Maui News

There is no tsunami threat to Hawaiʻi after a preliminary 6.6 magnitude earthquake reported at 10:21 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022, South of the Fiji Islands.

Of today’s 203 cases, there are 200 cases identified as confirmed, and three probable cases were added to the count.  The confirmed cases included: 147 on O‘ahu (+6 probable); one on Hawai‘i Island (+3 probable); 29 on Maui (-1 probable); 16 on Kaua‘i (-7 probable); 0 on Molokaʻi; 0 on Lānaʻi; and seven Hawai‘i residents diagnosed while out of state (+2 probable).

Six people and a pet dog were displaced from their home during a house fire in Pāʻia on Tuesday night, Feb. 15, 2022.

The US Fish and Wildlife Service has published a draft recovery plan for 44 endangered species that either occur or have occurred on the Hawaiian Islands of Molokaʻi, Lānaʻi, Kahoʻolawe, and Maui, collectively known as Maui Nui.

The project is aimed at addressing the Honoapiʻilani Highwayʻs vulnerability to coastal hazards and sea level rise. HDOT is seeking input from the surrounding community before initiating the environmental review process.

The War Memorial Football Stadium and Satoki Yamamoto Track and Field will fully reopen to the public, including weekends, beginning March 5, 2022.

Hawaiʻi’s request for a major disaster declaration was granted by President Joseph R. Biden Jr. on Tuesday, following December’s severe storms on Oʻahu and Maui.

Maui Now’s featured job openings for the week of Feb. 13 to 19, 2022.

The red-light enforcement camera program that launched recently on Oʻahu could be heading to Maui, but the pilot plan will have to be evaluated first, according to the state Department of Transportation. 

A federal court hearing was held today in which former State Senator J. Kalani English and former State Representative Ty Cullen both reportedly pleaded guilty to charges of honest services wire fraud.

A mother humpback whale was freed of more than 550 feet of line and marine debris wrapped tightly around its head during a disentanglement effort yesterday off Lahaina. Rescuers say the successful response increased the survival chances for both the mother whale and her calf.

US Sen. Mazie K. Hirono of Hawaiʻi and seven other Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee are requesting the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to provide information on the use of solitary confinement in its facilities.

The latest data represents a total of 11,026 “active” cases statewide over two weeks. This is now below the delta peak of 11,500. Maui County’s seven day average of cases is now 41.9 cases per 100,000. This is below the delta peak of 57.6 per 100,000 reported on Aug. 25, and the 412.1 per 100,000 reported on Jan. 21, 2022.

Maui Food Bank was the most recent beneficiary of the ʻOhana Fuels “Fuel up. Do Good,” Community Giving Program.

Makaʻalae Farms on Maui is set to receive $250,000 in funding from the US Department of agriculture to help create new products and better advertise goods and services.  

Maui Veterans Highway is now OPEN. It was closed earlier this morning in the southbound direction.

Four mineral sunblock dispensers are now installed along south Maui shores. Two are at the ‘Āhihi-Kīna‘u  Natural Area Reserve and a pair are to be installed at Mākena State Park where thousands of people enter the ocean at these locations daily. 

At the Imua Discovery Garden, attorney Sheldon sits down for an interview with Jack Dugan, Pacific Media Group’s COO and Maui Now’s digital director, answering questions about her new role as President of the Hawai’i State Bar Association and sharing possible solutions to the top issues concerning Hawai’i. 

Timed to coincide with annual Valentine’s Day celebrations, The Salvation Army today launched “Love Beyond,” a new campaign designed to highlight the agency’s year round social service outreach efforts.

Boaters are being asked to reduce transit speeds to 15 knots or less, and slow to six knots when within 400 yards of humpbacks, when approaching and departing the area.