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COVID-19 at a Glance

KAUAI: New cases: 176 • Total cases: 16,441 • Average cases: 24 • Positivity rate: 19.9% OAHU: New cases: 2,719 • Total cases: 226,032 • Average cases: 410 • Positivity rate: 17.2% MAUI: New cases: 543 (527 on Maui, 11 on Molokai, 5 on Lanai) • Total cases: 39,053 (37,088 on ...

Central East Maui punches ticket to Senior League World Series

The Central East Maui Little League All-Stars are going back to the Senior League World Series — the team from Wailuku won the title in Easley, S.C., in 2019, the last time the event was played due to the pandemic. The Valley Isle team won the West Regional title in Oakland, Calif., on ...

MEDB to host Sultan Ventures co-founder

Omar Sultan, the co-founder and managing partner of Sultan Ventures, will speak at the Maui Economic Development Board’s virtual Maui TechOhana meeting at 5 p.m. today. Sultan Ventures is a boutique venture investment firm that focuses on startups, according to its website. Its ...

New owners bring fresh take, familiar flavors to Tiffany’s

Where does a celebrated local chef like to eat on his days off? For Sheldon Simeon, it’s Tiffany’s, the “no frills” bar and grill where a tired chef can kick back a cold one and order the local comfort food he loves to eat and serve. “I loved visiting it on my days off, and a lot ...

Some teachers forgo retirement following wage fix

Lahainaluna High School teacher Ashley Olson was slowly preparing for retirement until news broke that salary compression for experienced educators would end, a day that many long-standing teachers didn’t think would come. Last month, Gov. David Ige signed into law the state budget that ...

The return of 8-player football

For the first time since 2019, eight-player football will return to the Maui Interscholastic League. The pandemic wiped out the 2020 season entirely and only one team — five-time defending MIL champion Molokai High School — fielded a team in 2021. The Farmers played just one scrimmage ...