Among the 80 feature films, documentaries, and shorts screening at the 2022 Maui Film Festival, the expansive lineup includes the world premiere of slam poet Kealoha’s brilliant performance work, “The Story of Everything.” Screening at 8 p.m. on Friday at the Maui Arts Cultural ...
First photo: Crowds of people flock to Lahaina town Monday afternoon as Lahaina’s Fourth of July Fireworks Spectacular returned after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The event is put on by the LahainaTown Action Committee and the Mayor’s Office of Economic ...
Hawaii’s visitor industry continued to see a gradual recovery in May, mostly fueled by increased spending by travelers from the Mainland and Canada. A total of 776,375 visitors came to Hawaii in May, representing a 91.6 percent recovery from May 2019, according to preliminary visitor ...
KAUAI: New cases: 254 • Total cases: 15,662 • Average cases: 32 • Positivity rate: 21.1% OAHU: New cases: 3,783 • Total cases: 214,416 • Average cases: 491 • Positivity rate: 19% MAUI: New cases: 624 (613 on Maui, 10 on Molokai, 1 on Lanai) • Total cases: 37,024 (35,119 on ...
COVID-19 cases have been rising at the Maui Community Correctional Center, where active cases were reported in 29 inmates and three staff members. The numbers, released Wednesday, reflected counts updated Tuesday at the Wailuku jail. A week earlier, there were seven active inmate cases and five active employee cases reported. The increase is occurring six weeks after the Department of Public Safety reported May 18 that MCCC’s inmate population was “clear of all active COVID-19 cases.” In recent weeks, several inmates have been reported to be “medically unavailable” for ...
Tourism, homelessness and agriculture are pressing concerns among the Maui County community that mayoral candidates hope to address. During the COVID-19 pandemic when the tourism industry came to halt, state and county leaders as well as residents saw how the islands’ natural ecosystem ...
