Maui News

The confirmed cases included: 22 on O‘ahu (-1 probable); 13 on Maui (+1 probable); seven on Kaua‘i; four on Hawai‘i Island; and 10 in Hawai‘i residents diagnosed while out of state.

The Blood Bank of Hawaiʻi is in urgent need of donors on Maui for all blood types, particularly O-/O+.

More than 200 stakeholders, advocates and visionaries across the state gathered virtually today to launch the Healthy Hawai‘i Strategic Plan 2030, a roadmap for improving the health of Hawai‘i residents by preventing and reducing chronic disease.

More than 5,800 US Postal Service employees across the nation were attacked by dogs in 2020. In Hawaiʻi, 19 mail delivery personnel were bit by dogs, a 58% increase over the previous year’s total of 12. USPS is providing the public with the do’s and don’ts of responsible dog ownership as part of its annual National Dog Bite Awareness Week.

To help inform future water management decisions in Hawaiʻi, researchers published the first study in the state that characterizes the frequency of several atmospheric disturbance types and the associated magnitude of rainfall on Oʻahu.

An 80-acre parcel of surplus federal property at the former NOAA Pacific Tsunami Warning Center on O‘ahu is being transferred for inclusion in the Hawaiian Home Lands Trust. The land has the potential to provide homesteads for 200 to 400 Native Hawaiian families.

One officer, a 13-year veteran of the department, reportedly returned fire and struck the suspect several times. Police have since identified the suspect as 34-year-old Ryan Y. Santos of Hilo, and say he died at the scene.

Five Maui County high school seniors have been awarded $1,000 each by the Josh and Souk Jerman Foundation Scholarship program.

A California man was found unresponsive during a snorkeling trip off of Maui on Sunday afternoon.

The confirmed cases included: two on Hawai‘i Island; 16 on O‘ahu; nine on Maui (+3 probable); and five in Hawai‘i residents diagnosed while out of state (+1 probable).

The community grant partnership between the HCA and the Nuestro Futuro Foundation totaled nine grants as part of their Disaster Relief Fund following the March flooding.

The DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife will begin issuing hunting licenses and stamps starting June 15, 2021 for the upcoming hunting season. The new season opens from July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022.

Maui police say an investigation into an illegal cockfighting operation on Molokaʻi last month netted two arrests.

Maui Obituaries for the week ending June 13, 2021. May they rest in peace.

Fire officials say a 10-year-old boy fell into the water while hiking with his mother along the rocky shoreline. His 40-year-old mother and a bystander entered the water in an attempt to assist the boy.

The confirmed cases included: 46 on Hawai‘i Island; 33 on O‘ahu; 15 on Maui (+3 probable); one on Kaua‘i; and seven in Hawai‘i residents diagnosed while out of state (-1 probable).

Beginning on Monday, June 14, a hui of four Maui-grown artists: Alexandra Underwood, Amanda Joy Bowers, Bailey Onaga and Courtney Chargin, will begin painting a collection of three pieces that will serve as the temporary construction wall surrounding the Wailuku municipal parking lot.

Geodetic surveys measure the change in shape of our volcanoes due to changes in magma supply and storage. The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) has a long history of using many different types of instruments and technologies over the decades to detect these changes.

The Family Court’s Divorce Law in Hawaiʻi program celebrated its 250th session by announcing that anyone seeking information about divorce in Hawaiʻi may now access the program on Zoom.

Maui County Federal Credit Union hosts a school supplies and backpack drive at each of its branches in Kahului, Lahaina and Wailuku from June 14 until July 16, 2021. These events support The Salvation Army’s annual back-to-school efforts to provide backpacks filled with school supplies for Maui’s children in need.