Maui News

The state BLNR heard from the Office of Conservation and Coastal Lands (OCCL) on Item K-2, a programmatic statewide small-scale beach restoration (SSBR) permitting program that would reauthorize and expand the existing beach nourishment program OCCL to streamline activities. The motion is highly contested by many in the Maui community.

Maui’s Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea ushers in a new chapter with the return of Ben Shank as the resort’s new General Manager in July 2021.

The Maui County Council has launched Maui County Kākou, a civic engagement video series providing information and resources to encourage and facilitate civic education and participation, Councilmember Kelly Takaya King announced today.

A new video was released featuring the completed “Quick Build” Demonstration Project at the Papa Avenue and Māʻalo Street intersection fronting Lihikai School in Kahului.

Transpac was originally inspired by King David Kalakaua to initiate the islands’ economic and cultural ties to the mainland. His yacht, Healani, won the first Challenge Trophy on July 4, 1889.

The confirmed cases included: 26 on O‘ahu (+2 probable); 15 on Hawai‘i Island; seven on Kaua‘i; six on Maui; and six in Hawai‘i residents diagnosed while out of state (+1 probable).

The University of Hawaiʻi Vanguard Center of High Performance Computing on Maui has named Tiare K. Martin as its new executive director, effective July 1, 2021. The center is part of the Applied Research Laboratory at UH and supports the US Air Force’s Maui High Performance Computing Center, one of five Department of Defense Supercomputing Resource Centers nationwide.

The story of the PSA, which was produced in both Hawaiian and English, is the story of the ocean’s many personalities, from the small and inviting kai poʻi waves to the destructive force of tsunami waves.

Premiering tonight, Monday, July 12, at 7 p.m. is Maui’s own big wave surfer, community advocate and YouTube cooking sensation Ian Walsh. A new episode will air every Monday for the next 12 weeks at 7 p.m. on Spectrum OC16.

As a part of its 75th Anniversary Golf Tournament, Hale Makua is holding an online silent auction to help raise funds for kupuna. The silent auction is now open for bids and will run from July 12-24, 2021.

Public health nurses with the Maui District Health Office join medics with the National Guard in hosting COVID-19 vaccine clinics each Friday through the end of July at the Queen Kaʻahumanu Center.

War Memorial Tennis Courts one and two are closing from July 19 to 23, 2021 for a perimeter fence painting project by the Department of Parks and Recreation.

The partners of The ‘Alalā Project have attempted to reintroduce ‘alalā into native forests, after the last bird in the wild was spotted decades ago.

Hawaiʻi surfer, Carissa Moore is part of the inaugural team and has joined in the collaboration to encourage ocean conservation.

Of the $4.325 billion the Sacklers will pay over the next nine years, Hawai‘i is expected to receive an estimated $13 million for opioid abatement.

Mauna Loa erupted forty-six years ago this week, on July 5–6, 1975, in a 20-hour event with vents confined to the summit region (the area above 3,660 m/12,000 ft) and lava flows descending to just below 3,170 m (10,400 ft). This was the first eruption in 25 years, at the time the longest quiet stretch since 1843 (we are currently in the longest stretch at 37 years and counting).

The confirmed cases included: 54 on O‘ahu (+4 probable); 12 on Maui (+1 probable); 12 on Hawai‘i Island; eight on Kaua‘i; and 11 in Hawai‘i residents diagnosed while out of state.

A significant gift from King’s Hawaiian will provide funding for an executive director to lead the Culinary Institute of the Pacific’s programs in advanced culinary arts education.

Maui Obituaries for the week ending July 11, 2021. May they rest in peace.

The Ukumehame Firing Range will be closed for maintenance and repairs from July 12 to 16 and from July 19 to 23.