Maui News

The median sales price for single-family homes remained over $1 million in July at $1.05M, down only slightly from an island-wide record high of June 2021 ($1,117,500).

There were 643 additional COVID-19 cases in Hawai‘i on Sunday, now the second highest day on record in the state since the pandemic began. It’s also the fourth consecutive day that the state’s total new cases has been in the 600s.

Maui Obituaries for the week ending Aug. 8, 2021. May they rest in peace.

While we typically attribute the long-lasting bonds of social familiarity to complex thinkers like humans, growing evidence indicates that we underestimate the importance of friendship networks in seemingly “simple” animals, such as fish, and its importance for survival in the wild. To better understand how familiarity impacts social fishes, a group of research scientists studied this idea using schooling coral reef fish.

The word ‘radar’ recalls images of a meteorologist forecasting weather, or aircraft blips on a green radar display, as frequently portrayed in the movies. RADAR is an acronym for Radio Detection And Ranging, a tool that has been broadly used since its conception in the early 1900s.

The state Department of Transportation will be conducting road work this week that will result in lane closures at various locations.

Renters and mortgage holders facing difficulties making their payments may qualify for assistance – including with back rent – and could receive information and help in applying for relief at Maui Economic Opportunity in-person outreach events and offices.

An unprecedented collection of pulsating giant red stars has been identified by astronomers at the University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy. Using observations from NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, the researchers detected the stars, whose rhythms arise from internal sound waves and provide the opening chords of a symphonic exploration of our galactic neighborhood.

Maui fire crews are responding to a report of a fire in North Kīhei in the area of Ohukai Road, makai of the Piʻilani Highway. We have reports of heavy smoke seen in the area.

There were 615 additional COVID-19 cases in Hawai‘i on Saturday, the third highest day on record in the state since the pandemic began, according to information shared by Lieutenant Governor Josh Green.

While the entire State is experiencing a surge in positive test results, there has been a disproportionate spike in the number of COVID-19 cases in Native Hawaiian communities, according to an assessment of Health Department data by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. This comes after months of maintaining relatively low numbers.

Akakū Maui Community Media is requiring all employees and community members entering its facilities to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 or submit to testing on a regular basis. The policy will be effective as of Monday, Aug. 9, 2021, and remain in effect until further notice.

A Hawaiʻi Island Judge today ruled that four kūpuna who were arrested during an ongoing demonstration against the Thirty Meter Telescope, were not guilty of obstructing Maunakea Access Road.

The Maui County Council today decided to refer Bill 60, the proposed hotel construction moratorium bill, to the Planning and Sustainable Land Use Committee.

The temporary eviction ban will continue until a county no longer has substantial or high levels of community transmission for 14 consecutive days or on Oct. 3, whichever comes earlier.

Hawaiʻi Gov. David Ige has appointed City and County of Honolulu Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Sonja McCullen to the Intermediate Court of Appeals, a position that requires confirmation by the State Senate.

One bird was captured in Kīhei as a result of an online report to www.643PEST.org, and follow up by an interagency team. At least four more birds remain un-captured in West Maui.

US Senators Brian Schatz (D-HI) and Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) today reintroduced bicameral legislation to create a Medicaid-based public health insurance option to strengthen the Affordable Care Act by providing Americans with a new high-quality, low-cost choice when purchasing health insurance.

Kīhei-Wailea Medical Center and Maui Medical Group have joined Maui Health, which includes Maui Memorial Medical Center, Kula Hospital and Lānaʻi Community Hospital, in mandating the COVID-19 vaccine for all eligible employees and providers.

There were 628 additional COVID-19 cases in Hawai‘i on Friday, the second highest day on record in the state since the pandemic began.