Maui News

The event is FREE and teachers can sign up for their students on the Learning Endeavors website. Presentations run from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Nov. 18, GIS Day. Public, private and charter school teachers of any discipline – STEM, science, history, geography, health, economics, or math – are encouraged to participate.

Effective Monday, Nov. 16, 2020, the County of Maui Department of Transportation will return commuter bus service to the War Memorial Stadium Parking Lot after the recent completion of the parking lot repaving project.

Maui County Councilmember Tasha Kama today announced she will be highlighting two possible approaches to addressing problems related to unsheltered individuals at her Affordable Housing Committee meeting on Monday, Nov. 16 at 9 a.m.

The event entitled GENERATIONS: AMY & ERIC GILLIOM features the talented sister/brother pairing of Amy Hānaialiʻi Gilliom and Eric Gilliom. Together they will perform in both concert and talk story formats for an up close and personal experience streamed from the MACC’s Castle Theater stage.

There were 97 new COVID-19 cases in Hawai‘i today, including 72 on O‘ahu, 15 on Hawai‘i Island, six on Maui, one on Kaua‘i and three in Hawai‘i residents diagnosed outside of the state. The cases on Maui included one case each in Kahului, Wailuku, Kīhei and Makawao, and two cases in Haʻikū, according to map changes recorded by the state Department of Health.

Drive-through COVID-19 testing will be held on Monday, Nov. 16, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Pāʻia Community Center.

“This year our goal is to reach 1,000 pounds of food, thats only 24 pounds a day,” said Yanagida Strength and Fitness owner, Justin Yanagida.

Haleakalā National Park is now accepting Commercial Use Authorization (CUA) applications for guided astronomy tours and hiking tours. Up to four astronomy tour permits and up to six guided hiking tour permits will be issued.

Two Maui properties, the Hyatt Regency Maui Resort and Spa in Kāʻanapali and Wailea Beach Villas, A Destination Hotel, opened on Oct. 15. On Nov. 1, the Andaz Maui at Wailea Resort began welcoming guests back; and next week Friday, Nov. 20, the Hāna-Maui Resort is slated to open.

The Maui Police Department’s Traffic Division launches a two week seatbelt enforcement campaign on Monday, Nov. 16, 2020.  

The onset of COVID required MHS to temporarily stop performing elective surgeries like spay and neuter for public animals. The ten week hiatus meant that more kittens were born, adding to Maui’s community cat overpopulation. Since reopening in July, Vet staff have worked to make up for the disruption in service.

There were 118 new COVID-19 cases in Hawai‘i today, including 85 on O‘ahu, 23 on Hawai‘i Island, six on Maui, one on Kaua‘i and one in a Hawai‘i resident diagnosed outside of the state. The cases on Maui included at least one case each in Kahului, Wailuku and Lahaina, and two cases in Kīhei.

This year, 17 businesses raised $16,350 and 3,557 pounds of food, which combined will provide 36,968 meals to individuals and families across the organization’s network.

Hilo’s annual ʻŌhiʻa Love Fest will be celebrating its fourth year virtually from Monday, Nov. 16 through Saturday, Nov. 21st. The week-long virtual event will celebrate Hawai‘i’s most ecologically and culturally important tree species, ‘ōhi‘a lehua.

Coffee leaf rust (CLR), a devastating pest, has been confirmed on coffee plants on the Big Island by the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Identification Services.

The small but dedicated Hāna Lava Tube Group has received the Nō Ka ʻOi Highway Hui Award in recognition for its sustained volunteerism since 2005 for the Adopt-A-Highway program.

Mayor Michael Victorino is urging Maui County farmers and ranchers to apply for $2.5 million in available federal funds for reimbursement of expenses for losses related to COVID-19 and for food sustainability.

Mayor Michael Victorino announced that the County of Maui, in partnership with Maui Economic Opportunity, will provide 6,000 Thanksgiving turkeys and fixings to residents impacted by COVID-19.

The West Maui Corridor Plan focuses on a 3.6-mile stretch of Honoapiʻilani Highway that connects Lahaina to Kāʻanapali, starting at the Lahaina Recreation Center Complex and ending at the Kāʻanapali Resort area at Whaler’s Village.

In an Instagram update, Joseph Soul said it was “such an honor” to represent team Kelly Clarkson “but to be stolen by @gwenstefani was one of the most magical moments of my life.”