Maui News

Megan Nakashima is the president of Pukalani Superette and she is also among a group of generous and determined participants of what is now called Upcountry Strong, a partnership of individuals, businesses and not-for-profits that answered the need for food donations Upcountry during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

This comes as UH Mānoa just posted its largest enrollment increase since 2003 in the fall 2021 semester, a 6% jump compared to fall 2020.

The Promoting Reentry through Education in Prisons Act Act aims to create an office within the Federal Bureau of Prisons focused on correctional education and fund a new program to address the lack of educational opportunities currently offered.

‘Ōhi‘a lehua is a cornerstone species of our native forests, protecting our reefs, and providing water for all, food for native wildlife, and inspiration for over a thousand years of Hawaiian culture.  

In Maui County, the seven day average for new cases daily is 14, with a 1.7% test positivity rate over 14 days. This is -3% from Oct. 10 to Oct. 23, 2021. For every 100,000 residents in Maui County, there have been an average of 8.3 newly reported cases per day over the last seven days.

Group leaders say they are seeking Mayor Victorino’s removal as they stand in opposition to ongoing emergency health mandates, calling the county government practices an “overreach” of powers.

In a recent letter to the Department of Public Safety, Senate Minority Leader Kurt Fevella expressed his opposition to the department’s $615,000 vaccine incentive program for qualified inmates.  

For September 2021, the demand for Maui County vacation rentals was 138,400 unit nights, down 39 percent from September two years ago, before COVID-19 became a global pandemic, according to the latest Hawai’i Vacation Rental Performance Report from the Hawai’i Tourism Authority.

Chris Borling has been an employee of Pukalani Superette since 1988, joining the store as an employee while still at Maui High School. Now, 33 years later, he’s a mainstay at the market and an exemplar of what it means to be a good person.

The public is invited to join “Mga Larawan at Kwentuhan” (photographs and stories) – a free virtual event to celebrate Filipino American History Month by the Maui Filipino Chamber of Commerce Foundation on Wednesday, Oct. 27 at 6 p.m. via Zoom.

The Department of Water Supply of the County of Maui has provided notice of the end of the Stage 1 water shortage for water consumers in the Upcountry Maui service area.

Police say speed and alcohol are suspected as factors in a head-on crash that claimed the life of a Haʻikū man on the Hāna Highway last night.

Maui Obituaries for the week ending Oct. 24, 2021. May they rest in peace.

Hawaiian Airlines today confirmed it will resume its five-times-weekly service between Australia’s Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport and Honolulu’s Daniel K. Inouye International Airport, beginning Dec. 13.

Federal funds will be used to help offset an increase in after-school plus programming (A+) fees for the remainder of the 2021-22 school year.

The County of Maui Department of Parks and Recreation has scheduled an online public hearing on Wed, Nov. 10, 2021 at 5:30 p.m. to discuss the proposed adoption of an amendment to the rules to require firearms to be registered.

There were 163 additional COVID-19 cases in Hawai‘i on Sunday, including eight on Maui.

With both the PS1 and PS2 telescopes operational on Maui, the area of sky surveyed for Near-Earth Objects each night has now doubled.

The County of Maui Department of Housing and Human Concerns is currently soliciting grant proposals for feral animal control program funds available in FY2022.

The State Board of Land and Natural Resources voted on Friday to implement amended rules limiting and regulating commercial activity in ocean waters at Kahalu‘u Bay on the Kona coast of Hawai‘i Island.