Maui News

WalletHub has once again concluded that Hawaiʻi college graduates are among the least likely to leave school with debt. And for those who do graduate with debt, they owe among the least in the country.

Local Safeway stores are dedicating the month of September to the Nourishing Neighbors fundraiser, where donations made at the register of any Safeway store on Maui will support the Maui Food Bank.

The Homestead Community Development Corporation, a 501(c)3 nonprofit founded by the Sovereign Council of Hawaiian Homestead Associations, has been awarded $127,000 from the national intermediary, Credit Builder Alliance.

Friends of the Children’s Justice Center of Maui received a personal donation from Amazon founder and Executive Chair, Jeff Bezos.

Maui Obituaries for the week ending Aug. 29, 2021. May they rest in peace.

With the $150,000 OHA award, MEO will provide vouchers to Native Hawaiian families who were affected by COVID-19 that can be used at local farmers markets to purchase local fresh fruits, vegetables and protein foods.

The Hawaiʻi Department of Health reports the state has surpassed 10,000 new COVID-19 cases in the past 14-days and a record high one-day case count today. 10,817 cases were documented in the last 14 days, including 1,678 today.

Four people were cited and as many as 300-400 others were cleared from Kaiwi State Scenic Shoreline by officers from the DLNR Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement and Honolulu Police Department officers late Saturday afternoon.

The Kamaile Academy pilot project resulted in 87% of participants reporting their participation led to a better understanding of the need for testing, and 52% were more likely to be vaccinated as a result of the pilot testing and education program, according to project co-investigator Ruben Juarez.

“The rate of ground deformation beneath the south part of Kīlauea summit region, within Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park, began increasing again on the evening of Aug. 26 and continues at this time. These observations suggest that magma is continuing to be supplied to the ongoing intrusion,” according to the HVO.

A Kēōkea homesteader was project manager of a $58,395 grant program funded by the state Office of Hawaiian Affairs. Theresa Hiʻilei Martinson will assume her duties Sept. 1 for the OHA-funded Project MAHIʻAI, an Amazon-style distribution system for native-grown products.

A group of about 40 people showed up for a sign waving demonstration in support of Dr. Lorrin Pang, Maui’s District Heath Officer. The two hour event was staged along Kaʻahumanu Avenue in Kahului on Saturday, fronting the University of Hawaiʻi Maui College where Dr. Pang had orchestrated the island’s first mass vaccination clinics of the COVID-19 pandemic on island.

The 2018 lower East Rift Zone and 35-year-long Puʻuʻōʻō eruptions of Kīlauea had large impacts on the Puna District. Many residents were deeply affected by devastating lava flows, earthquakes, gas emissions, and other volcanic hazards. However, it is important to note that these eruptions are dwarfed compared to some past Kīlauea eruptions including the largest identified subaerial flow—‘Ailā‘au.

There were 938 additional COVID-19 cases in Hawai‘i on Saturday, including 87 on Maui. There were five COVID deaths today including the first for the island of Moloka‘i.

Whatʻs on the minds of Maui residents and visitors? This version of Maui Nowʻs letters to the editor includes the continuing trash problem along Amala Place, the construction of a big house at Five Graves and the ongoing debate on vaccinations and tourism during the COVID-19 surge on Maui.

Hawaiʻi had 9,790 cases over the past two weeks, which accounts for more than 16% of the total confirmed cases for the state of Hawaiʻi’s since March of 2020. Maui’s reported new cases reported over the last 14 days is 1,124.

Lieutenant Governor Josh Green joined other state officials and members of Maui Mayor Michael Victorino’s staff to meet with a group of concerned citizens on Maui on Thursday, Aug. 26.

Molokaʻi has reported 46 cases in the past two weeks. It represents more than a quarter of the total number of cases reported on the island over the course of the pandemic.

“It’s like musical chairs, the music starts, stops, and someone will be without a seat – that’s COVID. It can infect anyone, cause severe disease and even death in some, and no symptoms in others,” said Lydia Brandes, RN in MMMC’s ICU for 20 years.

The US Coast Guard in Hawaii joined the Maui County Fire Department in rescuing an overdue Jet Ski operator two miles off of Maui, today. The individual was reported to be in stable condition, according to the USCG.