Business

Ululani Poepoe is the owner of UP Staging & Design and a member of RESA, a trade association for professional real estate and re-designers.

In his new role, Aaron Alter will oversee all legal, regulatory, and corporate governance matters, along with the administration of quarterly board and annual shareholder meetings.

Seven clinics will be held across the state, including two on the Big Island.

For over half a century, Uncle Billy’s Hilo Bay Hotel has sat along the coastline of Banyan Drive up against Hilo Bay.

The telemetry system assists in monitoring heart rate, heart rhythm, breathing, and other vitals at a patient’s bedside and at a remote location, like a nurse’s station.

The newly formed relationship will pair the Big Island tour operator with private access to the vineyard and accompanying winery.

The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism and the High Technology Development Corporation will host two Big Island workshops over the next week.

In Hilo, regular fuel was an average of $2.53 Monday, while Kona’s average was $2.82.

The Big Island supermarket chain grew to six locations island wide over the last century.

Aloha Kuamo‘o ‘Āina and The Trust for Public Land have successfully acquired the ancient Kuamo‘o battlefield and burial grounds on Hawai‘i Island south of Kona, 47 acres of makai land that includes a portion of the Ala Kahakai National Historic Trail and is rich in history, cultural treasures and burial sites.

The Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism and its High Technology Development Corporation agency will hold information sessions on new funding programs for technology and manufacturing companies.

Yoga Centered in Hilo will offer a schedule of seven different classes beginning on New Year’s Day.

The State Tax Department has selected Jaysen Morikami as the new Taxpayer Advocate. He has worked to resolve both taxpayers and tax practitioners’ problems the past 11 years in the department’s Taxpayer Services Section.

While the Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge on the eastern mid-elevation slopes of Mauna Kea is celebrating its 30th anniversary, it also faces very serious challenges, including the instability of federal funds.

The state Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs’ Business Registration Division reminds businesses to file their annual business reports.

Hawai‘i Electric Light Company has signed an agreement to purchase the 60-megawatt Hamakua Energy Partners generating plant currently owned by an affiliate of ArcLight Capital Partners LLC, a Boston-based private equity firm.

Verizon is holding complimentary wireless Android smartphone, iPhone and mobile device workshops in Kona and Hilo throughout January.

Visitor arrivals to Hawai‘i Island increased .5% to 107,558 visitors and visitor days (up .2%) increased slightly in November 2015 versus the year prior. Visitor expenditures for the Big Island increased 2.6% to $143.4 million due to higher daily spending (+2.4% to $176 per person).

With the new year comes Hawaiʻi’s third BedMart, slated to open in Hilo in January. Hilo families in need can look forward to mattress donations as well.

The Hawai‘i Meth Project has appointed Scott Kuioka as chairman of the organization’s board of directors.