Maui News

“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.

This newly-developed instrument monitors lava lake dynamics with unprecedented resolution. The CLR gauge autonomously measures lava lake elevation in real time, using the light-reflecting properties of the lava surface.

The program provides up to $100 million from the Universal Service Fund over a three-year period to selected applicants to support the provision of connected care services, especially for low-income and veteran patients.

The company’s “Fueling Dreams” campaign returns for its 16th year, allowing island drivers to make a cash donation in-store to Special Olympics Hawaiʻi at any participating nomnom store on Maui, Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island from May 1 through July 31.

HB 940 HD2 SD1 mandates reporting of suspected financial exploitation of elders and vulnerable adults in relation to securities, provides immunity for good faith reporting, and authorizes the delay of disbursements and transactions in situations of suspected financial exploitation.

The confirmed cases included: 30 on Hawai‘i Island; 21 on O‘ahu (+4 probable); six on Maui (+1 probable); two on Kaua‘i; and six in a Hawai‘i resident diagnosed while out of state.

Maui motorists are advised of night closures on Haleakalā Highway at the Makawao Avenue intersection, June 22-24, from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m.

The Maui Police Department’s Crisis Intervention Team welcomed 19 new members to its list of trained personnel during a graduation ceremony on Friday.