Maui News

There were 48 new COVID-19 cases reported in Hawai‘i on Sunday, including 38 on O‘ahu, four on Maui, three on Hawaiʻi Island and three in Hawaiʻi residents diagnosed outside of the state.

The owners of Old Lāhainā Lūʻau, Star Noodle, Leoda’s Kitchen and Pie Shop, and Aloha Mixed Plate were commended by the Department of Transportation’s Highways Division for their employees’ impressive and sustained volunteerism for Maui’s environment.

The nonprofit Ka Lima O Maui honored participants and supporters who have made a difference in 2020.

Work on the County’s water system will result in a water shutdown for parts of Kahului between 10 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 17, and 6 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021.

Hui No‘eau Visual Arts Center invites Maui County preschools and public elementary schools to participate in the center’s FREE virtual art field trip program during April and May 2021.

The cameras are showing that non-native, introduced birds are the likely culprits, along with some ant species. The video evidence of ants as suspects at Mānoa Cliffs is limited, but the researchers believe at other locations they are eating the caterpillars before they fully develop into butterflies.

Hawai‘i’s native butterfly, the Kamehameha butterfly, is a unique member of the insect kingdom. These are some of the things children of all ages will learn in the just-released educational book, “Butterfly for a King.”

Maui obituaries for the week ending Feb. 13, 2021. May they rest in peace.

There were 71 new COVID-19 cases reported in Hawai‘i on Saturday, including 48 on O‘ahu, 11 on Maui, two on Hawaiʻi Island and 10 in Hawaiʻi residents diagnosed outside of the state.

Construction is scheduled to begin Monday, March 1, 2021, on the Central Maui District maintenance operations building project.

All visitors and commercial operators will need to make reservations to enter Waiʻānapanapa State Park in East Maui, beginning on March 1, the state Department of Land and Natural Resources announced.

Governor David Ige has issued an 18th emergency proclamation for COVID-19. It acknowledges vaccinated travelers/quarantine as a future exception, but the state will wait for specific guidance from the CDC before implementing a quarantine exception for vaccinated travelers.

The County of Maui filed the lawsuit in Hawaii state court against the fossil fuel companies for costs allegedly associated with the impacts of climate change.

There is no tsunami threat to Hawaiʻi following a preliminary magnitude 7.1 earthquake reported at 4:07 a.m. HST on Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021, near the east coast of Honshu Japan.

Police say Su Lyne Kaihewalu, 26, was located and arrested at around 9 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 11, for her alleged involvement in the incident. A second suspect, Erath Kaihewalu, 28, turned himself in at around 12:18 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 12.

Nonprofit, Maui Economic Opportunity, honored community volunteers and named a benefactor of the year during an annual recognition celebration held on Friday, Feb. 12.

Free drive-through COVID-19 testing will be available for Hana residents on Thursday, Feb. 18, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Hāna Ball Park.

Seabury Hall will be hosting an inaugural event, Maunalei Giving Day, a virtual fundraiser combined with a drive-through Mother’s Day Marketplace, on Saturday, May 8, 2021. The new event is named in part for the school’s campus, Maunalei.

The Planning Department has launched a web page for public review of project applications pending planning commission review.

Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi today announced that Gov. Ige has approved the an amendment to the City and County of Honolulu’s Emergency Orders that keeps O‘ahu in Tier 2 of its Reopening Framework through March 15, 2021.