Maui News

Grant recipients in Maui County include: Hawaiʻi Farmers Union Foundation; Hawaiʻi Taro Farm LLC; Hui No Ke Ola Pono; Hui O Kuapā; Ke Kula o Piʻilani; Kīpahulu ʻOhana, Inc.; Ma Ka Hana Ka ʻIke Building Program; Nohoʻana Farm; Sustainable Molokaʻi; and Lahaina Restoration Foundation.

There is no tsunami expected after a preliminary 3.6 magnitude earthquake reported at 5:46 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 16, 2020 in the summit region of Kīlauea Volcano on Hawaiʻi Island.

Tenants of the Lahaina Front Street Apartments low-income housing project welcomed a federal court decision this week that ensures that the project will stay affordable until 2051.

Maui police responded to 13 burglaries, 8 vehicle thefts and 10 vehicle break-ins in Maui County over a seven day period from Aug. 2 to Aug. 8, 2020.

The popular Waimea Rock on the western side of Waimea Bay on Oʻahu is closing immediately as the popular cliff jumping spot continues to attract large crowds. 

“For the last three months, we have heard wildly different and conflicting information coming from state leaders about how many active contact tracers they employed,” said Rep. Tulsi Gabbard.  

Drive-through COVID-19 testing takes place on Wednesday, Aug. 19, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Keōpūolani Regional Park in Kahului.

The state has reported another triple digit increase in new COVID-19 cases with 284 new cases today including 273 on Oʻahu, seven on Maui, three on Hawaiʻi Island and one on Kauaʻi.  More than 96% of the active cases statewide are on the island of Oʻahu.

\Maui police are seeking the public’s help in locating Ryan Rodriguez, 28, who was reported missing at around 8:20 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 14, 2020. Rodriguez was last seen, shortly before 8:20 p.m., walking in the area of Kauhale Street wearing a white T-shirt and tan shorts with no shoes.

Maui County’s largest annual products show, the Hawaiian Airlines Made in Maui County Festival, will return this year as a virtual event due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Now in its seventh year, the popular event will kick off online during the first weekend of November.

Lane closures are planned at several locations across Maui this week due to work conducted by the state Department of Education.  Below is a list of locations of planned work for the week ending Aug. 21, 2020. 

Hui No‘eau Visual Arts Center and East Maui Watershed Partnership are inviting Maui artists to enter the 16th annual Mālama Wao Akua fine art exhibition. The juried fine art exhibition is accepting artwork from any medium depicting Maui Nui’s native plant and animal species.

“That degradation in cargo volume, combined with virtually no significant rate increases over six to eight years, combined with continuing escalating costs have led to our financial situation,” said Jay Ana, President of Young Brothers, LLC.

As of noon today, Maui Health confirmed that there are a total of four health care workers and five patients at Maui Memorial Medical Center who have tested positive for COVID-19. The health care workers are in quarantine at home and the patients have been isolated in the hospital’s COVID-19 warm unit.

The State of Hawai’i Environmental Council issued a unanimous decision on Thursday effectively extending the ban aimed at reopening the collection of West Hawai’i reef fish for aquarium trade. The decision signaled a victory for reef advocates, many of whom expressed concern about the impacts of commercial aquarium collection on the ocean’s health for decades.

The state has reported another triple digit increase in new COVID-19 cases with 233 new cases today including 218 on Oʻahu, nine on Maui, five on Hawaiʻi Island and one on Kauaʻi.  More than 96% of the active cases statewide are on the island of Oʻahu.

Maui Mayor Michael Victorino this morning said he’s been advised of cleaning taking place at the Maui Community Correctional Center amid concerns over COVID-19 following an outbreak at a separate state-run facility on Oʻahu.

A small bag of 100 tiny Hawaiian oysters, gathered earlier this week under State of Hawai‘i permit by staff of Maui Nui Marine Resource Council, represents the “next generation” in the nonprofit organization’s work to use oysters to filter and clean ocean water in Māʻalaea Bay.

The Maui Police Department reports that effective immediately, Park Security Officers may issue citations, for violation of the rules and orders within Maui County Parks. The public can report violations by email to mpdquarantine@mpd.net.

Gov. David Ige held a news briefing Thursday, to address the recent COVID-19-related deaths and record number of cases reported by DOH. There were a total of 355 newly diagnosed cases on Thursday, a record single day case count since the beginning of the pandemic.