Maui News

More than half of University of Hawaiʻi students surveyed last year experienced some type of basic needs insecurity, according to a recent study.

The Homestead Community Development Corporation nonprofit, dedicated to Hawaiian Home Land areas statewide, has issued food sovereignty grants to over 18 families so far in the second quarter of 2021, with an expected 40 additional grants to be made to families on all islands over the next year.

Maui police responded to 10 burglaries, 10 vehicle thefts and seven vehicle break-ins in Maui County over a seven day period from June 13-19, 2021.

Apply Today! The Office of Hawaiian Affairs is searching for a representative of the Hawaiian community familiar and experienced with the burial sites program to be appointed to the Burial Sites Working Group

Both the one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine and the two-dose Moderna vaccine are administered at the clinics.

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

A free vaccination clinic will be held at Bihni at Ani Filipino Community Center, located at 780 Onehee Ave. in Kahului, Saturday, June 26 from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. The clinic will administer the Moderna vaccine through walk-ins and optional appointments.

“New guidance from the federal government clearly states that rescue funds cannot be used for debt service, and this created a gap in the budget that must be corrected,” said Gov. Ige.

The confirmed cases included: two on Hawai‘i Island (-1 probable); 11 on O‘ahu (+1 probable); Kaua‘i (-1 probable); and two in a Hawai‘i residents diagnosed while out of state.

Maui County hotels have rebounded from the COVID-19 pandemic to the point that revenue per available room in May 2021 was at $314, 19% higher than at same time in 2019 — and the average daily rate was at $467, 35.3% higher than in May 2019, according to the Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority’s latest report on hotel performance.

A visitor from Ohio was arrested on Maui over the weekend for alleged violation of rules and orders related to the state’s travel quarantine.

Multiple United States coastal regions may see rapid increases in the number of high-tide flooding days in the mid-2030s, according to a study led by the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and published in Nature Climate Change.

Hawaiʻi’s ranking in children’s economic well-being dropped in one year from 25th to 44th, according to the 2021 KIDS COUNT® Data Book, a 50-state report that uses recent household data to analyze how families fared between the Great Recession and the start of the COVID-19 crisis.

Maui-based design firm Sae Design Group took home six Pele Awards; while fellow Maui designer Artistry8 earned two awards; and Daryl Fujiwara, Zeno Design Studio and Naish International took home one award each.

The confirmed cases included: 13 on Hawai‘i Island; 41 on O‘ahu (+3 probable); 11 on Maui (-1 probable); two on Kaua‘i; and one in a Hawai‘i resident diagnosed while out of state (-1 probable).

Kaunoa Senior Services is offering online classes via Zoom in June for seniors 55 years old and older.

NCIS: Hawai‘i is the fourth television series and eighth major project to take up residence in Honolulu since the start of the pandemic including CBS Studio’s MAGNUM PI, the Disney+ Doogie Houser remake, DOOGIE KAMEALOHA and a Sony for Amazon series.

The four-time reigning WSL Champion Carissa Moore of Hawaiʻi concluded Saturday in second place on the event leaderboard.

Maui Obituaries for the week ending June 20, 2021. May they rest in peace.

Public use of all County of Maui pools will no longer require a phone reservation, beginning Thursday, July 1, the Department of Parks and Recreation announced. The current phone reservation system was put in place last year because of COVID-19 health and safety restrictions.