Maui News

Whatʻs on the minds of Maui residents and visitors? Maui Nowʻs letters to the editors discuss the Mayor’s plan for a second COVID-19 test for travelers, bullying and hostile work environment at County offices, Maui mozzarella to solve dam issue, treatment of tourists, debris and abandoned cars on County land that is supposed to be protected, poor treatment in nursing home, the need to “cool it with the Clorox” and more.

Next year, the Queen Ka’ahumanu Center in Kahului should be celebrating its 50th anniversary, but no one knows if there will be any reason to commemorate the milestone as Maui’s largest mall goes through foreclosure.

A moped crash on the Honoapiʻilani Highway claimed the life of a Lahaina man. The incident was reported at around 10 a.m. on Friday April 16, 2021, on the Honoapiʻilani Highway, approximately 59 feet southeast of Lahainaluna Road in Lahaina. Preliminary investigation reveals a 2015 DAIXI moped was traveling Southeast on Honoapiʻilani Highway within the […]

Hawaiʻi has reached the 1 million mark for doses of vaccine administered statewide. In Maui County, more than 92,000 doses have been administered, with 46 percent of the population in Maui County initiating a vaccine and 27 percent are fully vaccinated.

The state Department of Health reports that there were 98 additional COVID-19 cases reported in Hawai‘i on Friday, including 67 on O‘ahu, 17 on Maui, three on Hawai‘i Island, and 11 in Hawai‘i residents diagnosed while out of state. There were a total of 1,197 cases logged over the past two weeks, 288 of them in Maui County.

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Boards of The Oʻahu Hawaiian Canoe Racing Association and Nā Wāhine O Ke Kai have cancelled the 2021 championship canoe races: Hawaiian Airlines Nā Wāhine O Ke Kai (scheduled for Sept. 26) and Hawaiian Airlines Molokaʻi Hoe (scheduled for Oct. 10).

US Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI) today introduced new legislation to expand federal paid leave to include 12 weeks of family and medical leave.

The event will include performances by the ten youth poet finalists, appearances and performances by several special guests and culminating in the announcement of the young poet selected to be the state’s first youth poet laureate, a title never before granted to a young person in the state.

The action is to honor the victims involved in a mass shooting in Indianapolis that left eight people dead and several more wounded.

A Kentucky man is the latest individual to be arrested on Maui for alleged violation of rules and orders related to travel quarantine.

Visitors intending to backpack in Haleakalā National Park will soon be able to reserve Haleakalā Crater wilderness campsites in advance. Reservations for wilderness campsites Palikū and Hōlua will go live on Recreation.gov beginning April 22, 2021 at 7 a.m.

A Florida man is the latest individual to be arrested on Maui for alleged violation of rules and orders related to travel quarantine.

In honor of Earth Day, The Nature Conservancy commissioned Hawaii-born artist Jana Ireijo to paint a mural at the Maui Ocean Center that highlights the perils faced by Hawaiʻi’s coral reefs.

The state Department of Health reports that there were 98 additional COVID-19 cases reported in Hawai‘i on Thursday, including 59 on O‘ahu, 24 on Maui, 14 on Hawai‘i Island, and one on Moloka‘i. There were a total of 1,242 cases logged over the past two weeks, 303 of them in Maui County.

This includes: seven in the travel/lodging/tourism sector, six at educational settings, two at a food suppliers, two at restaurants, two in occupational settings, one cluster at a correctional facility, and one at a place of worship.

The state of Hawaiʻi’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for March 2021 was 9 percent compared to 9.2 percent in February, with 590,800 people employed and 58,750 unemployed in March for a total seasonally adjusted labor force of 649,550, according to the Hawai‘i State Department of Labor & Industrial Relations.

Vaccination clinics in Central and West Maui that were scheduled to administer the Johnson and Johnson vaccine this month, will be administering the Moderna vaccine instead.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has begun accepting applications for funeral assistance for those in Hawai‘i who have lost loved ones to COVID-19.

Hawaiian Electric warned its customers of scammers pretending to Hawaiian Electric employees and using scare tactics and trickery to get potential victims to pay “overdue” bills with prepaid debit cards.

Haleakalā National Park will participate in National Park Week, a special time to celebrate national parks and programs across the country and to encourage everyone to discover the nation’s diverse natural and cultural heritage. This yearʻs celebration is April 17-25. Hereʻs whatʻs happening at Haleakalā National Park: Saturday, April 17, Free Entrance Day: Haleakalā National […]