Maui News

Today’s COVID-19 case count includes approximately 90 backlogged cases involving testing providers that recently began providing data to DOH’s electronic lab reporting system. This reporting delay includes cases reported across the state. DOH expects additional backlogged cases to be reported in the next few weeks.

A Maui pediatrician provided safety and efficacy information to parents considering the COVID-19 vaccination for children in the 5-11 year age group.

The first non-chemical sunscreen dispenser in a Hawai‘i State Park was unveiled Friday morning. It’s a nod to the growing movement and legislation to get ocean users and beach goers to only apply mineral-based sun protection – to protect sensitive coral reef systems around the state.

The Maui County Council unanimously passed Bill 135 to prohibit the sale, distribution, or use of non-mineral sunscreens.

The County of Maui today announced it has come to a resolution on the Hawaiʻi Wildlife lawsuit involving operation of the Lahaina Wastewater Reclamation Facility. County officials say they will not appeal Judge Susan Oki Mollway’s decision.

An arrest was made on Thursday in connection with a pedestrian hit-and-run crash in Pāʻia last week that resulted in potentially life threatening injuries.

The project focuses on Hāpapa watershed’s three gulches (Kūlanihākoʻi, Waipuilani and Kēōkea) which are responsible for most of Kīhei’s stormwater flooding.

Soon-to-be sworn-in Maui Police Chief John Pelletier has selected a colleague from Las Vegas, Charles Hank, as his Deputy Chief.

The Flatbread Company in Pāʻia is hosting a benefit night Nov. 23 with pizza proceeds going to the nonprofit Maui Nui Marine Resource Council that works to protect Maui’s coral reefs.

There were 206 additional COVID-19 cases in Hawai‘i on Friday. Today’s COVID-19 case count includes approximately 40 backlogged cases involving testing providers that recently began providing data to DOH’s electronic lab reporting system. DOH expects additional backlogged cases to be reported in the next few weeks.

The state Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Forestry and Wildlife will conduct a forest products auction for Acacia koa wood. All wood pieces are from the West Maui State Forest Reserve on the island of Maui.

The ACLU of Hawai‘i released a report today titled “Decriminalizing Houselessness in Hawai‘i,” which shows how criminalizing people’s status of being unsheltered causes irreparable harm to individuals, wastes public resources, dehumanizes those experiencing houselessness in the eyes of the public, and directly undermines the government’s investments in housing and supportive services.

Two mariners are safe after the boat they were in ran aground and became submerged off of Honokalā Point along the North Shore of Maui in Haʻikū, Sunday morning.

A letter signed by all 50 State Attorneys General and the District of Columbia was sent today to the Federal Communications Commission in support of its efforts to reduce illegal robocallers’ access to legitimate phone numbers to make unending robocalls that scam people.

The Third Annual Hannah Brown Memorial Impaired Driving Awareness Checkpoint will take place next Wednesday, Nov. 24. The event begins at 5:30 p.m. in front of the Wailuku Police Station as police launch their impaired driving awareness holiday campaign.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is initiating the process to consider designating the marine portions of Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument as a national marine sanctuary.

A newly awarded $2.9 million federal grant will go towards the construction of a replacement bridge at Kaupakalua, after the original two-lane timber bridge, built around 1911, washed away in a storm event earlier this year.

The temporary Kīpahulu District closure is due to a complete road closure by Maui Department of Public Works along Hāna Highway, 1.5 miles east of the park entrance.

Underwater footage captured by author Deborah Patton’s GoPro on Feb. 3, 2020 reveal an in-process birth with two male escorts surrounding the mother in labor after approaching a whale watching boat operated by Captain Steve’s Rafting Adventures in Lahaina.

A bonded pair of nēnē, a male and female, were struck and killed by cars on A‘alele Street near the Kahului Airport on Tuesday afternoon.