Maui News

J. Walter Cameron Center resident agencies, Hui No Ke Ola Pono Native Hawaiian Health Care System and Mauliola Pharmacy, together have administered 28,000 COVID-19 tests and 13,000 vaccinations in the Maui community. Both organizations continue to offer COVID-19 vaccinations and testing at the Cameron Center.

“Our grief may be so painful that we question whether to celebrate the holidays at all. However, there are tangible things you can do to get through these special days and even seek comfort and meaning,” event organizers said.

“We found that policy alone was not effective at eliminating cigarette filter waste from Maui’s beaches, with filters being found on beaches well beyond the 2014 policy implementation,” according to Jens Currie, lead author of the paper.

“Effective immediately, all adults age 18 and older who completed their primary mRNA vaccinations of Pfizer or Moderna at least six months ago should receive a single COVID-19 booster dose,” the DOH advised today.

The Construction Industry of Maui is hosting its annual scholarship fundraising holiday party Dec. 11 at the Fairmont Kea Lani Polo Lawn in Wailea-Makena.

Maui Kuʻia Estate Chocolate in Lahaina is holding a special guided chocolate tasting on Sunday, Dec. 5, with 100% of ticket sales being donated to the nonprofit Maui Nui Marine Resource Council.

Maui Huliau Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to promoting environmental literacy and leadership among Maui’s youth, is hosting a virtual Careers in Conservation series and a month-long scavenger hunt open to Maui residents of all ages.

The three tropical cyclones in the Central Pacific in 2021 were below the average of 4 to 5 tropical cyclones that develop or move across the central Pacific basin each year.

Of today’s 79 cases, there were 66 cases identified as confirmed, and +13 probable cases were added to the count.  The confirmed cases included: 23 on O‘ahu (+13 probable); two on Hawai‘i Island; 12 on Maui (-1 probable); 25 on Kaua‘i (+1 probable); and four Hawai‘i residents diagnosed while out of state.

Anderson served as mayor of the City and County of Honolulu from 1981 to 1985. She was the first woman to ever hold the office of Mayor in the City and County of Honolulu.

New, unwrapped toys can be dropped off at the Wailea Fire Station and the Wailea Community Association office located in Hotel Wailea, now through Dec. 17.  

The Hawai‘i Convention Center will fully reopen its Exhibit Halls for meetings and events in January 2022. Throughout the pandemic, the Center provided space for unemployment claims processing, COVID-19 contact tracing, and vote counting during elections.

A Brown Water Advisory has been issued for the North shore of Maui from Maliko to Waiheʻe and West Maui from Honolua to Puʻu Kekaʻa “Black Rock.”

The Maui Chamber of Commerce has extended the deadline for nominations to the Annual Mayor’s Small Business Awards to Thursday, Dec. 2 at 4:30 p.m. All nominees and winners will be honored during an event to be held on Thursday, Dec. 16.

We have not seen the Omicron variant here in Hawaiʻi as of this morning, but we are closely monitoring the situation and will identify the variant as early as possible should it show up here.”

It’s not their everyday job, but when called to a wildland fire, crews with the DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife stand ready to protect three million acres of forest.

Hawaiian Electric is beginning the procurement for projects to provide customers on Moloka‘i and Lāna‘i the opportunity to participate in a shared solar program, also known as community-based renewable energy. The projects are aimed at further reducing use of imported fossil fuels and cutting carbon emissions.

In Maui County, the seven day average for new cases daily is 15, with a 1.8% test positivity rate over 14 days. This is +3% from Nov. 14 to Nov. 27, 2021. For every 100,000 residents in Maui County, there have been an average of 8.8 newly reported cases per day over the last seven days.

The nursing staff of the University of Hawai‘i John A. Burns School of Medicine’s Center (HICFA) for AIDS will be recognized with a prestigious Suzanne Richard-Crum Award for 2021 at the annual World AIDS Day ceremony on Dec, 1. The virtual event begins at 6 p.m.

In October 2021, there were 189,950 visitors to Maui, a 31% decrease from pre-pandemic October 2019, and they spent 9.4% less, according to preliminary visitor statistics released by the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT).