Maui News

There were 100 new COVID-19 cases in Hawai‘i today, including 66 on O‘ahu, 24 on Hawai‘i Island, one on Maui, one on Lānaʻi, one on Kauaʻi and seven in Hawai‘i residents diagnosed outside of the state. Moloka‘i had no new cases today. The new Maui case was in Kahului, according to map changes documented by the State Department of Health.

The DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife’s Kaulunani Urban and Community Forestry Program and its partners will celebrate the state’s annual tradition of planting and giving away trees in their 115th year of celebrating Arbor Day in Hawaiʻi.

Maui police issued 61 citations over a five day period as part of an ongoing mask enforcement campaign that runs through the middle part of November.

The Plantation Inn, an adult-only 18-room bed and breakfast in West Maui, announces their Nov. 15 reopening date.

Maui fire crews are on the scene of a house fire on Kealaloa Avenue in Makawao. The fire was first reported at around 8:45 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020.

AAA Hawaiʻi members who insure their vehicles through the Interinsurance Exchange of the Automobile Club and its affiliate insurers will receive an additional 10 percent premium refund totaling approximately $139 million. This is for auto insurance in effect from May 16 to Sept. 30, 2020.

The Maui Chamber of Commerce announced the musical entertainment and chef who will be featured during the 7th Annual Virtual Hawaiian Airlines Made in Maui County Festival livestream element of the event that takes place Nov. 7 and 8.

For the first time since February, the Blood Bank of Hawai‘i returns to Maui on Thanksgiving week from November 22 through 24.

For those ready for a change in school options or struggling with the challenge of returning to work and not having assistance for distance learning, St. Anthony School would like to waive tuition for 2nd quarter for new students (must have a signed contract and payment for the balance of the school year). Tuition assistance is available for those that show financial need.

The Hawaiʻi State Senate today announced its 2021 leadership and committee assignments ahead of the Thirty-First Legislature that opens on Jan. 20, 2021.

The buses will primarily transport Head Start keiki and will supplement MEO Youth transportation services. A fourth bus is being shipped to Molokai and will be blessed there at a later time.

There were 156 new COVID-19 cases in Hawai‘i today, including 125 on O‘ahu, 21 on Hawai‘i Island, four on Maui, one on Lānaʻi, and five in Hawai‘i residents diagnosed outside of the state. The new Maui cases included: two in Kīhei, and one each in Makawao and Spreckelsville.

The Maui Chamber of Commerce announced Alaka‘i Paleka and Kathy Collins as the local celebrity hosts for the 7th Annual Virtual Hawaiian Airlines Made in Maui County Festival. The virtual event will feature shopping and interacting with vendors in virtual booths, a two-day live streaming component with QVC-style vendor presentations, sponsor messages, a chef’s demonstration, fashion show, vendor commercials, live musical entertainment and local programming.

Hawai’i Unemployed United is organizing statewide protests Nov. 7 to highlight problems with the processing and payment of unemployment insurance claims and demand changes to address those problems.

The Hawai‘i Department of Education will provide free meals for students at 203 schools through Dec. 18 with funding from the US Department of Agriculture’s Summer Food Service Program.  

ʻOhana Fuels selected Mālama Maui Nui as its third-quarter beneficiary for its “Fuel Up. Do Good.” program, receiving $5,795.67 in aid in its efforts keep Maui Nui beautiful.

“This represents tremendous civic engagement, and people who vote for the first time tend to stay voters,” said University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa political science Associate Professor and Public Policy Center Director Colin Moore.

Hawaiʻi’s Division of Aquatic Resources is holding a series of virtual meetings to compile public input on increasing the management of key herbivores to help protect and restore the stateʻs coral reefs on each island.

Hawaiʻi 2020 Election Result updates can be found here. Check back for up to the minute updates with a focus on races of Maui importance listed first.

There were 89 new COVID-19 cases in Hawai‘i today, including 73 on O‘ahu, seven on Hawai‘i Island, three on Lānaʻi, one on Kaua‘i, and five in Hawai‘i residents diagnosed outside of the state. Maui and Moloka‘i had no new cases today.