Maui News
How do small businesses in AARP Hawaiʻi survey feel about state-facilitated retirement savings plan?
AARP Hawaiʻi conducted a survey in 2021 to find out how small businesses feel about legislation that would create a state-facilitated retirement savings program.
Maui County Council asks legislature to set visitor fees for the environment
Council Chair Alice L. Lee announced today that eight proposals have been introduced as the 2022 Maui County Council Legislative Package, including legislation to establish a “green fee surcharge”—a visitor fee that would fund environmental-protection and conservation projects.
Feb. 1, 2022 COVID-19 update: 1,068 new infections in Hawaiʻi
The latest data represents a total of 37,799 “active” cases statewide over two weeks, far surpassing the delta peak of 11,500. Maui County’s seven day average of cases is now 149.0 cases per 100,000, surpassing the delta peak of 57.6 per 100,000 reported on Aug. 25, but below the 412.1 reported on Jan. 21, 2022.
Bendon family offering $50,000 to Maui United Way in ‘Double the Love Project’
The Bendon Family Foundation is offering a matching grant up to $50,000 for donor contributions made during February to the Maui United Way.
Update/Road Open: Utility pole down at Haneoʻo Road in East Maui
Haneoʻo Road is closed between the Koki beach area (near the Huli Huli Chicken stand) and Hāmoa Beach due to a downed utility pole.
Hawaiʻi lawmakers, environmental groups ‘disappointed’ with DoD plans to appeal emergency order at Red Hill
Earthjustice and the Sierra Club of Hawai‘i expressed “deep frustration” at the US Navy’s decision to appeal the state’s emergency order to defuel the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility.
Maui resident suffers serious injuries in shoreline accident at Kapalua “Cliff House”
A 19-year-old Maui man suffered multiple traumatic injuries after falling 30 feet onto the rocks below the area known as “Cliff House” in Kapalua on Maui, Saturday.
Nearly 1,000 COVID-19 home test kits given to MEO
The Flowflex test kits will be distributed to MEO staff and clients throughout Maui County, including Lānaʻi, Molokaʻi and East Maui branches.
Mayor allows West Maui Community Plan ordinance to become law without signature
Maui County Mayor Michael Victorino has allowed the updated West Maui Community Plan ordinance to pass into law today without his signature. The Maui County Council approved the plan on Jan. 14, 2022.
State soliciting public input for Hawaiʻi Historic Preservation Plan
The Hawaiʻi State Historic Preservation Division is hosting its second virtual public meeting about the Statewide Historic Preservation Plan on Feb. 8.
‘Apparent drowning’ at Honokōwai Beach Park
Maui emergency crews responded to an “apparent drowning” incident at Honokōwai Beach Park in West Maui on Sunday evening, Jan. 30, 2022.
UH Maui College Professor Releases Hawaiian “Hulihua” Word Game
Just in time for the start of “Mahina ‘Ōlelo Hawai‘i” (Month of the Hawaiian Language), University of Hawaiʻi Maui College Assistant Professor of Music Dr. Keola Donaghy has released a Hawaiian language version of the popular “Wordle” online game.
Jan. 31, 2022 COVID-19 update: 1 death and 1,513 new infections in Hawaiʻi
In Maui County, the seven day average for new daily cases dropped to 252. As of 9 a.m. on Jan. 31, 2022, the latest data available, there are 54 people hospitalized in Maui County with COVID-19.
Cameron Center in Wailuku has a new board member
Maui attorney Jeffrey Ueoka was appointed to the J. Walter Cameron Center’s Board of Directors.
What happened to Kevin Winters? He made an ATM deposit in Kahana and vanished
On Sept. 3, 2021, Maui resident Kevin Winters deposited a $140 check from his mother at the First Hawaiian Bank ATM in Kahana at about 6:45 in the morning, and then disappeared without a trace.
UH report finds astronomy in Hawaiʻi had $221 million economic impact in 2019
Astronomy in Hawaiʻi supports employment of 1,313 residents and had a total economic impact of $221 million on the state in 2019, according to a University of Hawaiʻi Economic Research Organization (UHERO) update.
HVO: 4.0 earthquake on Hawaiʻi Island ‘appears to be part of a seismic swarm’
An early morning 4.0 earthquake in the Pāhala area of Hawaiʻi Island “appears to be part of a seismic swarm,” according to US Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory seismologist Jefferson Chang.
Monthly siren and Emergency Alert System test, Feb. 1, 2022
The monthly test of the all-hazard Statewide Outdoor Warning Siren System, coordinated with the test of the Live Audio Broadcast segment of the Emergency Alert System, is scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022 at 11:45 a.m.
Maui Obituaries: Week Ending Jan. 30, 2022
Maui Obituaries for the week ending Jan. 30, 2022. May they rest in peace.
Hundreds of seabirds assisted during Hawaiʻi’s seabird fallout season
Through conservation partnerships, hundreds of seabirds were rescued this year during seabird fallout season, which takes place roughly between Sept. 15 and Dec. 15 each year.
