The Maui News The Maui County Office of Economic Development won a national award for its launch and development of E Kupa‘a Kakou, a Hawaiian music series honoring the “strength of community” during the COVID-19 pandemic. E Kupa‘a Kakou began as a live streamed Hawaiian music series ...
Since it was first presented in 1982, the annual St. John’s Kula Festival has grown into a major Upcountry event typically attracting more than 2,000 folks. With proceeds supporting St. John’s Ministries and other charities, this year’s beneficiaries are Maui Cancer Resources and the ...
The Maui News Face masks will no longer be required on University of Hawaii campuses and properties starting Saturday, UH has announced. Masks are still currently required in classrooms, shared laboratory spaces and confined educational spaces to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. “Mahalo for all you have done to elevate our collective understanding of personal safety during this devastating pandemic,” UH President David Lassner said in an email Friday to the 10-campus system announcing the update. “You have demonstrated our capacity to look beyond ourselves and to care ...
The state Department of Education is partnering with counties across the state to offer free public transit bus passes for high schoolers, some of whom have seen their bus routes suspended or consolidated due to driver shortages. Maui has bore the brunt of the transportation woes with eight ...
David Ward remembers the early days of Seabury Hall performances in the cafeteria, when they’d break down all the tables and chairs and get leftover “peanut butter and jelly between our toes” just to put on a show. So when he got the chance to teach in the state-of-the-art ...
The Maui Health vaccine clinic will only offer the original monovalent mRNA COVID-19 booster for children ages 5 through 11, with any existing booster dose appointments for those 12 and older to be rescheduled as soon as the new bivalent booster is available on Maui. The clinic will also continue to administer first, second and third doses to individuals 6 months of age and older. Maui Health made the announcement on Friday after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention backed the use of bivalent COVID-19 boosters from Pfizer-BioNTech for ...
