Maui News

Maui Health reports it is nearing completion of rescheduled first-dose vaccinations for nearly 5,000 individuals whose appointments were canceled in January due to a vaccine shortage.

Hawaiʻi Attorney General Clare E. Connors today joined 30 attorneys general in urging the Federal Communications Commission to fund internet connectivity and internet-enabled devices to K-12 students whose schools are closed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and who are learning remotely.

At the Maui Metropolitan Planning Organization’s virtual town hall Feb. 25th about its Vision Zero Action Plan, featured speakers from Oregon and the Big Island will discuss lessons learned from their agencies’ road safety efforts.

There were 47 new COVID-19 cases reported in Hawai‘i on Tuesday, including 27 on O‘ahu, 17 on Maui, and three in Hawai‘i residents diagnosed out-of-state.

The Board of Directors for Maui United Way has elected Simon Poole of Goodfellow Brothers Inc. as their new Board Chair. Poole has been on the MUW board since 2019.

The Kōkua Pool, located at the Kahului Community Center in Kahului, will reopen for lap swimming beginning March 1, 2021.

Maui police responded to seven burglaries, 14 vehicle thefts and eight vehicle break-ins in Maui County over a seven day period from Feb. 7 – 13, 2021.

The governor, first lady, cabinet and staff received the Moderna vaccine and are scheduled for their second dose in late March.

What do Maui residents think about sending prisoners to mainland jails, derelict cars, tourists arriving with proof of vaccination but not a negative COVID-19 test, rats at the Maunaloa Post Office, the proposed statewide alcohol tax and more? Read on to find out.

More than 4,300 families across Hawai‘i live in federal public housing units that could receive funding from this grant.

A visitor from South Dakota was arrested on Maui over the weekend for alleged violation of rules and orders relating to travel quarantine.

An emergency assistance program has opened for farming and ranching operations that have suffered losses due to excessive deer populations on Molokaʻi and Maui.

Trade Winds Productions/USA Network, which filmed Temptation Island on Maui, has donated six brand new 20- by 30-foot tents to Kīhei Schools to provide additional ventilated and shaded outdoor safe space for in-person classes.

The US marks a half-million COVID-19 deaths since the pandemic began–including 431 in Hawai‘i.

There were 52 new COVID-19 cases reported in Hawai‘i on Monday, including 21 on O‘ahu, 28 on Maui, two on Hawaiʻi Island, and one on Kauaʻi.

The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation Airports Division is waiving landing fees for scheduled commercial passenger service to Molokaʻi and Lānaʻi in response to decreased service due to the economic impacts of the ongoing pandemic.

The death of a male Hālawa Correctional Facility inmate, between 60 to 70 years old, is being classified by the Hawaiʻi Department of Health as a COVID-19 related death.

The Wyland Foundation will support the first USA Surf team at the Tokyo Olympics through fundraising merchandise and Wyland painted surfboards that will be auctioned.

For January 2021, Maui County hotels led the state at 21.9 percent occupancy, down 55.1 percentage points from January 2020 (before the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown) and less than the 26 percent occupancy for December 2020, according to the Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority report.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently updated its vaccine prioritization to include “Traveler Accommodation” under the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices Categories of Essential Workers.