Business
KTA Super Stores opens first stand-alone pharmacy in heart of Hilo
January 4, 2025 · 1:00 PM UTC
KTA Pharmacy Ponahawai combines a modern convenience store with a full-service pharmacy that offers a wide range of services including prescriptions, vaccines and wellness resources.
Ideas sought from Hawai‘i moviemakers, content creators to showcase islands as prime place for media development
January 3, 2025 · 3:00 PM UTC
Phase 1 seed funding totaling $400,000 from the Hawaiʻi Film and Creative Industries Development Fund will be used to support local filmmakers, media makers and content creators with the goal of growing Hawai‘i-made media content to be licensed and distributed worldwide.
Business Monday: Mauna Kea Golf Course celebrates 60th anniversary with completion of renovation
December 30, 2024 · 11:00 AM UTC
Robert Trent Jones Jr. became the third member of his family to put his vision into the iconic course, following his father who originally designed the 18 holes and a 2008 update by his brother.
Guam native Sean Perez the new finance director for Hawai‘i Community Lending
December 26, 2024 · 3:00 PM UTC
“I enjoy hearing the success stories of new homes that we will soon be building and finding for these families,” Sean Perez said.
Kuleana Rum Works launches monthly guest chef series
December 25, 2024 · 3:00 PM UTC
The kickoff dinner Dec. 29 will spotlight the theme “Rum & Hawai‘i Island Pork,” with a crafted 4-course dinner, each paired with signature Kuleana Rum Works cocktails.
Economic bottom line: ‘Buckle up for the years ahead’
December 25, 2024 · 1:00 PM UTC
Despite steady local forecast path so far, Hawaiʻi’s economic outlook becomes unclear as federal policy changes loom with incoming Trump Administration introducing broad uncertainty.
Business Monday: Need last-minute holiday gifts? Here are ideas from Kona shopkeepers
December 23, 2024 · 11:00 AM UTC
The list of stocking stuffers and gifts you can pick up at a local merchant in Kona include bangles, coozies designed by local artists, books by Big Island authors and Deep Sea Kona Salt.
Servco Pacific purchases Big Island Toyota
December 16, 2024 · 3:00 PM UTC
Servco and Big Island Toyota are now working with their teams and each other to onboard employees and ensure a smooth transition. The two firms have been business partners since 1966.
Business Monday: 5 small companies thrive together in Hilo’s first food truck park
December 16, 2024 · 11:00 AM UTC
Hilo’s only food truck park includes Le Yellow Sub, Hilo Ice Coffee, A & K Fratellis, Duck Fat, and Organic Island Cuisine.
Business Monday: Breathing life back into Kona Bay Hotel once known as Uncle Billy’s
December 9, 2024 · 11:00 AM UTC
After four years of sitting empty, the refurbishing of the iconic hotel, which will be a Hampton Inn by Hilton, will begin. On Tuesday, the hotel site will be blessed.
Meadow Gold Dairies slated to lay off Hilo-based employees in January
December 7, 2024 · 11:00 AM UTC
The company filed a notice with the state in November about the impending layoffs of employees in distribution and warehousing statewide.
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree: Is that a branch or a snake?
December 7, 2024 · 11:00 AM UTC
Businesses, organizations and residents advocate for more “ʻāina-friendly” solutions to combat Christmas tree critters.
Big Island community serves up heaping helping of aloha for those in need
December 3, 2024 · 1:00 PM UTC
Orchid Isle Ford and Steve Marshall Group Fill the Ford Food Drive collects more than half-ton of food, $10,000 donated to The Food Basket, Hawai’i Island’s food bank, to help end hunger, increase food security around the island.
Southwest Airlines shifting strategy, reducing Hawai‘i flights in 2025
December 2, 2024 · 1:00 PM UTC
The airline that entered the interisland market in 2019 is reducing its flights between islands by as much as 30% beginning in April of next year and also reshaping it services between the mainland and Hawai‘i beginning in the summer.
Business Monday: Finding inner peace and purpose in retreat centers on Hawai‘i Island
December 2, 2024 · 11:00 AM UTC
From the Kohala coast to the deep jungle of Pāhoa, the island retreats offer an array of eco-sustainable amenities equipped with farm-to-table gardens, yoga studios and saltwater pools.
Hawaiian Airlines invites kama‘āina to journey with purpose — and discounts
November 20, 2024 · 3:00 PM UTC
New free Huaka‘i by Hawaiian program, taking off in January 2025, offers Hawai‘i residents greater value when flying with the airline on neighbor island trips, including free checked bag and 10% or 20% of one booking per quarter.
Community expresses ideas about fixing Kona’s downtown parking problems
November 19, 2024 · 11:00 AM UTC
On Friday, 250 people showed up to talk about solutions, which included reducing the hourly rate, providing a shuttle parking service for employees in the village and creating an annual parking pass.
Business Monday: Two architects found Hamajang Studio, now with a public office in Waikōloa
November 18, 2024 · 11:00 AM UTC
“Armed with laptops and a dream, we decided to take a leap from the firm we working at and start our own brand,” said architect AJ Taaca.
UH announces team of microscopic soft robots that could transform medical care
November 11, 2024 · 3:00 PM UTC
In a medical breakthrough, engineers at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa have developed microscopic soft robots that can work as a team inside the human body, opening new possibilities for minimally invasive procedures.
Business Monday: Veteran transitions from Army chemical operations to Big Island farmer
November 11, 2024 · 11:00 AM UTC
With support from Hoʻola Farms, U.S. Army veteran Amanda Cox finds her roots in agribusiness as she develops I Ka Ua Farm.