Maui News

A collaborative study by six international research organizations revealed the discovery of two humpback whales that traveled between the breeding grounds of Hawai’i and Mexico – about 3,728 miles – in the same winter.

The latest data represents a total of 8,641 “active” cases statewide over two weeks. This is below the delta peak of 11,500. Maui County’s seven day average of cases is now 36.4 cases per 100,000. This is below the delta peak of 57.6 per 100,000 reported on Aug. 25, and the 412.1 per 100,000 reported on Jan. 21, 2022.

Wolfgang’s Steakhouse is slated to open at The Shops at Wailea in the fall of 2022, marking the first Maui location for the restaurant.

The Democratic Party of Hawaiʻi has received six completed applications to fill the vacant House District 39 seat, previously held by Ty Cullen.

Topics of the Kula Community Association meeting include: water, axis deer, and commercial bike tours.

In approving a key document, the state Land Use Commission helped pave the way for Pūlama Lānaʻi’s proposed 200-acre industrial park on Lānaʻi — billed by project officials as a catalyst to diversify the economy beyond luxury tourism.

Here’s some interesting whale trivia about the wintering whales that come to Hawaiʻi each year to breed, give birth, and nurse their young.

The American Rescue Plan signed by President Joe Biden expanded two tax relief programs for this tax season: the Child Tax Credit and the Earned Income Tax Credit.

Gov. David Ige nominated an active Maui volunteer, a Hawai‘i Island engineer, a Kauaʻi real estate leader, a cultural museum vice president and a climate change small business owner to serve on the seven-person state Board of Land and Natural Resources. All five nominations are subject to Senate confirmation.

Maui Health hosts its first career fair of 2022 on Wednesday, Feb. 23, from 2 to 6 p.m. at the Queen Kaʻahumanu Shopping Center in Kahului.

A brown water advisory is in effect for Maui waters from South Kīhei to Mākena.

Maui Ocean Center is offering a variety of activities to learn more about Hawaiʻi’s humpback whales during its 2022 World Whale Day celebration on Sunday, Feb. 20.

During their time together, their human co-worker Anne-Marie and the mules (Justine, Lōkahi, and Ricki) helped to preserve and protect more than 30 miles of trails and numerous facilities throughout Haleakalā National Park. 

Hawai‘i’s COVID-19 deaths increased to 1,290, with 16 new deaths reported today, including: 13 on Oʻahu, and three in Maui County.

The Department of Water Supply will repair a main waterline repair in Olinda that will result in the closure of a portion of Olinda Road from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. today, Feb. 17, 2022.

Maui Police Chief John Pelletier discussed his first 60 days in office during Wednesday’s regularly scheduled Police Commission meeting, summarizing what is being done, and the upcoming plans he has for the department.

A 57-year-old woman from Cedar Rapids, Iowa suffered life-threatening injuries when she lost control of the bicycle she was operating and collided head-on into a vehicle on Makawao Avenue.

Maui police arrested a man who allegedly stole a vehicle and got into a head-on crash that forced the closure of the Maui Veterans Highway early Tuesday morning. The man is also accused of striking a responding officer in the face, and running into traffic in an attempt to evade police, where he was then struck by an oncoming vehicle.

Despite dropping COVID-19 case counts, Maui Memorial Medical Center continues to experience its “longest and most sustained” high census, according to a spokesperson with Maui Health.

The Walmart store in Kahului was evacuated on Wednesday morning when fumes from a floor sealing product released a respiratory irritant into the air.