Maui News

The 11th Bayanihan Food Distribution of the year will be held Saturday, Nov. 13 at the Binhi at Ani Filipino Community Center in Kahului.

Maui County Federal Credit Union is partnering with The Salvation Army Angel Tree program to help keiki and kūpuna in need on Maui. From Nov. 15 through Dec. 11, 2021, individuals can pick-up Angel Tree tags at any of its branches in Kahului, Lahaina and Wailuku, purchase the requested gifts and then return it to the same branch with the tag.

The Maui Fire Department is warning the public of an unsanctioned fundraising effort that is selling unauthorized merchandise featuring the department’s logo.

Investigators with the Honolulu Police Department have made two arrests in connection with the Isabella Kalua missing persons case. Details will be released at a news conference, scheduled for 3 p.m. today at the HPD’s main station.

Most visitors (81%) rated their trip as “Excellent;” visitor satisfaction has remained relatively stable over the course of the year with a slight dip in the prior survey conducted in June 2021.

Donations made to the Hawaiʻi Foodbank at any of T S Restaurants’ eight Hawaiʻi locations on Thanksgiving will be matched by the company up to $5,000 per establishment.

Hawai‘i Land Trust is honoring Susan Bradford and Lucienne de Naie, representing the founders of Maui Coastal Land Trust, as its 2022 Champions of the Land.

Acting Governor Clare Connors has signed a proclamation that provides relief to Maui County, which has suffered under drought conditions since March 2019.

After a long pandemic-induced drought of live shows, the Maui Arts & Cultural Center soon resumes with an ambitious schedule offering a diverse set of shows with artists both known and new to Maui.

Among the 1 million trees are a variety of citrus plants, including limes, lemons, tangelos, mandarins and grapefruit. There is also coffee, avocado, papaya, ‘ulu and several types of windbreak plants like panax, hau and milo. Milo was historically used in Hawai‘i as a drought and salt-tolerant windbreak plant. 

The 2020 edition of the Maui County Data Book, which contains 200 pages of comprehensive statistics about Maui, Molokaʻi and Lānaʻi, is now available in book form and online. 

The median price of a single family home on Maui in October was $932,500, up +7.5% from the same time last year. The median price for a condominium home was $672,500, up +13.2% over the same period.

The $1.2 trillion bipartisan Infrastructure and Jobs Act, which was passed by both branches of Congress and is on President Joe Bidenʻs to be signed into law, would bring hundreds of millions to Hawaiʻi for rebuilding roads and bridges, building EV charging network, expanding broadband Internet, addressing climate change, ensuring clean drinking water and more.

The Maui Charter Commission continued its year-long evaluation of proposed charter amendments at a virtual meeting last week with the approval of four proposals under Theme G – Planning. The Commission’s next meeting Nov. 18 addresses the police and Executive Branch. 

Originally planned for Tuesday, Nov. 9, at 8 a.m. and 6 p.m., the virtual community meetings for Lānaʻi residents have been rescheduled to Thursday, Dec. 2, at the same times. Registration information will be forthcoming.

Kaiser Permanente Hawaiʻi staff and physicians will host Veteran’s Day Vaccination clinics statewide for keiki between the ages of 5 and 11.

There were 79 additional COVID-19 cases in Hawai‘i on Tuesday. The latest data represents a total of 1,526 “active” cases statewide over two weeks. Maui County’s seven day average of cases peaked at 57.6 per 100,000 on Aug. 25, and has been on a steady decline since the beginning of September, dropping to 6.7 per 100,000 today.

Under Hawaiʻi’s Move Over Law, a driver who injures or kills a person at the site of a roadside emergency may be charged with negligent homicide or negligent injury.

The Maui Cookie Lady is included in Forbes Holiday Gift Guide 2021: The Best Globally-Inspired Gifts For The Jet-Set Foodie. 

Maui Nui’s individual fundraising efforts resulted in a total of $1,203,000 being raised. These funds will be distributed to more than 200 nonprofits around the state with all funds raised in Maui County being distributed specifically to Maui County nonprofits.