Maui News

West Maui residents and businesses are being asked to voluntarily conserve water while the Mahinahina Water Treatment Facility undergoes upgrades through Aug. 6, 2021.

The UHMC Culinary Arts Program’s next Back Door Bake Shop is Friday, July 9 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The program’s advanced baking students have prepared a wide variety of pastries, with all proceeds going back into the UHMC Culinary Arts Program.

Closest to the US-Canada border, municipalities just south of Vancouver, British Columbia, sit on deposits from Mount Baker, located in Washington State. So, while the volcano itself is in the US, were it to erupt, the area near Vancouver could still be affected by hazards like mudflows and ash fall.

There is no tsunami expected following a magnitude 5.2 (preliminary 5.0) earthquake reported at 1:44 p.m. HST on Monday, July 5, 2021 off the Hamakua Coast of Hawaiʻi Island.

The confirmed cases included: 36 on O‘ahu (-2 probable); five on Hawai‘i Island (+1 probable); 0 on Kaua‘i (+1 probable); one on Maui; and five in Hawai‘i residents diagnosed while out of state (+1 probable).

US Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i) announced that two Early Head Start and Head Start Programs in Hawai‘i will receive nearly $3 million in new federal funding through the American Rescue Plan.

Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaiʻi) introduced her plan to improve opportunities for women and minorities in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields.

A $2.85 million US Department of Education Native Hawaiian education grant will support a program aimed at increasing the overall physical, mental and emotional health and well-being of Native Hawaiian youth.

The Salvation Army is seeking back-to-school supplies for keiki-in-need with supply drives being held on Maui, Hawaiʻi Island, Kauaʻi, and Oahu this summer. The Maui drive runs until July 16 at drop-off spots in Kahului, Lahaina, and Wailuku.

An improvement project is underway at the Lānaʻi Gym Building, with construction expected to continue through June 1, 2022.

A container fire at the Young Brothers Facility at Kahului Harbor on Maui caused an estimated $100,000 in damage to three containers, and $10,000 in damage to Hammerhead Metals material within.

The confirmed cases included: 31 on O‘ahu (+4 probable); four on Kaua‘i; seven on Hawai‘i Island (+1 probable); three on Maui (+2 probable); and 11 in Hawai‘i residents diagnosed while out of state (-1 probable).

Maui Obituaries for the week ending July 4, 2021. May they rest in peace.

Supporters say the three bills leverage existing state food purchases and programs to strengthen the local food production market and its resilience.

The speakers plan to address whether or not sunscreen pollution is a symptom of unsustainable tourism and coastal development, how we get visitors and residents to comply with the new sunscreen law and who is responsible for enforcing it.

Fireworks can only be legally set off from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. on the Fourth of July. Aerial fireworks are illegal and extremely dangerous. The import, transfer, sale, or use of aerial fireworks without a permit is a Class C Felony.

Governor David Ige on Friday signed seven sustainability bills into law during a ceremony at Washington Place to support local food production, protect people and businesses from rising sea levels, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and prioritize the creation of green jobs.

The Governor now has until Monday, Aug. 16 to select one of these individuals to serve as the next State House Representative from House District 13.

Maui’s Hālau Kekuaokalāʻauʻalaʻiliahi under the direction or Nā Kumu Haunani & ʻIliahi Paredes earned a second place overall finish. The hālau from Wailuku, Maui also captured awards for: first place in the Wahine Overall, second place in Kāne Overall, first place in Wahine ‘Auana, third place in Wahine Kahiko, and second place in the Kāne ʻAuana divisions.

The family of University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Professor Emerita Haunani-Kay Trask confirmed that the distinguished educator died on July 3.