Maui News

The University of Hawaiʻi Maui College’s Office of Extended Learning & Workforce Development is seeking applicants for a Nurse Aide Certificate program being offered with full tuition sponsorship.

As US Attorney, Connors is the top-ranking federal law enforcement official in the District of Hawaiʻi.

In alignment with guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the mandatory self-quarantine period for individuals arriving in the Hawaiian Islands who are not fully vaccinated or do not have a negative pre-travel test result has been reduced from 10 days to five days, effective yesterday, Jan. 3, 2022.

The Maui Fire Department responded to nine fires over a 24 hour period between 8 a.m. on New Yearʻs Eve, Dec. 31, 2021 and 8 a.m. New Yearʻs Day, Jan. 1, 2022.

The Maui Police Department hosts a Civilian Response to Active Shooter Events presentation and live exercise on the Haʻikū Elementary School campus between 8 a.m. and 12 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022.  The exercise is being conducted in conjunction with the Department of Education.

Admitting it was not the state Department of Health’s “best work,” a spokesman today addressed a now-removed DOH promotional video that advocated vaccination over New Year’s resolutions such as eating healthy, exercising and saving money. “As soon as I saw it this morning, I thought, ‘Hey guys, let’s pull this,’ ” Brooks Baehr, DOH spokesman, told Maui Now this afternoon.

The Maui County Department of Water Supply will switch its water distribution disinfectant from chloramines to chlorine beginning Jan. 10 in an attempt to clear away trace amounts of E. coli from the Upper Kula water system.

There is no tsunami threat to Hawaiʻi after a 4.3 (preliminary 4.1) magnitude earthquake located in the southwest rift zone of the Kīlauea Volcano on Hawaiʻi Island. The quake occurred at around 2:13 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 3, 2022.

Repairs to fencing and playground equipment at the Kalakupua Playground are scheduled from Jan. 17-22, 2022. The Department of Parks and Recreation reports that the playground will be closed during repairs.

The Maui Police Department issued four citations and made 13 arrests for Operating a Vehicle Under the Influence of an Intoxicant during the New Year’s holiday impaired driving enforcement campaign.

In 2021, the American Red Cross of Hawaiʻi received $1.7 million bequeathed by the estates of three donors, the largest contributions to the organization in many years.

The state Department of Health is reporting a COVID-19 count of 3,044 new cases today, including 273 cases on Maui, two on Molokaʻi, and six on Lānaʻi.

The US Food and Drug Administration amended the emergency use authorization for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine today to expand the use of a single booster dose to include use in individuals 12 through 15 years of age.

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 Monday, Jan. 3 at 11:45 am.

The County of Maui launches free drive-through COVID-19 testing six days a week beginning today, Jan. 3, at the War Memorial Stadium parking lot in Wailuku, and continuing through the end of the month.

Maui Obituaries for the week ending Jan. 2, 2022. May they rest in peace.

Nearly 100 Maui children ages 18 and younger received more than $30,000 of free dental services at the event, which was held last month.

A strong thunderstorm will impact Molokaʻi through 2:30 p.m. At 1:24 p.m., Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 6 miles southeast of Maunaloa, moving northeast at 15 mph.

Maui Economic Opportunity’s Maui Independent Living Center received a Mountain-Pacific Quality Health Partner Award for 2021 for its work with the Maui Community Partner’s Coalition.

The state Department of Health is reporting a COVID-19 count of 3,178 new cases today, including 225 on Maui, 16 on Molokaʻi, and 14 on Lānaʻi.