Territorial Savings Bank will reopen its Kihei Branch on Monday, the bank announced. The Kihei Branch closed temporarily on Jan. 14 due to staffing challenges related to COVID-19. Opened in 1921 to offer home loans and savings accounts, Territorial Savings Bank now has 29 branches on Oahu, Maui, Hawaii island and Kauai.
Joshua Berlien said Tuesday that keeping playgrounds on Maui safe and fun for generations to come requires some “TLC” every once in a while. The Kalakupua Playground at the Fourth Marine Division Memorial Park, also referred to as Giggle Hill, reopened Saturday to the public after being ...
Latest developments: • State Department of Health on Wednesday reported 2,050 new confirmed and probable cases statewide, including 1,441 cases on Oahu, 317 on Maui, 150 on Hawaii island, 99 on Kauai, nine on Lanai, five on Molokai and 29 Hawaii residents diagnosed out of state. • There have now been 208,887 confirmed and probable cases statewide, including 147,206 on Oahu, 25,958 in Maui County (24,634 on Maui, 836 on Molokai and 488 on Lanai), 22,013 in Hawaii County and 8,908 on Kauai. A total of 4,802 Hawaii residents have been diagnosed outside of the state. • Three new ...
The Maui News Hawaiian Electric will apply $2 million in bill credits for customers who have struggled to pay their electric bill during the COVID-19 pandemic, the company announced Wednesday. By Jan. 31, the Kokua Fund Bill Credit Program will automatically provide a one-time credit of $90 to past-due balances for about 22,000 residential and business customers that were at least 30 days past due as of Dec. 31, with a minimum current past-due balance of at least $200. For accounts that meet these criteria, the credit will appear as a line item labeled “Kokua Fund Credit” and ...
The COVID-19 outbreak at the Maui Community Correctional Center increased to 187 cases on Wednesday, with the Department of Public Safety reporting positive tests for 96 inmates and one employee. There were 38 negative test results for inmates and 26 negative test results for staff at the Wailuku jail. All inmates with active cases were in medical isolation. None were hospitalized. The department reported that 27 inmates and one employee have recovered, resulting in 183 active inmate COVID cases and four active staff cases. As of Monday, 322 inmates were housed at the jail, which ...
Gov. David Ige issued a new COVID-19 emergency proclamation on Wednesday, keeping the current restrictions in place and officially adding cruise ship passengers to the list of travelers who must follow the Safe Travels Hawaii program. Cruise ships have already been following the Safe Travels requirements through port agreements with the state, which requires a negative COVID-19 test or proof of vaccination prior to deboarding, according to a news release from the Governor’s Office on Wednesday. “Just a few weeks ago, Hawaii saw record high COVID-19 cases in our communities,” ...
