Maui News

Navigating his senior year during a pandemic might not have been ideal, but one thing Kamehameha Schools Maui senior Hezekiah Kapuaala knows for sure is that he wants to continue his journey as a creator of videos at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa this fall.

The 2021 Sentry Tournament of Champions raised $526,760 worth of donations for more than a dozen Maui nonprofits this year.

Governor David Ige has ordered that all United States flag and the Hawai‘i state flag will be flown at half-staff immediately, until sunset on Sunday, May 30, 2021, as a mark of respect for the victims­­­­­­­­­­­ of ­the mass shooting in San Jose, California.

The confirmed cases included: 31 on O‘ahu (-1 probable); eight on Hawai‘i Island (+1 probable); five on Maui (+1 probable); one on Moloka‘i, and five cases in Hawai‘i residents diagnosed while out of state (-1 probable).

The US Pacific Fleet has confirmed the presence of a “Russian Hydrographic Vessel” operating in waters off of Hawaiʻi.

Two Maui women, Geri Emata and Cyndi Mayo-Akeo, have incorporated their musical backgrounds to create educational entertainment for young children.

The University of Hawaiʻi will expand its innovation, entrepreneurship and workforce development program with the support of a $2.7-million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant from the US Economic Development Administration. This will be matched with $813,068 of local funding.

Hawai’i’s two US senators, Brian Schatz and Mazie Hirono, along with 26 other US senators, reintroduced the Rights for the TSA Workforce Act, legislation that would grant Transportation Security Administration personnel the same employee rights and protections that are granted to most federal workers.

The Hawaiʻi State Public Library System has temporarily closed its Lahaina Public Library after an employee tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday, May 25, 2021. Out of an abundance of caution, the library will undergo a thorough cleaning and re-open on Thursday, May 27, 2021.

Maui County had the largest vacation rental supply of all four counties. Overall, the numbers are substantially higher than in April 2020, which was the first full month of the devastating impact from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Maui police have classified the death of a visitor as an unattended death after finding the woman lying unresponsive on the Wailuku side of the Lahaina Pali Trail.

In addition to this weekend Memorial Day Drive Sober campaign, the Maui Police Department Traffic Division will be stepping up enforcement in checking for proper seatbelt usage all next week as part of the Click It or Ticket- National Seatbelt Awareness Campaign.

The percentage of burglary cases increased 40 percent from the week before when five incidents were reported. Vehicle thefts decreased 18 percent from the week before when 11 incidents were reported. Vehicle break-ins decreased 12 percent from the week before when eight incidents were reported.

Coral spawning at Hawaiʻi Island’s Waialea Bay Marine Life Conservation District, will prompt two half-day closures of the area on May 28 and 29.

Effective immediately, Hawaiʻi’s mask mandate has been lifted for outdoors, but remains in place for indoors. When outdoors, people are still encouraged to mask up when in large groups of 10 people or more.

The Maui County Planning Department will hold a virtual climate change “town hall” meeting from 4:30 to 6 pm on Thursday, June 3, via live stream on the department’s We Are South Maui Facebook page.

There were 21 cases identified as confirmed, two that were identified as probable. The confirmed cases included: 15 on O‘ahu (+1 probable); two on Hawai‘i Island; one on Kaua‘i; one on Moloka‘i, and two cases in Hawai‘i residents diagnosed while out of state (+1 probable).

Proposed amendments of the Maui County Code for the use and operation of the Maui Firing Range at Ukumehame will be discussed during an online public hearing on Wednesday, June 9 at 5:30 pm.

Southwest Airlines today launched a Memorial Day weekend fare sale, offering fares as low as $49 one-way.

While Naeʻole has been the dedicated steward of Honokahua for nearly 30 years at The Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua, he believes that it’s everyone – past, present and future – that needs to learn about this sacred place and honor it now and forever.