Maui Business

A new radio feature runs this week featuring executives and doctors with Maui Health who will provide updates and answer questions related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Today’s guest is Mike Rembis, Chief Executive Officer with Maui Health.

Effective April 4, Hawaiian will be providing a total of 16 daily roundtrip flights with Boeing 717 aircraft between Honolulu (HNL) on O‘ahu and Hilo (ITO) and Kona (KOA) on the Island of Hawai‘i, Kahului (OGG) on Maui, and Līhu‘e (LIH) on Kaua‘i. For travelers not originating in or bound for O‘ahu, the schedule was carefully created to offer three daily roundtrips via HNL to all Neighbor Islands.

“This new loan program will help Hawai‘i small businesses meet their payroll and provide people with paychecks for up to eight weeks.”

Effective immediately, new hospital protocol for personal protective equipment (PPE) allows Maui Health employees and providers to wear their own masks.

While there are no reported cases of COVID-19 on the outer islands of Molokaʻi and Lānaʻi, county officials say Molokaʻi is rated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as one of the most vulnerable communities in Maui County, based on 2018 data, specifically for hospital and medical resources.

A new radio feature runs this week featuring executives and doctors with Maui Health who will provide updates and answer questions related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Today’s guest is Lisa Paulson, Director of Strategic Communications with Maui Health.

Services to families participating in Maui Family Support Services continue through tele-practice, tele-visits, teleconferencing, or video-conferencing.  In person meetings, visits, and support groups are temporarily suspended.

Mayor Michael Victorino announced today, $100,000 in grant funds to Maui Economic Development Board Inc. for local production of emergency ventilators to treat COVID-19.

Maui Health is partnering with the Maui Health Foundation to serve as a community drop-off site for Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) donations.

Maui had a total of 74 passengers arriving on the Valley Isle on 10 flights, including 42 crew members, 21 residents and 11 visitors, according to new numbers compiled by the HTA.

Charter announced it is expanding the eligibility for its 60-day free offer for Spectrum broadband Internet and WiFi access to include educators (K-12 teachers and College/University professors) who do not already have a Spectrum account.

Two Maui resorts donated more than 1,000 pounds of produce and provisions to local nonprofits as island hotels cope with the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic.

On Saturday, 1,207 people arrived in Hawaiʻi on the third day of the state’s 14-day mandatory self-quarantine for all incoming passengers, according to information compiled by the Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority.  Maui had a total of 81 passengers arriving on the Valley Isle, including 43 crew members, 28 residents and 10 visitors, according to new numbers compiled by the HTA.

Twenty researchers including Dr. Youping Deng with the University of Hawaiʻi John A. Burns School of Medicine, found beneficial effects of an insomnia drug on clinical outcomes in the management of COVID-19 patients.

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act provides relief for small businesses that have trouble covering payroll and operating expenses because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

A new study by Brookings Institute ranks the metro area of Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina on Maui at number two in the nation by share of jobs in industries at high risk from COVID-19.

Despite a reduction in the number of flights, Mokulele will not eliminate service to any of its airports.

The bipartisan $2 trillion CARES Act is the largest aid package in American history and was signed into law on Friday.

A new radio feature starts Monday featuring executives and doctors with Maui Health who will provide updates and answer questions related to the COVID-19 pandemic.  The feature runs daily at 7:19 a.m. on KPOA 93.5 FM, starting on Monday, March 30, 2020.

Maui had a total of 87 passengers arriving on the Valley Isle, including 49 crew members, 24 residents and 14 visitors, according to new numbers compiled by the Hawaiʻi Tourism Association.