Maui News

The 41st Annual Maui Whale Festival to celebrate the return of Maui’s majestic humpback whales from Alaskan waters is being held virtually this February with a slate of events run by the nonprofit Pacific Whale Foundation.

Scammers usually send phone and text messages demanding individuals to call back to receive a COVID-19 vaccination in exchange for money.

Stephanie Ohigashi will serve as the field representative to Maui residents; Gene Ross Davis will serve as the field representatives to Molokaʻi residents; and Joelle Aki Aoki will be the field representative for Lānaʻi residents.

The first dose vaccinations being offered are for Phase 1B eligible residents that had their Maui Health January appointment canceled because of the vaccine shortage.

The 2021 Whale Tales virtual event Feb. 13 and 14 on Maui will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the groundbreaking album “Songs of the Humpback Whale” by Roger Payne and Scott McVay.

The COVID-19 cluster at the Maui Community Correctional Center remains unchanged with eight positive cases confirmed in inmates.

The winter weather advisory has been canceled for the summit of Haleakalā on Maui (as of 9:52 a.m.), but remains in effect for the summits of Hawaiʻi Island through 6 p.m. The National Weather Service says the threat for winter weather on Maui has ended.

As the nation’s new branch under the Department of Defense, the Space Force was stood up Dec. 20, 2019. Although Detachment 15 is a small unit, the work accomplished on Haleakalā Summit is critical to US space domain awareness, and to providing a strategic advantage in space.

There were 33 new COVID-19 cases reported in Hawai‘i on Sunday, including 20 on O‘ahu, seven on Maui, four on Hawaiʻi Island, and two in Hawaiʻi residents diagnosed outside of the state.

The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation will hold virtual public meetings about the update of the Hawaiʻi Statewide Transportation Plan on Feb. 17, 18, & 20.

Maui police made 10 arrests for impaired driving, including one for suspicion of Habitual OVUII during an impaired driving enforcement effort that started on Friday and continued through Sunday.

The Senate Judiciary Committee today voted to recommend that the Senate consent to the judicial appointments of Christopher Dunn to the District Court of the Second Circuit and James Rouse to the District Family Court of the Second Circuit in Maui County.

The new Wailuku Pool will be closed for repairs to a damaged waterline on Feb. 9 and 10. The pool will reopen Feb. 11.

Emergency financial assistance to native Hawaiian renters on the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands waiting list is now available for those who are having difficulties meeting housing expenses in Hawaiʻi as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Maui-born and raised actor, Mapuana Makia has been cast as Noelani in the Disney + series, “Doogie Kamealoha, M.D.”

Hawaiʻi Technology Academy is opening new student enrollment for its Maui campus on Monday, Feb. 8 until June 30, 2021.

Hawaiʻi DLNR’s Division of Forestry and Wildlife will manage a 300-acre parcel of the Pia Valley on O‘ahu after its landowner, Patricia Godrey donated a section of the rainforest for conservation.

There were 75 new COVID-19 cases reported in Hawai‘i on Sunday, including 52 on O‘ahu, 14 on Maui, seven on Hawaiʻi Island, and two in Hawaiʻi residents diagnosed outside of the state.

Crews from the state Department of Transportation are working on a number of project that will result in lane closures on Maui between Feb. 6-12.

A California man was arrested for an alleged quarantine violation after arriving on Maui from Los Angeles without a negative pre-travel COVID-19 test and no approved lodging.