Maui’s west-side commercial boating operators are getting some relief from the business impacts of the Maui wildfires with the state’s decision to lift temporary restrictions at Mala Wharf and its announcement that the rebuilding of a fueling system is underway at Lahaina Small Boat Harbor.
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AES Hawai‘i is launching the West Oahu solar-plus-storage project in Kapolei, which will produce enough energy to reduce Oahu’s use of fossil fuels by 750,000 barrels of oil and the associated pollution and greenhouse gases emitted over its lifetime.
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Total sales volume for the Hawaii investment market in 2023 declined 18.6% to $1.93 billion from $2.37 billion in 2022.
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State officials say that “until funding becomes available, there is no way to set a timeline for reopening (Lahaina Harbor).”
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Sales volume dipped for both single-family homes and condominiums in March after a two-month hiatus from the declines that accompanied rising interest rates.
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“Celebrate a Legacy in Tourism,” the largest fundraiser for the University of Hawaii School of Travel Industry Management at the Shidler College of Business, has set a record and is expected to support about three times the student scholarships that it did two years ago.
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The U.S. Department of Transportation issued a request for community comments Wednesday, while confirming receipt of proposals from Mokulele Airlines and Pacific Air Charters Inc.
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Forget the Easter bunny.
Rigoberto Gomez and Tara Gomez were searching for a unicorn on Easter — a three bedroom, two bathroom home with solar panels at a price they could afford.
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It appears that all three carryover bills to upend HTA from last year have died, including House Bill 1375, Senate Bill 1522 and its companion House Bill 1376.
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The only thing robust about Hawaii’s spring break tourist season this year are the discounts.
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Visitors spent $57.1 million per day on average in February, a 2.4% decline from February 2023 but up 15.2% from February 2019.
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It took serious coordination for students from H.P. Baldwin High School and King Kekaulike High School to lift and carry a “mikoshi,” or portable shrine, on their shoulders through the streets of Waikiki as part of the recent Honolulu Festival’s Grand Parade.
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A federal grand jury returned an indictment Thursday in the 2021 shooting death of a former teenage gang member who as an adult worked at a nonprofit aimed at turning around high-risk youth.
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A female hiker in her 20s had been injured and could not return to the trailhead on her own.
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Investors hope to convert excess office space into residential rentals and fee-simple housing, hotels, educational space, retail, activity centers, food and beverage venues, and community services like dog parks and senior care.
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The event continues today from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Neal Blaisdell Center Exhibition Hall.
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The full recovery of visitor arrivals from Japan continues to fall short, and tourism officials have said it could be 2026 before the Japan market is restored to its 2019 level of more than 1.5 million visitor arrivals.
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A bill that seeks to give the counties the power to control short-term rentals — even phase them out— is still alive after crossing over from the Senate to the House where two House committees moved the measure forward.
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The Division of Financial Institutions determined that Sigue, which last year conducted about 16,000 money transmission transactions in Hawaii, totaling more than $9 million, did not meet statutory provisions related to financial condition.
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In Hawaii, the “Southwest effect” resulted in a double-digit increase in interisland passengers and reduction in interisland airfares.
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Sunday’s killings, along with the three other recent cases, underscore the need for more awareness about domestic violence and more resources to mitigate the affects of such violence on individuals, families and communities, experts say.
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