Maui News

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.

A Comprehensive Affordable Housing Plan was delivered to the Maui County Council that provides a roadmap for building 5,000 affordable homes for local renters and homebuyers in the next five years.

The benefit race, which originated along the famous Maliko downwind run, raises funds for Imua’s annual summer camp program for children with special needs – Camp Imua.

Maui police responded to nine burglaries, five vehicle thefts and four vehicle break-ins in Maui County over a seven day period from June 27-July 3, 2021.

The park’s half pipe will undergo painting of its platform and stairs; other sections of the skate park will remain open.

A new Paratransit Advisory Committee being formed to improve paratransit travel is seeking members.

The confirmed cases included: 58 on O‘ahu (+13 probable); 20 on Hawai‘i Island; two on Kaua‘i; four on Maui (+3 probable); and 14 in Hawai‘i residents diagnosed while out of state.

The Coach Soichi Sakamoto Pool will be closed from 9 a.m. to noon on Monday, July 12, for pool guard recruitment physical swim testing.

In Kahului, the average price is $4.05, which is one cent higher compared to last week, 15 cents higher than last month, and 57 cents higher than on this date a year ago.

Gianina Reid, 25, was last seen on Molokaʻi two weeks ago on Thursday, June 24, 2021. Police say no one has heard from her since that date.

As of June 30, 2021, there were over 10,000 beneficiaries with homestead leases and 28,792 native Hawaiians on the Waiting List.

Vaccinated K-12 teachers, students and staff no longer need to wear masks under new guidance issued today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Executives with the Hawaiʻi Sate Teacher’s Association said given unanswered questions, “it’s in the best interest of everyone to wear masks when they are indoors until we reach herd immunity.”

Department officials say this is the first detection of the disease in a cattle herd in Hawaiʻi since an outbreak of bTB on Molokaʻi 25 years ago.

A recent Sheriff impersonator scam incident has prompted the Department of Public Safety Sheriff Division to put out a warning.

County DMVs are currently accepting appointments and/or walk-ins, and in some cases are offering extended hours to meet demand and help address the backlog of renewals. The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) reminds residents and motorists that the emergency extension relating to COVID-19 for driver’s licenses, non-CDL permits, and state IDs which expired on or after March 16, 2020, will end August 6, 2021.

Starting Thursday, July 15, 2021 travelers from the Philippines and from South Korea’s Incheon International Airport may bypass the State of Hawaiʻi’s mandatory 10-day quarantine if they take a COVID-19 test from a trusted testing partner.