65 more inmates, 2 staff test positive

January 25, 2022

The COVID-19 cluster at the Maui Community Correctional Center grew to 155, with the state Department of Public Safety reporting Monday that 65 additional inmates and two staff members had tested positive for the virus. The department also reported that 71 inmates and 27 employees had tested negative for COVID. The cases at the Wailuku jail include 151 inmates and four staff members. The cluster, which had its first inmate case reported Jan. 3, is the largest of three COVID outbreaks at the jail since last year.

Pohai Lee steps down as Baldwin football coach

January 25, 2022

Pohai Lee informed Baldwin High School administrators last week that he has decided to step down as the school’s head football coach, a position he has held since 2015. The Bears won outright Maui Interscholastic League titles in 2015 and 2016 and also represented the league in the First ...

COVID-19 at a Glance

January 24, 2022

Latest developments: • State Department of Health on Sunday reported 3,167 new confirmed and probable cases statewide, including 2,078 cases on Oahu, 371 on Hawaii island, 493 on Maui, 168 on Kauai, 11 on Lanai, 10 on Molokai and 36 Hawaii residents diagnosed out of state. • There have now been 202,273 confirmed and probable cases statewide, including 142,766 on Oahu, 24,964 in Maui County (23,691 on Maui, 816 on Molokai and 457 on Lanai), 21,418 in Hawaii County and 8,434 on Kauai. A total of 4,691 Hawaii residents have been diagnosed outside of the state. • Four new deaths ...

Spartans, Na Alii battle it out as MIL paddling season starts

January 24, 2022

KAHULUI — Canoe paddlers flooded Kahului Harbor in uniform with excitement for Maui Interscholastic League meet No. 1, the first high school regatta since the COVID-19 pandemic hit nearly two years ago. As if no time had passed, both Seabury Hall and King Kekaulike High School were back ...

After two years off, MIL wrestlers hit the mats

January 24, 2022

WAILUKU — Kacey-Lee Pua was in her element on Saturday in the Jon Garcia Gym on the Baldwin High School campus. The Bears senior was one of about 100 wrestlers from around the Maui Interscholastic League doing what they love for the first time in nearly two years. Pua was the runner-up in ...

Some teachers disheartened over loss of child tax credit

January 22, 2022

Some Maui teachers are expressing disappointment over the loss of the federal expanded child tax credit and the watering down of other benefits, saying it would help them as well as the families of the children they teach. Makawao Elementary School teacher Sarah Shewmaker said she is ...