Members of the Planning and Sustainable Land Use Committee will take a virtual tour of Lumeria Maui, a visitor facility that is being considered for a zoning change.

Come Monday, a booster shot will be required for eligible individuals in order to be considered fully vaccinated in Maui County.

Darrell DeMello parked his bus for the last time in the Maui Economic Opportunity Puʻunēnē lot on Jan. 14, 2022, ending a 25-year career as a passenger assisted technician driver.

The Airports Division of the Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation has sold new airports system revenue bonds to fund approximately $230 million of essential projects to modernize and expand air service facilities across the state. 

SMALL TOWN * BIG ART is conducting a survey to identify Maui County neighborhoods that would be a good match for the art project that if funded with a National Endowment of the Arts grant.

In Maui County, the seven day average for new cases daily is 690. For every 100,000 residents in Maui County, there have been an average of 412.1 newly reported cases per day over a seven day period--thatʻs the highest in the state.

The Hawaiʻi Medical Service Association donated $1 million to establish the HMSA Distinguished Endowed Professorship in Health Economics at the University of Hawaiʻi Economic Research Organization. The endowment will support UHERO’s research in the area of health economics.

The Master Plan for the University of Hawaiʻi Maunakea Lands: E Ō I Nā Leo (Listen to the Voices) replaces the Master Plan the BOR adopted in 2000 and does not result in the approval, adoption or funding of new projects or land uses.

All tickets already sold will be valid for new concert date

The Department of Water Supply’s continual efforts to rid the Upper Kula system of trace amounts of E. coli have resulted in some progress as residents of Polipoli Road, Kulanani Place, Kōheo Road, Monden Drive and Pilikino Place, no longer need to boil their water. 

West Side Today: Sunny. Highs 77 to 83. Northeast winds around 10 mph. Tonight: Mostly clear with isolated showers. Lows 59 to 64. Northeast winds around 10 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent. Saturday: Partly sunny with scattered showers. Highs 77 to 83. Northeast winds around 10 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent. South Side […]

HIGH SURF WARNING FOR NORTH FACING SHORES Shores Today Saturday Surf Surf AM PM AM PM North Facing 8-12 12-16 20-30 20-30 West Facing 3-5 4-6 5-7 5-7 South Facing 1-3 1-3 1-3 1-3 East Facing 1-3 1-3 1-3 1-3 TODAY Weather Sunny. High Temperature In the lower 80s. Winds East winds around 10 mph. […]

"MMMC’s census is very busy at over 95% capacity with COVID and non-COVID patient care needs," said Maui Health spokesperson Tracy Dallarda. "However, the hospital is not at an 'internal emergency' status as other hospitals around the state have declared..."

Polynesian Voyaging Society will engage student navigators in storm training and the ancient science of non-instrument, wayfinding navigation while sailing through the ʻAlenuihāhā Channel between the islands of Maui and Hawai’i in preparation for crossing the Pacific Ocean.

About 7,200 customers in parts of Kahului, South Maui, Lahaina, Kula and Kūʻau experienced an outage when a generator tripped at the Māʻalaea Generating Station.

The Maui Police Department is more than 25% short staffed with 145 vacancies department wide.

Today, the Hawai'i Congressional delegation of US Senators Brian Schatz and Mazie K. Hirono and US Representatives Ed Case and Kaiali‘i Kahele urged President Joe Biden to act swiftly on Governor David Ige’s request for a presidential disaster declaration for areas across the state impacted by last month’s severe weather and flooding.

Hawai‘i Attorney General Holly T. Shikada joined a bipartisan coalition of 42 states and territories urging the US Food and Drug Administration to preserve state authority to enforce their consumer protection laws in connection to the sale of over-the-counter hearing aids.

There are now 44 people hospitalized in Maui County with COVID-19, surpassing the 41 reported during the height of the delta surge in August 2021. 

Maui, Hawaʻi is ranked the #2, 2022 destination based on trip searches on Vrbo and #5 based on trip searches on Expedia. The rankings were released today in the Expedia Group’s 2022 Outlook report.