Maui News

Applications are opening for 130 new positions designed to help both the environment and the economy as part of the Hawaiʻi response to the economic impacts of COVID-19.

Josh Jerman of Hawaii Life Real Estate Brokers is once again offering the Josh and Souk Jerman Foundation Scholarship to encourage college-bound students to use their education to benefit Maui County.

$2,500 and 500 pounds of food were collected and donated to Maui Food Bank. Together, this will provide 10,385 meals for needy families in Maui County. 

The State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Hawaiʻi’s state government arts agency, distributed $759,500 to 41 Hawaiʻi arts and culture organizations and 20 individual arts and culture practitioners impacted by COVID-19.

Maui Brewing Company hosts a benefit night for Maui Forest Bird Recovery Project from 6 to 10 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 26. Half the pub profits from house beers sold will go toward protecting native birds on Maui.

Maui police responded to five burglaries, 11 vehicle thefts and 14 vehicle break-ins in Maui County over a seven day period from Nov. 7 to 13, 2021.

In Maui County, the seven day average for new cases daily is 17, with a 1.9% test positivity rate over 14 days. This is +39% from Nov. 10 to Nov. 23, 2021. For every 100,000 residents in Maui County, there have been an average of 10.2 newly reported cases per day over the last seven days.

Olivine crystals—the beautiful green mineral common in Hawaiian lavas—record when and where magmas move inside Hawaiian volcanoes before they erupt. We can actually use these little crystals like clocks to better understand the magmatic events leading to the December 2020 and September 2021 summit eruptions at Kīlauea.

Maui police made at least one arrest during the Third Annual Hannah Brown Memorial Impaired Driving Awareness Checkpoint and Rally on Wednesday night along the Kūihelani Highway in Central Maui. Police say a woman driving toward the checkpoint attempted to turn around and switch drivers just as the checkpoint was winding down operations.

In an effort to invest in local businesses and strengthen the economic resiliency of Hawaiʻi,  Kamehameha Schools has created a new $10 million Food Systems Fund, from which the first $300,000 is being invested in the Hawaiʻi ʻUlu Cooperative to scale up its business operations. 

Unit demand for Maui County vacation rentals during October 2021 was down nearly 50% from the same month in 2019, before the pandemic struck, according to the latest Hawai’i Vacation Rental Performance Report by the Hawai’i Tourism Authority.

A proposal dividing the Department of Housing and Human Concerns into two distinct departments was adopted, as was one recommending the appointment of Corporation Counsel and the Prosecuting Attorney from a short list of nominees selected by an independent selection commission.  Seven proposals were deferred to the next meeting due to time limitations.

The 50-year anniversary of Maui High School’s Kahului Campus will be celebrated on Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022, with a gathering on the school grounds.

The Maui Police Department will dedicate the checkpoint to the memory of Hannah Brown, who was 19 years old when she was killed by an impaired driver on June 23, 2019. She would have celebrated her 22 birthday this year.

The Hawai‘i Medical Service Association will award up to 15 students with $5,000 scholarships through its Kaimana Scholarship Program, now in its 17th year.

Maui’s Kalani Peʻa is celebrating the 2022 GRAMMY nomination of his junior album, “Kau Ka Peʻa,” which is being considered in the Best Regional Roots Music Album category.

to 15 families in Maui Economic Opportunity’s Head Start preschool program in Kaunakakai on Molokaʻi.

In Maui County, the seven day average for new cases daily is 17, with a 1.6% test positivity rate over 14 days. This is +38% from Nov. 9 to Nov. 22, 2021. For every 100,000 residents in Maui County, there have been an average of 10.0 newly reported cases per day over the last seven days.

The CFS Marathon of Quarters aims to raise enough funds to cover the length of a marathon (26.2 miles) in quarters, equivalent to $434,563, to advance the organization’s statewide mission of strengthening families. The campaign is live through Dec. 31, 2021.

The applicant said he worked directly with the Planning Department for more than two years during the SMA and building permit review process, with concessions made as well as changes to the design of the home at the request of the department.