According to Maui Health, the goal is to increase vaccine administration to 3,000 first doses (600 appointments per day) next week and 4,000 (800 appointments per day) the following week.

Maui fire crews are on the scene of a brush fire mauka of the Kahekili Highway in Waiheʻe. The fire was reported shortly before 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 24.

AlohaCare, Hawai’i's only community-led Medicaid and dual eligible Medicare health insurer, has entered into a 3-year pharmacy benefits management agreement with IngenioRx, starting July 1, 2021.

Hawaiian Telcom and its employees donated $1.4 million -- in corporate and in-kind contributions, sponsorships and employee donations -- to local non-profit organizations in 2020.

Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board Chair Carmen “Hulu” Lindsey of Maui testified this morning at the first hearing of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs chaired by US Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawaiʻi), urging senators to help address the needs of Native Hawaiians.

The Maui County Department of Environmental Management announced that the sign-up deadline to schedule a drop-off time for its annual residential Household Hazardous Waste Collection event is Friday, Feb. 26. The drive-through waste collection event will be held on Sunday, March 7.

In January 2021, the occupancy rate for Maui County vacation rentals was 39.6 percent, a decrease of 46.1 less percentage points from January 2020, according to the latest monthly report from the Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority.

There were 50 new COVID-19 cases reported in Hawai‘i on Wednesday, including 16 on O‘ahu, 24 on Maui, two on Hawai‘i Island, one on Kaua‘i, and seven in Hawai‘i residents diagnosed out-of-state.

Structural and vector control concerns have prompted the temporary closure of the Maunaloa Post Office on Molokaʻi.

Lessons learned from last year's cluster traced to three fitness centers in Hawai‘i, are highlighted in a scientific paper published today in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

On Maui, hikers have been rescued from places like the "Bamboo Forest" in Kailua, the upper reaches of ʻĪao Valley, and East Maui's Kaihalulu Beach. A swift water rescue at Waioka in Hāna earlier this month ended tragically when a visitor died in a flash flood event at the location.

West Side Today: Sunny, with a high near 82. Breezy, with an east northeast wind 14 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Tonight: Isolated showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 69. East wind 11 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. Thursday: […]

HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR EAST FACING SHORES Shores Today Thursday Surf Surf AM PM AM PM North Facing 4-6 4-6 3-5 4-6 West Facing 1-3 1-3 1-3 1-3 South Facing 1-3 1-3 2-4 2-4 East Facing 8-12 8-12 8-12 9-13 TODAY Weather Mostly sunny. Scattered showers. High Temperature Around 80. Winds Breezy. East winds 20 […]

A 25-year-old man was arrested on first degree attempted murder, assault of an officer and resisting an order to stop his vehicle following a run-in with police that led to officers opening fire.

Maui Health reports it is nearing completion of rescheduled first-dose vaccinations for nearly 5,000 individuals whose appointments were canceled in January due to a vaccine shortage.

Hawaiʻi Attorney General Clare E. Connors today joined 30 attorneys general in urging the Federal Communications Commission to fund internet connectivity and internet-enabled devices to K-12 students whose schools are closed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and who are learning remotely.

At the Maui Metropolitan Planning Organization’s virtual town hall Feb. 25th about its Vision Zero Action Plan, featured speakers from Oregon and the Big Island will discuss lessons learned from their agencies' road safety efforts.

There were 47 new COVID-19 cases reported in Hawai‘i on Tuesday, including 27 on O‘ahu, 17 on Maui, and three in Hawai‘i residents diagnosed out-of-state.

The Board of Directors for Maui United Way has elected Simon Poole of Goodfellow Brothers Inc. as their new Board Chair. Poole has been on the MUW board since 2019.

The Kōkua Pool, located at the Kahului Community Center in Kahului, will reopen for lap swimming beginning March 1, 2021.