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Maui jail reports 56 active COVID cases

Another 31 Maui Community Correctional Center inmates tested positive for COVID-19 during the week that ended Tuesday, bringing the total to 56 active cases at the Wailuku jail, the Department of Public Safety reported. The total was the highest reported for the week at prison facilities in the state, followed by 23 cases at Oahu Community Correctional Center and 21 at Halawa Correctional Facility, also on Oahu. All inmates with active cases were in medical isolation at the Wailuku jail, the department reported.

For Cowell, coming home to play at UH just ‘feels right’

Chandler Cowell was seemingly born to play volleyball for the University of Hawaii. Now, that dream is about to become a reality. Cowell, a 2018 graduate of King Kekaulike High School, finished her bachelor’s degree in communications at St. Mary’s College in California in May. She ...

Long layoff, same strategy for Hawaiian­

KAHULUI — Finn McAfee and Lei Ana Bland are both recent Seabury Hall graduates set to leave for college soon on the Mainland, but they have some outrigger canoe paddling to do first. Both are members of key crews for Hawaiian Canoe Club in the Hawaiian Canoe Racing Association state ...

Maui kupuna to compete in first-ever 75 races at World Sprints in London

Hawaiian Canoe Club’s Mary Akiona has never left early from an HCRA State Championship Regatta throughout her decades of canoe paddling. This year, she’s making an exception. After racing in the women’s 70 division early Saturday morning on Oahu at Keehi Lagoon, Akiona will head back ...

COVID-19 at a Glance

KAUAI: New cases: 146 • Total cases: 16,587 • Average cases: 21 • Positivity rate: 17.3% OAHU: New cases: 2,503 • Total cases: 228,535 • Average cases: 365 • Positivity rate: 15.3 % MAUI: New cases: 476 (462 on Maui, 12 on Molokai, 2 on Lanai) • Total cases: 39,529 (37,550 on ...

$16M grant to help create workforce training at UH Community Colleges

The Maui News The University of Hawaii has received a $16.4 million grant to establish sustainable workforce training programs based out of its seven community colleges, including UH-Maui College. The “Resilient Hawaii: Good Jobs Challenge” initiative is a three-year project that aims to create economic resilience and prosperity for Hawaii by investing in four industry sectors: clean energy, creative industries, health care and technology. The initiative will train thousands of workers statewide in the four sectors and will focus on Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander ...