Maui News

The deadline for the first installment of Maui County real property tax payments for Fiscal Year 2021-2022 is today, Monday, Aug. 23, 2021.

The US Food and Drug Administration today approved the first COVID-19 vaccine. The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine, will now be marketed as Comirnaty (koe-mir’-na-tee), for the prevention of COVID-19 disease in individuals 16 years of age and older.

The NWS says that based on the latest guidance, the low will continue to track westward across Maui County and the center may pass just south of Oʻahu this afternoon, and then move south of Kauaʻi this evening.

An estimated 1,200 pounds of trash was cleaned up from West Maui’s Awalua Beach on Saturday, in an effort organized by Surfrider Foundation Maui Chapter.

The National Weather Service has issued a wind advisory for all of Maui County from 6 p.m. Sunday to 6 a.m. on Monday. Winds are expected to be northerly, blowing at 20-30 mph with localized gusts over 50 mph expected.

A youth anti-bullying and suicide prevention program, Defenders Connect, will be offered by Maui Economic Opportunity’s Youth Services from 4 to 5 p.m. Aug. 23, 24 and 26 via Zoom.

There were 893 additional COVID-19 cases in Hawai‘i on Sunday, including 83 on Maui and 11 on Molokaʻi. The death reported today was in an Maui woman in her 30s who was hospitalized with underlying conditions.

Maui Obituaries for the week ending Aug. 22, 2021. May they rest in peace.

The virtual event will be livestreamed on the MEO website, Facebook page and Zoom from 6 to 7:30 p.m. A concert by Nevah Too Late and a ceremony for guest of honor, Maui County Mayor Michael Victorino, will highlight the evening.

The remnants of former Tropical Cyclone Linda are expected to move through the islands between today and Monday night, according to the National Weather Service.

The state Department of Transportation will be conducting road work this week that will result in lane closures at various locations.

A Maui man was being held in lieu of $50,000 bail after allegedly driving a vehicle into the Hi-Tech surf store in Kīhei and driving “back and forth” within, narrowly missing an employee on Aug. 11, 2021.

The talk story sessions aim to give participants an opportunity to network with their peers, discuss the challenges they are facing on their career pathway, share their personal experiences and lessons learned from both classroom and field experience.

There were 763 additional COVID-19 cases in Hawai‘i on Saturday, including 123 on Maui, five on Molokaʻi, and three on Lānaʻi. The latest data represents an average of 693 cases per day for the state over the past seven days, and a total of 9,346 cases over two weeks.

Hawaiʻi Gov. David Ige has proclaimed Aug. 22-28 Hawai‘i Beach Safety Week. Highlights of the week will include public rescue tube briefings with Maui lifeguards at Kahului Airport, City and County of Honolulu lifeguard rescue demonstrations in Waikiki and ocean-related spinal cord injury testimony from a survivor on the Island of Hawai‘i.

In her new capacity, Horikawa-Barth will be responsible for all nursing departments and work closely with the executive team and other leaders to continue to improve quality, processes, and the patient and employee experience.

The Queen’s Medical Center – West O’ahu declared an “internal state of emergency,” with all 104 beds at the hospital filled.

A flash flood watch goes into effect on Sunday morning and remains in effect through late Monday night as remnants of Linda impact the state.

The meetings coincide with the release of the draft environmental assessment and the draft engineering documentation report for the Iao Stream FCP that addresses a severe erosion design deficiency experienced by the existing system.

A 20-year-old Kula man has succumbed to injuries sustained as a result of a collision reported on Kanaloa Avenue in Wailuku last week.