Maui News

One resident was doing carpentry work at the home of an elderly woman. State officials say the woman, who is in a high-risk category, “was incensed” upon learning the man was being arrested for quarantine violation.

The closure includes: the Mill House Restaurant, Mill House Resting Café, the Rolling Mill Food Truck, Maui Chef’s Table and the Plantation grounds. The Plantation looks forward to reopening in the future, but does not have a specific projected date in mind.

As of March 16, 2020, the County began allowing registered owners to dispose of two vehicles per calendar year. The Junk Vehicle Disposal Assistance Program assists residents to dispose of their junk vehicles legally and properly.

The Expeditions Lānaʻi Ferry announced updated COVID-19 rules and changes that take effect immediately, limiting the amount of unescorted freight that will be allowed on each trip from Lahaina and Lānaʻi.

Earlier this month, the FTA awarded over $7 million through the CARES Act to the Hawai‘i Department of Transportation on behalf of MauiBus through its Section 5307 Urbanized Area Formula fund.

Today, US Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i) announced that the five Native Hawaiian Health Care Systems and Papa Ola Lokahi, which coordinates health care programs and services for Native Hawaiians, will receive a total of $16,999,696 in federal funding from the US Department of Health and Human Services.

This bill would provide internet-connected devices and $50 a month toward broadband access to workers who were laid off or furloughed during the pandemic as well as others in need.

Maui police responded to 7 burglaries, 6 vehicle thefts and 10 vehicle break-ins in Maui County over a seven day period from June 21 to June 27, 2020. 

According to the Pacific Media Workers Guild, a total of 12 journalists represented by the union have agreed to be laid off. The remainder will take unpaid furloughs totaling six weeks each between now and Feb. 28, the end of the fiscal year.

Maui Mayor Michael Victorino announced today that the County of Maui will be extending its waiver of credit card convenience fees for online payments of County bills and self-service (kiosks) for motor vehicle registration renewals.

The state continues to explore options for the safe removal of unexploded ordnance at Molokini Crater in Maui County. In no way do we, as the agency responsible for the protection of Hawai‘i‘s natural resources, want to agree to anything that might create unmitigated damage,” said Case. “Conversely, we must be mindful of the potential hazard to human health and safety this UXO can pose,” she said.

“This change in rules is effective immediately and allows commercial and recreational boats, with a rated US Coast Guard capacity of more than ten, to not exceed their rated capacity by no more than 50 percent, provided they operating under the Boating and Ocean Recreation COVID-19 guidelines,” said DOBOR Administrator Ed Underwood.

The Department of Parks and Recreation announced that, in observance of the July 4th holiday, the pool reservations phone line will not take calls on Friday, July 3. All County pools will be closed on July 4 and will reopen July 5.

Here on Maui, total visitor days in May declined 98.4 percent from a year ago. There were 1,054 visitors on Maui in May versus 249,208 visitors a year ago. Year-to-date, arrivals dropped 50.8 percent to 604,888 visitors.

There are just two new COVID-19 case reported for Hawaiʻi today, both on the island of Oʻahu–bringing the statewide count to 900 cases in Hawaiʻi over the course of the pandemic. To date, 722 people (81.8%) have recovered including 113 (97.4%) recovery in Maui County. There are currently 160 active cases in the state, including three on Maui. As a result of updated information, one case from Maui was removed from the counts, according to the State Department of Health.

(Update: 11:24 a.m. 6.29.20) The Lahaina Bypass is now OPEN.  The road was closed for a little over an hour while police conducted a traffic investigation in the area. 

The proposed $15 million would go to the Department of Human Services (DHS) for child care, working coordination with federal funds (Child Care Development Block Grant, subsidies to families for child care), county funds (CARES Act grants programs to non-profits, private businesses, families), and private philanthropy.

An increasing number of Hawai‘i residents no longer see COVID-19 as much of a threat as they did in the earlier stages of the pandemic, according to a follow-up survey commissioned by the Hawai‘i State Department of Health (DOH).

The Kīhei Islander Route #10 will begin normal routing on Thursday, July 2.

Members of the Senate and House of Representative sent a letter to Gov. David Ige and Public Safety Director Nolan Espinda, urging them to continue operation of correctional work furlough and halfway house programs for women inmates on O‘ahu, contracted through the YWCA of O‘ahu.