Mayor to Announce Single-Shopper Mandate for Maui County
Mayor Michael Victorino plans to announce a new county-wide emergency rule limiting shopping trips to a single individual, he said during a Zoom conference call with State Sen. J. Kalani…
County to Give Away Face Masks
The mayor, who wore a mask during the phone conference, is expected to give more details on the giveaway at his news conference Monday afternoon. Victorino said he hopes to…
Molokai Man Had “More than 100” Contacts Before COVID-19 Diagnosis
The Molokai man who became the island’s first COVID-19 case had “more than 100” contacts with other individuals before he was hospitalized on Oahu last week, State Department of Health…
Maui Reports First COVID-19 Death
An older Maui resident with underlying health conditions has died from the COVID-19 virus, Mayor Michael Victorino announced Monday morning. “My heart is heavy with this tragic news,” Mayor Victorino…
Hawai’i Doctors: We want Josh Green – Hawai’i’s Lieutenant Governor and emergency room doctor missing at the command table
Who do you want dictating government policy during the COVID-19 pandemic: doctors or government officials? As the state struggles to quickly implement the new lockdown rules, a group of more…
Employee at Maui Health Infected with COVID-19
An employee at Maui Health has been infected with the coronavirus, the company said in a news release Tuesday morning. The individual “is in good condition and is isolated to prevent…
Mahi Pono’s Pesticide Files: Mahi Pono uses paraquat and another chemical toxic to marine life and bees. Is it practicing sustainable agriculture?
Mahi Pono, Maui’s largest landowner, sprayed the highly toxic chemical paraquat on fields near the Maui Baseyard in Pu‘unene six times last September and October, according to Hawai‘i’s Department of…
On MauiTime’s Mahi Pono Coverage: Mahi Pono’s community relations director has called our reporter “corrupt and dishonest.” That’s false… and it’s wrong.
by Axel Beers Last week, Mahi Pono community relations director Tiare Lawrence took to Facebook to attack MauiTime’s reporting and more specifically, our reporter Deborah Caulfield Rybak. In her public post, Lawrence called…
Mahi Pono Plays Politics: What’s the end game?
Mahi Pono director of community relations Tiare Lawrence told a politically active local businessman in January that there would be “a lot of money available” if he ran against South Maui…
It’s Not the Potatoes, It’s the Pesticide – Public health expert to Mahi Pono: ‘Quit spraying stuff!’
A sample of potatoes from Mahi Pono’s recent donation to the Hawaii Foodbank on O‘ahu show insignificant amounts of the heavy metals cadmium and lead, a trace of the herbicide chlorpropham,…