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Column: Amid so much change, Sentry TOC set up for long-term success

It was not that long ago — 2017, to be precise — that the Tournament of Champions at the Kapalua Plantation Course was in danger of leaving Maui. Now, thanks to Sentry Insurance and some unfathomable circumstances in the last few months, most of them this week, it is cemented here through ...

Reservations required for AARP Hawaii, Maui shredding event

After a two-year COVID-19 pandemic delay, AARP Hawaii, in partnership with Access Corporation, will hold a free document shredding and food drive event on Maui from 8 to 11 a.m. September 10.  Appointments must be made to drop off documents for shredding. Those without an appointment will be turned away.  “AARP Hawaii and Access are excited to offer this event to help people avoid identity theft and safely dispose of their confidential information,” said Jackie Boland, Community Outreach Director for AARP Hawaii, in a news release. “This year is different. We are coming out ...

The Maui News wins 17 SPJ Excellence in Journalism awards

The Maui News The Maui News coverage of storms that hit Haiku along with Kula and South Maui last year earned the newspaper five awards from The Society of Professional Journalists Hawaii Chapter Wednesday night. In total, The Maui News received 17 awards, which includes stories looking ...

COVID count stays at 9 at Wailuku jail

The number of COVID-19 cases at the Maui Community Correctional Center remained at nine Tuesday, after one inmate tested positive and another recovered, according to the state Department of Public Safety. During the week that ended Tuesday, 106 inmates tested negative for COVID, the department reported. No employee cases were reported at the Wailuku jail.

COVID-19 at a Glance

KAUAI: New cases: 116 • Total cases: 16,865 • Average cases: 17 • Positivity rate: 13.4% OAHU: New cases: 1,886 • Total cases: 232,683 • Average cases: 295 • Positivity rate: 12.2% MAUI: New cases: 316 (311 on Maui, 1 on Molokai, 4 on Lanai) • Total cases: 40,193 (38,203 on ...

Cortez aims to make her last season with Ducks the best

It’s easy to call Chai Cortez’s fifth season on the University of Oregon soccer team the icing on the cake of her Ducks career. Making a successful run at the first NCAA tournament berth in school history would allow Cortez to depart Eugene, Ore., with the feeling of having had her cake ...