Maui News

“It’s another example of the way we can successfully partner with the community to everyone’s benefit,” said UH Maui College Chancellor Lui Hokoana.

On Feb. 17 and 18, the Department of Land and Natural Resource’s Division of Forestry and Wildlife will conduct trapping and other “control work” in critical habit for the endangered palila on the Big Island.

Maui United Way received another grant from the Hawai’i Community Foundation to continue purchasing personal protective equipment (PPE) to distribute to non-profits throughout Maui Nui to keep staff, offices and clients safe and healthy during the COVID-19 pandemic.

There were 115 new COVID-19 cases reported in Hawai‘i on Friday, including 75 on O‘ahu, 24 on Maui, five on Hawaiʻi Island, and 11 in Hawaiʻi residents diagnosed outside of the state.

Molokaʻi residents who received Maui County December holiday vouchers late because of delayed mail delivery, may exchange their vouchers for gift certificates on Monday and Tuesday, Feb. 1-2, between 9 a.m. and 12 p.m., at the Mitchell Pauole Center Conference Room.

Drive-through COVID-19 testing will be held: on Thursday, Feb. 4, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the Shops at Wailea, and on Friday, Feb. 5, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Ha‘ikū Community Center parking lot.

To ensure the water at Hawai‘i public schools and child care facilities is safe to drink, the state will launch a joint project to test tap water at selected schools and child care facilities for the presence of lead.

Hawaiʻi will receive $12.9 million in federal grant funding for homeless service providers across the state through the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Continuum of Care Program.

The new Netflix film “Finding ʻOhana” premieres today, starring Maui’s Lindsay Watson, Alex Aiono of YouTube fame, teen dancer Kea Peahu, established Honolulu-born actress Kelly Hu, and long-time actor and stuntman Branscombe Richmond of Maui.

The Friends of the Library of Hawaiʻi has awarded Senator Gilbert Keith-Agaran the Mahalo Award as the FLH 2020 Legislator of the Year.

Invasive ants are posing a threat to the endangered Hawaiian yellow-face bee population, according to new findings from the DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife and the US Fish and Wildlife Service’s Pacific Islands Coastal Program.

Words matter in volcanology just as in the rest of society. Words matter among volcanologists themselves, of course, but they particularly matter in our dealings with the public, when we attempt to both tell what is happening and educate about how volcanoes work. Accuracy of words promotes understanding and clarity of thought and is essential to both telling and educating.

Maui Economic Opportunity’s federally funded early childhood education program, “Head Start” will begin accepting applications on Monday, Feb. 1 for the 2021-22 school year.

There were 100 new COVID-19 cases reported in Hawai‘i on Thursday, including 65 on O‘ahu, 21 on Maui, seven on Hawaiʻi Island, one on Lānaʻi and six in Hawaiʻi residents diagnosed outside of the state.

Seven Hawaiʻi National Guardsmen who recently deployed to Washington, D.C. to help ensure a peaceful transition of presidential power on Inauguration Day, Jan. 20, 2021, have tested positive for COVID-19, the Department of Health has confirmed.

For Maui, there were 90,605 (-67.2 percent) visitors on Maui in December 2020 versus 275,419 visitors a year ago, according to a Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority report.

John John Florence and Carissa Moore claimed the 2020 Vans Triple Crown championship titles on O‘ahu’s North Shore to close out the 2020 winter season. Vans hosted the surfing event with a couple of firsts including entirely hosting the event online and expanding the event to both men and women.

The Hawai‘i Department of Health Food Safety Branch has issued a red “CLOSED” placard to Doner Shack at 79 South Pauahi St. in Honolulu due to repeated instances of employees not wearing face masks while working, the department announced.

Southwest Airlines announced new nonstop flights between Long Beach and both Kahului, Maui and Honolulu on Oʻahu.

During the pandemic, the Hawai‘i Public Housing Authority established an emergency feeding program to prepare and deliver more than 400,000 meals to more than 30,000 vulnerable community members.