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The Maui News WAILUKU — A woman is facing firearms and threatening charges after she allegedly pointed a handgun at another woman at a residence in Makawao. At her arraignment last week in 2nd Circuit Court, Melanie Sauer, 49, pleaded not guilty to charges of keeping a pistol in an improper place, first-degree terroristic threatening, third-degree assault and keeping ammunition in an improper place. She was arrested Feb. 2 after callers reported a woman on the road with a firearm, according to police. During a preliminary hearing Feb. 8 in Wailuku District Court, Kula resident Tiare Forgers...

The Maui News The COVID-19 cluster at the Maui Community Correctional Center has grown to 20 inmates, with an additional eight positive test results, the state Department of Public Safety reported Thursday. The eight positive inmate tests were among 49 results reported as part of mass testing underway at the Wailuku jail. Forty tests were negative and one was inconclusive, the department reported. Seventeen jail staff members tested negative for COVID-19, and no staff have reported having COVID-19, the department said. Citing the COVID outbreak, defense attorneys have been arguing for release...