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Surfers convened at Peʻahi “Jaws” to enjoy the waves on Sunday, Jan. 9, 2021. See the latest images below. Enjoy!

The Realtors Association of Maui reports that healthy housing demand and limited inventory will continue to create “significant tailwinds” in the near term for the housing market.

Despite this significant economic impact, home buyers remain extremely resilient. With mortgage rates remaining near record-low levels and home purchase mortgage applications up from a year ago, high buyer activity is expected to continue into the late summer and early fall market.

When the 936 ft. long Eurodam pulled into Kahului Harbor this morning, it came as an unexpected sight for area residents, especially since it doesn’t usually make a port call at the location. The ship put in a request this weekend to come to Kahului instead of Lahaina because of weather on the West side where the ship typically stops and tenders passengers.  

BREAKING: The Hawaiʻi Department of Health is announcing a second presumptive positive result for COVID-19 in the state.

Hawai‘i has its first confirmed case of COVID-19, after a Hawai‘i resident spent time on the Grand Princess cruise ship that traveled to Mexico in February. 

The median price for a single family home on Maui was $747,150 in February 2020, down -5.4% from the $790,000 reported at the same time last year, according to new information released by the REALTORS Association of Maui. 

It’s basically the same $99/way fares on Tuesday/Wednesday flights that were offered earlier this week, on mostly all of the airline’s routes between Hawai‘i and the West Coast, but the booking date has been extended to Saturday, March 7.

The Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea will be offering Hawaiʻi residents special Kamaʻāina Spring Special nightly rates start at $399 plus tax, with no resort fee and complimentary overnight parking.

The first residential opportunity within The Wailea Hills Collection is Laʻi Loa, which consists of 75 condominium residences spread across 15 modern buildings.

Event slated for March 28. Proceeds benefit the Maui Preparatory Academy.

Mariah Carey announced that her Hawaiʻi concert will be postponed from March 10, 2020 to Saturday, Nov. 28, 2020 due to current global travel restrictions. With the new date, Mariah Carey and Rick Bartalini Presents will bring the All I Want for Christmas Is You & Hits show to Hawaiʻi for the first time ever.

Alaska Airlines announced a $99 one-way fare sale taking place March 3 to March 5 for travel between Hawai‘i and California. The fare sale continues until 10 p.m. HST on March 5 and is good for travel between April 21, 2020 and May 20, 2020 for flights on Tues/Wed only on most of the airline’s HI-CA routes.

Eight visitors were airlifted to safety this evening after becoming stranded by rising waters at Makamakaʻole Gulch on Maui. Those rescued included three juveniles and one adult male from Oregon and a group of four (two men and two women) from Illinois.

Kāʻanapali Beach Hotel, and sister property, The Plantation Inn, were recognized in HAWAIʻI Magazine’s 8th annual Readers’ Choice Awards.

A total of 191 whale sightings were seen during the 8:30 to 8:45 a.m. time period, the most of any time period throughout the day’s count.  

Group could not cross a stream due to flash flooding.

A Winter Storm Watch was issued for the summits on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi and Haleakalā on Maui for elevations above 9,000 feet from Saturday night to Sunday afternoon.

According to the State Department of Transportation, Kahului Airport plans to receive additional hand sanitizer stations. All airlines have also made extra efforts to sanitize their equipment and stations, and have ramped up cleaning of planes.

“The suspects under indictment today were identified as part of a major drug trafficking organization that has been supplying a significant amount of methamphetamine throughout the community,” said Chief of Police Todd G. Raybuck