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Lahaina opened its first commercial area, a two-year marketplace called Ulu O Lele featuring 25 vendors, marking a significant step in the community's recovery from the 2023 wildfires.
Hawaiian Council, in partnership with the County of Maui and with support from Hawaiʻi Community Foundation, invites the community to celebrate the grand opening of ʻUlu o Lele today, Tuesday, Nov. 10 at the former Outlets of Maui site. ‘Ulu o Lele’s nearly two dozen selected small businesses...
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A Waikiki boutique hotel is being sold, and all 62 employees will be laid off. According to a Nov. 2 filing with the Hawaii Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, the company behind Romer House Waikiki is selling the adults-only hotel to Continental Assets Management. The company...
HONOLULU — Hawaiian Electric says it may proactively shut off power in high-risk wildfire areas on Maui and Hawaii Island as strong winds and dry conditions persist. Areas under consideration for a Public Safety Power Shutoff include Maui’s Westside, Maalaea, Upcountry and parts of Puunene, Pulehu and Omaopio, along with South Kohala on Hawaii Island. No shutoffs have been initiated, though the utility is urging customers in wildfire-prone communities to activate emergency plans and prepare for extended outages.
A celebration of the history and heritage of the Kona coffee industry on Hawai‘i Island is underway with the 55th anniversary of the Kona Coffee Festival. From the coffee-growing slopes of Hualālai and Mauna Loa to historic Kailua Village, the festival connects attendees with the people and places that have shaped Kona’s coffee heritage for generations.
Office of Hawaiian Affairs Chair Kai Kahele joins Spotlight Now to discuss trustee-elect Ikaika Anderson's arrival and the selection of a new CEO.
Mainland investors evaluating a Hawaii project generally price the land correctly, the construction correctly, and the exit correctly. The variable they get wrong is how long it all takes. A typical mainland assumption puts permitting at six to nine months. In Hawaii, permits alone commonly run eighteen to thirty-six months,...
We’ve spent nearly 20 years comparing airfares to and from Hawaii, and sometimes the results make little sense. Competing airlines advertise identical prices, and now two new federal lawsuits accuse major airlines of exchanging sensitive pricing information that competitors ordinarily wouldn’t see, potentially reducing the incentive to offer lower fares.
Hawaii's new business registration system has left about 40,000 filings in a backlog since launching in July. Business owners said delays that were expected to take days or weeks have stretched into months, affecting transactions, contracts and plans to open businesses.
Honolulu sellers held firm on price while much of the country cut, with the median list price rising even as the national figure fell.
UH Mānoa is offering free soil and water testing for Hawaii farmers to assess how recent storms and flooding may have impacted their crops, plant health, and water supplies.
The proposed agreement will now go before the combined membership for a ratification vote.
At the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Shidler College of Business, the generosity of donors is helping shape the next generation of business leaders, innovators and changemakers. For the 2026–27 academic year, Shidler College awarded more than $1.4 million in scholarships to over 470 students, providing critical financial...
Hawaiian Electric Industries posted a third-quarter profit even as back-to-back hurricanes battered its finances, forcing a Kauai biomass power plant's owner into bankruptcy and racking up an estimated $14 million in extraordinary pre-tax storm-related expenses, including emergency power-line repair work. The parent company of Hawaiian Electric leaned on gains from its stake in a Honolulu bank to stay in the black, even as it continues confronting the long financial shadow of the 2023 Maui wildfire disaster.
Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines, and Horizon Air honor veterans, active-duty service members, and military families through Honor Flights, the employee-led Fallen Soldier Program, and initiatives that support military and veteran employees. As part of its Honor Flight program, Alaska Airlines flies U.S. military veterans to Washington, D.C., free of charge,...
Voters in California, Hawaii and Rhode Island gave the go-ahead last week for bond measures aimed at boosting the housing supply and homeownership. But a California measure to cut back on the state’s decades-old environmental law to spur housing development and a Massachusetts proposal to loosen minimum lot-size rules both failed.
The adults-only boutique hotel in Waikiki has been acquired by the owner of the AC Hotel by Marriott Honolulu, with all 62 employees set to be terminated by December 31st as part of the ownership transition.
A city program meant to create 500 affordable rental units per year in Honolulu has produced just 224 units total since launching in 2019, with rising construction costs, high interest rates, and permitting delays cited as key barriers to progress.
A Honolulu program meant to boost the development of affordable rental housing is falling short of its goals, according to a new report from University of Hawaiʻi economists. Bill 7, enacted in 2019, offered Honolulu developers incentives to keep units affordable to moderate-income households. The law was intended to ease housing costs in a city that is increasingly unaffordable.
Dole Food Company plans to stop coffee farming at its Waialua Estate on Oahu on November 30, ending a decades-old operation after marketing the property for sale for more than…
