Maui News

Maui Mayor Michael Victorino has submitted another request to Governor David Ige to ease restrictions in the County of Maui Public Health Emergency Rules. Details are forthcoming. If approved, the effective date for changes would be Nov. 5, 2021.

Hugo Townsend of Boise State fired a 64 (-7), one stroke ahead of Loyola Maryland’s Brandon Berry (-6). Team Boise and Kansas both finished at 268 (-16) today after having solid rounds throughout their team. Team Colorado is three strokes off at 271 (-13).

Senator Lynn DeCoite is asking Governor David Ige to explore the possibility of issuing a second emergency proclamation to address the continued mitigation efforts in Maui County to manage the axis deer population.

The Daryl Hall and John Oates concert that had been rescheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 9 at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center has been canceled. 

Hawaii surfers Paige Alms, Kai Lenny and Keala Kennelly staked their claim in the 2021 Red Bull Big Wave Awards.

US Rep. Ed Case (HI-01) and Rep. Young Kim (CA-46) led introduction of a bi-partisan measure with the backing of 34 other House members to celebrate October as Filipino American History Month. 

Residents of Maui, Lānaʻi and Molokaʻi are invited to join HTA and the Maui Visitors and Convention Bureau at the upcoming Maui Nui Destination Management Action Plan community meetings to share their views on tourism’s future direction for each island.

Six mariners aboard a grounded sailing vessel, were rescued by the US Coast Guard about a half mile off of Olowalu, Maui, Thursday.

Statewide, there were 78 people hospitalized with COVID-19, including three on Maui.

A team of students from multiple University of Hawai‘i campuses took first place in a rocketry competition held in Nevada recently. 

US Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI) and eight other senators today called on Federal Bureau of Prisons Director Michael Carvajal to reverse the previous administration’s “harmful” policy that increased transgender prisoners’ risk of sexual victimization.

The University of Hawaiʻi Maui College has scheduled a COVID-19 vaccination clinic on Saturday, Nov. 13, from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Kahului campus.

The Food and Drug Administration authorized the emergency use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine for the prevention of COVID-19 to include children 5 through 11 years of age.

Hawaiʻi’s congressional delegation announced more than $6 million in funding to address Coffee Leaf Rust.

Maui Economic Opportunity Youth Services screened the movie “Hocus Pocus” and offered other Halloween activities at its ‘Ohana Fright Night, held last Friday, Oct. 22.

Pavement reconstruction will result in the closure of portions of the Piʻilani Highway in East Maui on the next two Saturdays.

Mothers Against Drunk Driving is urging everyone to make a plan for a designated driver before Halloween weekend begins. MADD is concerned anytime a holiday falls on a weekend when the risk of drunk driving deaths and injuries is higher.

After 27 years, Wailuku’s Sack N Save supermarket will close its doors on Nov. 28. The store has 60 employees who will be offered positions at other Foodland stores on Maui.

Several large employers on Maui are either silent or taking a wait and see approach when it comes to mandating COVID-19 vaccines for their employees.

Tourists to the Hawaiian Islands in September 2021 spent $1.05 billion, 15.4% less than visitors spent prior to the global COVID-19 pandemic in September 2019, according to preliminary visitor statistics released by the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT).