Maui News

There are 81 units in the completed first phase. Another 83 units will be built in a second phase on the same property directly across the street from Foodland at the Queen Kaʻahumanu Center in Kahului. County officials say residents are expected to move in soon.

St. Anthony School launches its in-person summer camp program beginning on Monday, June 29 through Friday, July 24 from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

“I anticipate that once this testing gets in place, that people can come and feel safe here, and our residents feel safe.  Those numbers will climb quite substantially and so we’re gearing up our airport security, our airport checkpoints to make sure we don’t let anyone slip through without being checked,” said Mayor Victorino. 

The state Department of Labor and Industrial Relations has detected $15,829,889 of potentially fraudulent claims paid out as of June 24.  In addition, the department reportedly blocked $76,644,808 in “possible fraudulent PUA payments.”

There are 16 new COVID-19 case reported for Hawaiʻi today–12 of them on Oʻahu, and four on Kauaʻi–pushing the statewide count to 850 cases in Hawaiʻi over the course of the pandemic.

The local access restriction for Hāna Highway (Route 360) between Kapakalua Road and Hāna Town will remain in place through June 30, 2020, according to an update issued today from the Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation. Full access will be allowed on July 1, 2020.

The Maui Emergency Management Agency has nearly completed an update to the County’s Hazard Mitigation Plan. It addresses threats such as wildfires, significant beach erosion and highway rockslides and looks at how the County can lessen the impact of natural hazards such as wildfires, tropical storms and erosion on Maui, Molokaʻi and Lānaʻi.

County officials say the Governor’s announcement gives the visitor industry and businesses time to implement proper health and safety measures.

Minit Medical Urgent Care continues a series of drive-through testing events this week–today in South Maui and tomorrow in Central Maui. About 80 people were tested on Wednesday by Minit Medical at the Lahaina Aquatic Center in West Maui.

The law that had allowed free parking for electric vehicles at state airports and at most state and county parking lots and meters, is scheduled to sunset at the end of this month. 

Maui police arrested a Kula man after a motor vehicle accident reported at around 4:25 p.m. on Tuesday, June 23, in the area of Pūlehu Road and Ōmaʻopio Road.

Maui police responded to 7 burglaries, 7 vehicle thefts and 6 vehicle break-ins in Maui County over a seven day period from June 14 to June 20, 2020.

Senate President Ronald D. Kouchi, State House Speaker Scott K. Saiki, Senator Donovan M. Dela Cruz, and Representative Sylvia Luke announced the Legislature’s comprehensive plan to use $635 million in federal CARES Act funds to provide ongoing, immediate relief to residents and small businesses who are suffering from the devastating economic shutdown caused by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

Governor David Ige today announced that as of Aug. 1, the state will implement a pre-travel testing option for travelers to Hawaiʻi as an alternative to the 14-day travel quarantine.

There are 16 new COVID-19 case reported for Hawaiʻi today–13 of them on Oʻahu, one on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi, and two Hawaiʻi residents who were diagnosed outside of the state–pushing the statewide count to 835 cases in Hawaiʻi over the course of the pandemic. To date, 686 people (83.8%) have recovered including 113 (97.4%) recovery in Maui County. There are currently 132 active cases in the state, including three on Maui.

Mayor Victorino said a “definitive timeline” related to travel from out-of-state will be announced today.   The governor’s media briefing starts at 2:30 p.m. *Check back here for a live stream.

According to the data, Maui County hotels reported RevPAR at $15 (-94.5%), with declines in both ADR to $117 (-66.4%) and occupancy of 12.6 percent (-63.7 percentage points) in May. The Lahaina/Kāʻanapali/Kapalua region had RevPAR of $4 (-98.1%), ADR of $70 (-76.1%), and occupancy at 5.8 percent (-69.5 percentage points).

The senators urged Fed Chair Jerome Powell and Vice Chair Randal Quarles to ensure banks conserve capital now so that they can continue lending if the economic fallout from the pandemic turns more severe.

Fire crews and medics are on the scene of a traffic accident involving multiple vehicles in Pāʻia reported at around 7 a.m. on Wednesday, June 24, 2020.  Clean up crews were caring debris from the Hāna Highway east of the Baldwin Avenue intersection. Vehicles involved were moved to the side of the road, but delays in traffic were reported.

The planet, named “AU Mic b” after its host star, AU Microscopii, was discovered using the NASA TESS planet-finding satellite and confirmed by observations at the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility atop Maunakea on Hawaiʻi Island.