Maui News

Hawaiian Airlines brings back nonstop service between Oakland and Kona on Island Hawai‘i, and is adding a second daily flight between San Francisco and Honolulu.

Of today’s 92 cases, there are 75 cases identified as confirmed, and 17 probable cases were added to the count.  The confirmed cases included: 41 on O‘ahu (+12 probable); 12 on Hawai‘i Island (+5 probable); nine on Maui; eight on Kaua‘i; 0 on Molokaʻi; two on Lānaʻi; and five Hawai‘i resident diagnosed while out of state.

result of this investment, an additional 30,000 locations throughout the state now have access to FTTP broadband service.

The University of Hawai‘i Community Colleges is launching a new admission application called the Kama‘āina App. This “short, easy and free application” is exclusively for Hawai‘i’s Class of 2022 graduating high school seniors.

Lahaina Quest programs are back for 2022 with a series of free keiki and family programs. The first set of programs will be offered during the spring school break. 

The Hawaiʻi State Board of Education voted to approve the position description and begin recruiting for the position of State Superintendent of Education to lead the statewide system of public schools.

HandsOn Maui, the County of Maui’s Volunteer Center, is now accepting nominations for its annual Volunteer Hero Celebration of Service. Anyone currently volunteering with a Maui County nonprofit organization is eligible to be nominated until Friday, April 1, 2022. 

The Hawai‘i Emergency Management Agency will no longer update the online COVID-19 Information Hub on Saturdays, Sundays or state and federal holidays. 

Maui Obituaries for the week ending March 6, 2022. May they rest in peace.

Of today’s 196 cases, there are 160 cases identified as confirmed, and 36 probable cases were added to the count.  The confirmed cases included: 95 on O‘ahu (+29 probable); 18 on Hawai‘i Island (-1 probable); 19 on Maui (+2 probable); 11 on Kaua‘i (+2 probable); 0 on Molokaʻi; two on Lānaʻi; and 15 Hawai‘i resident diagnosed while out of state (+4 probable).

Hōʻike Night is usually free to the public, but in consideration of the long lines that event goers usually encounter, and health concerns related to COVID-19, event organizers have decided to sell tickets this year for $5 each.  The sale is for Hōʻike night tickets only; not competition nights, which are not being sold to the general public.

Mālama Maui Nui hosts its monthly Go Green Recycling event from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Saturday, March 19 at Honoapi’ilani Hwy, Lāhaina. Appointments are required for the bulky-item recycling event by the parking lot behind the Lāhaina District Court. 

Maui police responded to eight burglaries, nine vehicle thefts and seven vehicle break-ins in Maui County over a seven day period from Feb. 20 to 26, 2022.

This opportunity marked the start of a new phase of disaster risk reduction efforts between PDC and the Panama government.

Kaunoa Senior Services’ Retired & Senior Volunteer Program is seeking volunteers 55 years of age and older for a variety of programs including sports, conservation, and keiki food box deliveries.

King Kekaulike’s Nā Aliʻi is the first neighbor island team to win an outright state championship, and only the second title holders from Maui. The last time a Maui team won the state title in Division I was in 2018 when Baldwin High School shared the title of co-champion with Hawaiʻi Prep after the championship match was postponed indefinitely due to lighting.

More Maui County homes were purchased by out-of-state buyers last year than in recent years, according to new state data. 

Of today’s 184 cases, there are 137 cases identified as confirmed, and 47 probable cases were added to the count.  The confirmed cases included: 90 on O‘ahu (+31 probable); 13 on Hawai‘i Island (+6 probable); 16 on Maui (+5 probable); 10 on Kaua‘i (+1 probable); one on Molokaʻi; 0 on Lānaʻi; and seven Hawai‘i resident diagnosed while out of state (+4 probable).

The County will consider funding requests and priorities suggested by the community for the Department of Agriculture that will open in July.

A full road closure on West Vineyard Street in Wailuku, between Church and High streets, will occur from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, starting Monday, March 7.