Maui News

First Lady Jill Biden will visit Honolulu after her return from leading the US delegation to the Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan.

Councilmember Kelly Takaya King of South Maui issued a statement on Wednesday in response to the Mayor’s veto of Bill 60, which establishes a moratorium on the issuance of building permits for new visitor accommodations and visitor accommodation expansions in South and West Maui.

The Hawaiʻi State Senate will convene a special session for the purpose of reviewing the judicial appointments of Dan Gluck to the Intermediate Court of Appeals and Lesley Maloian to the District Family Court of the First Circuit.

Maui County Federal Credit Union concluded its school supply and backpack drives at each of its branches in Kahului, Lahaina and Wailuku on July 17, 2021, raising $8,125.43 and collecting over 2,800 school items for Maui’s children in need.

A problem with time-zone calculations was identified as the reason for the faulty early release of in-demand wilderness cabin reservations at Haleakalā National Park earlier this month.

The confirmed cases included: 95 on O‘ahu (+4 probable); seven on Hawai‘i Island (+2 probable); 10 on Maui (+8 probable); four on Kaua‘i; and 33 in Hawai‘i residents diagnosed while out of state.

The plan sets a course for transportation planning in Kīhei, one of Maui County’s fastest-growing communities, and it takes into consideration the ground transportation needs of everyone – keiki to kupuna – and of pedestrians, bicyclists, bus commuters and motorists.

The Maui Educational Opportunity Center is assisting students with two upcoming scholarship opportunities available for college students offered through the University of Hawaiʻi: the Mānaiakalani for first-generation or low income college students, and Kūlia scholarships for those who lost their jobs due to COVID-19.

The Hawaiʻi Department of Agriculture has confirmed the detection of coffee leaf rust or CLR, on Kaua’i and Molokaʻi. With the new findings, the coffee plant pathogen has now been found on all major Hawaiian Islands.

A Change.org petition has garnered more than 1,000 signatures seeking the reinstatement of Joseph “Joey” Gonsalves as Executive Director of Hui No Ke Ola Pono, a Native Hawaiian not-for-profit organization dedicated to health care and disease prevention on Maui.

The Comprehensive Affordable Housing Plan, created and presented by Hawaiian Community Assets, involves a five-year overhaul to the county’s affordable housing approach that would bring in 5,000 homes, offered to two-year Maui residents who are under 120 percent area median income.

As of Thursday, July 22, 2021, 33-year-old Noah Rombold was located and found to be in good health. The Maui Police Department thanked the public for their assistance.

Managing Director Baz said the mayor does not believe Bill 60 will relieve crowds at Kahului Airport, reduce traffic on Maui’s roadways, or solve the problem of transient vacation rentals operating in neighborhoods. “Bill 60 will simply limit the choice of visitor accommodations in West and South Maui for the next 5-10 years,” said Baz.

The J. Walter Cameron Center in Wailuku, Maui has been serving the Maui community for nearly 48 years, but like most nonprofits the organization reports it has been affected by economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Not only would this benefit existing homesteaders and others who depend on DHHLʻs water system, but would also significantly advance the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act‘s mission to return Hawaiians to the land, by providing sufficient water to establish 171 new homestead service connections and up to 210 new service connections for subdivided homestead lots,” said Lindsey.

The confirmed cases included: 77 on O‘ahu (-2 probable); 13 on Hawai‘i Island (+2 probable); seven on Maui (-1 probable); one on Kaua‘i; and three in Hawai‘i residents diagnosed while out of state.

The Hawai‘i Land Trust, a Hawaiʻi 501(c)3 nonprofit that protects, stewards, and works to connect people to the lands that sustain Hawaiʻi, has partnered with the University of Hawai‘i Maui College on a new environmental stewards leadership program.

First Hawaiian Bank launched a month-long, statewide Slippah Drive benefitting Child & Family Service. New slippers donated to FHB at the bank’s Maui County branches will stay on island to help Maui County families.

The Hawai‘i State Department of Health is alerting residents and visitors that Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. is voluntarily recalling all lots of five NEUTROGENA® and AVEENO® aerosol sunscreen product lines. Company testing identified low levels of benzene in some samples of the products. Consumers should stop using the affected products and discard or return them.

The statement provides recommendations to state and county governments on how to translate Hawaiʻi’s climate policy framework into decision making and investing. The American Jobs Plan includes a $50 billion investment in resilient infrastructure, including restoring and protecting nature-based infrastructure such as lands, forests and wetlands.