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An additional 24 inmates at the Maui Community Correctional Center in Wailuku tested positive for COVID-19 today, bringing the number of active infections to 84 among inmates and staff. The breakdown includes 17 staff and 67 active inmate infections at the Maui jail.

The County of Maui’s Real Property Assessment, GIS Section, is requesting public assistance in collecting Global Positioning System coordinates on Bench Marks throughout Maui County.

The University of Hawaiʻi’s Pan-STARRS1 telescope atop Hakeakalā discovered a new comet that may become bright enough for spectators to see with the naked eye as it moves closer to Earth in late April or early May 2022.

Of today’s 549 cases, there were 480 cases identified as confirmed, and 69 probable cases were added to the count. The confirmed cases included: 255 on O‘ahu (+35 probable); 116 on Hawai‘i Island (+6 probable); 40 on Maui (+25 probable); 50 on Kaua‘i; two Molokaʻi (+3 probable); and six in Hawai‘i residents diagnosed while out of state.

The annual Early Childhood Development Conference by Imua Family Services will feature keynote speaker Michelle Borba, Ed. D., an internationally renowned educational psychologist, award-winning author and parenting child expert. The conference will be held Sept. 11 at the Imua Discovery Garden in Wailuku

What help can Maui renters and landlords receive during the new federal eviction moratorium? A roundtable on Aug. 13 on AKAKU Channel 53 will provide answers.

The team’s mission was to study ways to mitigate the spread of a newly-identified and fast-growing nuisance alga, named Chondria tumulosa, that they say is posing a serious threat to native species.

The Hi-Tech surf store in Kīhei was left in shambles on Wednesday afternoon when a motorist reportedly drove through the back door, through the front window, and went “back and forth” within before exiting. According to initial reports, the front windows, back doors, inventory and fixtures were destroyed in the incident.

An additional 21 inmates at the Maui Community Correctional Center in Wailuku tested positive for COVID-19 today, bringing the number of active infections to 60 among inmates and staff. The breakdown includes 17 staff and 43 inmate infections at the Maui jail.

A Texas man, pulled unresponsive from West Maui waters on Wednesday morning, has died.

With two $1 million gifts from the same anonymous donor, the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s College of Engineering established an endowed chair in honor world-renowned Hawaiʻi engineer Dr. Alfred A. Yee, who died in 2017.

There were 472 additional COVID-19 cases in Hawai‘i on Wednesday, but the total is considered a partial count due to a delay in electronic lab reporting.   The electronic laboratory reporting system was interrupted for approximately 20 hours on Monday, Aug. 9 and Tuesday, Aug. 10.  As a result of this interruption, there is a […]

The US Naval Facilities Engineering Command and Expeditionary Warfare Center has contributed $6 million to the Hawaiʻi Natural Energy Institute at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa to continue critical research and logistical support to the only grid-connected wave energy testing site in the nation.

Maui motorists are advised that new traffic signals at the intersection of Piʻilani Highway (Route 31) and Kūlanihākoʻi Street will be fully operational on Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021.

The nonprofit Mālama Maui Nui is launching “Get the Drift and Bag It!” — an annual cleanup campaign hosted in partnership with the Ocean Conservancy that seeks to empower Maui residents in their environmental stewardship of the island community. This year’s event will take place Sept. 1-18.

Kaiser Permanente hosts a COVID-19 pop-up vaccination clinic at Kula Hospital on Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. The clinic is offering the Pfizer vaccine to individuals age 12 years and older.

Maui County Mayor Michael Victorino sits down with Pacific Media Group COO and Maui Now Director, Jack Dugan to address some of the greatest challenges facing the county today.

The Maui Community Correctional Center in Wailuku reported four more positive staff test results on Tuesday, brining the number of active infections among staff to 17 and inmates to 22, for a total of 39 cases at the Maui facility.

A COVID-19 vaccination clinic will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, Aug. 13, at War Memorial Gym in Wailuku. The clinic is staffed by Minit Medical Urgent Care and all three vaccines will be administered, subject to availability.

A preliminary investigation reveals the man was riding within the bike lane when he struck a bump on the roadway causing him to fall.