacy Ammerman, OB-GYN from the Maui Memorial Medical Center. Dr. Ammerman will answer questions about deliveries during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Kaua‘i had no cases for ten weeks and this raises the cumulative number of COVID-19 cases on the island to 29, since March. There are six (6) new cases on O‘ahu and one (1) on Maui for a total of 14 new cases confirmed in the past 24-hours, and a statewide case total of 803.   

Maui County Mayor Michael Victorino joined the Valley Isle’s African American community and dignitaries nationally in commemorating the end of  slavery in the United States in June 1865. Juneteenth, a combination of the words “June Nineteenth,” is the freedom day designated by many African Americans  and the longest running African American holiday in the United States. The annual holiday is observed in 47 states, but not in three states, including North Dakota, South Dakota and Hawaiʻi.

Maui farming company – Mahi Pono – is partnering with the Hawaii Agricultural Foundation to offer local high school students paid internships.

Mayor Michael Victorino returned the FY 2021 operating budget to the Maui County Council today without his signature.

The snake was identified as a “Corn” snake. Corn snakes are native to the eastern United States but are also found in southern states such as Florida, and subdues its small prey by constriction. The corn snake can get as big as 6 feet.

East Maui Councilmember Shane M. Sinenci said today his proposed charter amendment to create a county Department of Agriculture will be heard on Tuesday at 9 a.m. in the Government Ethics and Transparency Committee.