KAUAI: New cases: 82 • Total cases: 18,134 • Average cases: 11 • Positivity rate: 10.5% OAHU: New cases: 877 • Total cases: 251,156 • Average cases: 116 • Positivity rate: 6.3% MAUI: New cases: 157 (153 on Maui, 4 on Molokai) • Total cases: 43,426 (41,340 on Maui, 1,277 on ...
The Royal Order of Kamehameha I Foundation, the new owners of the Na Wai ‘Eha cemetery, will hold a formal dedication at 3:30 p.m., on Saturday. Ownership of the 122-year-old cemetery was formally transferred to the foundation in January 2020 by A&B LLC, according to a news release. The dedication will include protocols “rarely witnessed today.” Sir Alika Desha KGCK, Ali‘i Nui and Grand Master of the Royal Order of Kamehameha I as well as his staff chiefs and those of Moku statewide will attend. Ali‘i James Kimo Apana, chairman of the foundation, named Ali‘i Burt ...
The Associated Press and The Maui News WASHINGTON — The COVID-19 pandemic caused historic learning setbacks for America’s children, sparing no state or region as it erased decades of academic progress and widened racial disparities, according to results of a national test that provide the ...
Is the COVID-19 pandemic over? President Biden’s answer is yes no yes no. The latest example of politically convenient pandemic schizophrenia came Thursday when the Department of Health and Human Services again extended the official public-health emergency, this time through January. “The pandemic is over,” Mr. Biden told CBS’s “60 Minutes” only three weeks ago. “We still have a problem with COVID. We’re still doing a lot of work on it. But the pandemic is over.” Not to get all philosophical, but how can something be an emergency if it has already ended? The HHS ...
PUKALANI — Kamehameha Schools Maui girls volleyball coach Evan Jenkins knew his team was in for a huge challenge on Monday at Kaulaheanuiokamoku Gym. Moanalua, a power in the Oahu Interscholastic Association, was coming to play a first-round match in the New City Nissan/HHSAA Division I ...
Maui County hotels in September again lead the state in revenue per available room and average daily rates, according to the recent hotel performance report by the Hawai‘i Tourism Authority. Revenue per available room in Maui County last month was $350, which is 21.3 percent higher compared to 2021 and 51.7 percent up from 2019 pre-pandemic reports. Average daily rate last month was $535.82, up 10.1 percent from last year and up 69.6 percent versus September 2019 prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Occupancy was at 65.4 percent, 6 percentage points more than 2021, but down 7.7 ...
