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Senior Fair set for War Memorial Gym on Saturday

The Maui News The 49th Annual Maui County Senior Fair is set to include health screenings, such as for vision and blood pressure, entertainment, fundraisers, and Maui Fair-like food on Saturday at the War Memorial Gym. The Senior Fair will run from 8 a.m. to noon and serve as an ...

Lunas defeat Na Alii 42-14 as both teams prepare for playoffs

PUKALANI — The final Maui Interscholastic League football game of the regular season on Saturday night at King Kekaulike Stadium served both teams well. Lahainaluna rolled to a 42-14 win over King Kekaulike on Na Alii’s homecoming night, but each team took the opportunity in the game that ...

Kaiser has updated COVID booster for kids

Starting today, Kaiser Permanente Hawaii will administer the updated COVID-19 booster to children ages 5 and older on a first-come, first-served basis. Members and nonmembers can walk in to a vaccination clinic without appointments. In Wailuku, the booster is available at the Maui Lani Medical Office at 55 Maui Lani Parkway from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday and from 8:30 a.m. to noon Saturday. People can find updates on the vaccine and boosters at kp.org/covidvaccine.

COVID-19 at a Glance

KAUAI: New cases: 66 • Total cases: 18,052 • Average cases: 10 • Positivity rate: 7.9% OAHU: New cases: 1,588 • Total cases: 250,279 • Average cases: 103 • Positivity rate: 5.7% MAUI: New cases: 144 (142 on Maui, 2 on Molokai) • Total cases: 43,269 (41,187 on Maui, 1,273 on ...

Novavax is now a COVID-19 booster option in Hawaii

The Maui News The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted emergency use authorization for the COVID-19 booster by Novavax, the state Department of Health announced Wednesday afternoon. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and state Health Department are also allowing use of the booster. Novavax monovalent COVID-19 boosters are recommended for adults 18 and older for whom a bivalent booster by Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna is not clinically appropriate and adults who would otherwise not get a COVID-19 booster. Adults who completed their primary series of Novavax, ...

Mayoral candidates clash on housing, water, budget

Editor’s Note: This story is part of a series on Maui County Council and mayoral candidates in the lead-up to the Nov. 8 general election. Today’s story focuses on the County of Maui mayoral race. Stories on other candidates will be published in the coming weeks, with an election guide to ...