Maui News

Maui County hotels reported better performance compared to last year and led the counties in March RevPAR of $228 (+18.7%), with ADR rising to $466 (+10.9%) and occupancy of 49.0 percent (+3.2 percentage points). Maui County’s March supply was 392,800 room nights (-0.3%). Maui’s luxury resort region of Wailea had RevPAR of $362 (+26.0%), with ADR at $802 (+27.2%) and occupancy of 45.2 percent (-0.5 percentage points). The Lahaina/Kāʻanapali/Kapalua region had RevPAR of $180 (+7.1%), ADR at $379 (+3.2%) and occupancy of 47.4 percent (+1.7 percentage points).

The state Department of Health reports that there were 94 additional COVID-19 cases reported in Hawai‘i on Friday, including 74 on O‘ahu, 11 on Maui, four on Hawai‘i Island, one on Moloka‘i, and four in Hawai‘i residents diagnosed while out of state. There were a total of 1,140 cases logged over the past two weeks, 232 of them in Maui County.

Kaiser Permanente launched its Safety Net Vaccine Equity Initiative which provides funding to health care safety net organizations working to increase COVID-19 vaccinations for communities disproportionately affected by the pandemic. Five Federally Qualified Health Centers in Hawaiʻi will receive a total of $400,000 to use over six months to help patients access COVID-19 vaccines.

Makawao-based bicycle shop, Krank Cycles Maui will donate 40 to 50 bicycles at no cost to the Lānaʻi community and keiki as part of its “Lānaʻi Bike mission” at the Lānaʻi Service Station from 9 a.m. on Saturday, May 1. The Krank Cycles team will also provide free bicycle tune ups and servicing at the event in Lānaʻi City.

On Saturday, May 1, from 8 a.m. to noon, there will be a Moderna vaccination clinic at Binhi At Ani, the Filipino Community Center in Kahului located at 780 Oneheʻe Avenue. There will be several nurses and nursing students who are fluent in Filipino dialects on hand. The clinic is open to the public.

Binhi at Ani Filipino Community Center hosts two free vaccination clinics in the coming weeks: Bakuna for Veterans at Binhi at Ani Filipino Community Center on April 24; and Time for the Shots on May 1, administered by the University of Hawaiʻi Maui College Nursing Program.

A multiagency undercover law enforcement operation targeting child sexual predators in Hawaii from April 2-4 resulted in the arrest of three individuals on charges related to the solicitation of minors. Those arrested include two active duty soldiers and one active duty Marine.

The state average price for regular gasoline increased by a penny over the past week or remained unchanged, according to the AAA Hawaiʻi Weekend Gas Watch. On Thursday, April 22, the statewide average price for regular unleaded is $3.76 a gallon, which is up a penny from last Thursday, 16 cents higher than a month ago and 52 cents higher than the average last year on the same date.

Visitors planning to backpack in Haleakalā National Park are now able to reserve Haleakalā Crater wilderness campsites in advance online. The new reservation system through Recreation.gov and wilderness camping in Haleakalā Crater officially opened on Earth Day, April 22 at 7 a.m. HST.

Lieutenant Governor Josh Green toured the Maui Memorial Medical Center today as part of an island visit that also included discussion with Intensive Care Unit nurses who care for COVID patients, and a visit with Mayor Michael Victorino. Lt. Gov. Green even administered the COVID-19 vaccine to two Maui residents while visiting with Maui Health. […]

Hawaiian Airlines celebrated the inauguration of its twice-weekly nonstop service between Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS) and Honolulu’s Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL).

There are 18 COVID-19 clusters identified in Maui County, according to an updated report issued on Thursday, April 22, 2021. This includes: 11 in the travel/lodging/tourism sector, five at educational settings, one at a food supplier, and one at a restaurant.

Maui police responded to six burglaries, eight vehicle thefts and six vehicle break-ins in Maui County over a seven day period from April 11-17, 2021.

From March 30 through April 21, a team of scientists carried out a 24-day expedition to Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. The expedition returned to Honolulu late Tuesday, April 20 with 47.2 tons of marine debris.

Eight Rotary Clubs on Maui will be conducting beach cleanups on April 24 and May 1 at Baldwin Beach, Kanahā Beach, Kāʻanaplai Beach, Charley Young Beach, Keawakapu Beach, and Keālia Pond. The Maui cleanup effort is being done as part of a larger effort by rotarians across the state to clear plastics and micro-plastics from the environment.

This is the second time in a decade Waikīkī has had a sand replenishment project and Lemmo thinks, due to sea level rise, this will be necessary over the course of the next few decades, every 5-10 years.

Site evaluations of business facilities in Central Maui are being conducted by the State of Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation’s Highways Division – Maui District (HWY-M) in an effort to protect Maui’s stormwater and coastal environment from pollution.

$114,000 for Pacific Biodiesel Technologies, LLC will be used to create infrastructure to expand the sales and use of renewable fuels. This project will install six dispensers at three fueling stations located in Hawaiʻi. Station’s locations impacted by this grant include Keaʻau, Waikapū, and Honolulu.

Maui Economic Opportunity on Molokaʻi is looking for three or four individuals to handle boxes of food during the monthly federal food surplus and kupuna distributions.

The Kaua‘i District Health Office announced Wednesday that a COVID-19 variant has been confirmed on the island of Kaua‘i.