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In addition to more standard offerings, Island Hopper Taproom has sours, goses, Belgian strong ales, fruit beers and gluten-free beers on draft.

Elemental Excelerator, a climate tech investor, has invested in more than 150 portfolio companies to date.

Pacific 19 Kona, a newly renovated boutique hotel, is offering a special discount package to celebrate its grand opening.

Proposals for the Food Hub Pilot Program now are being accepted for grants between $50,000 and $250,000.

Hawaiʻi Gas is seeking proposals from local and national suppliers who can provide up to 65,000 therms of renewable natural gas or up to 2,300 kg per day of renewable hydrogen.

Jay H. Shidler, an alumnus of the Shidler College of Business at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, has made a remarkable $5 million cash donation to the college. His total giving now amounts to $238 million, making him the largest individual donor in the university’s history.

Hawaiʻi State Deputy Attorney General Rodney Kimura was awarded the 2023 Distinguished Service Award from the National Association of Attorney General Antitrust Task Force.

Hawaiian Telcom has unveiled its plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40% within seven years.

April Nelson, a mortgage loan originator based in Kona, has been recognized by Homebridge Financial Services in Hawai‘i as one of its top producers for March.

The full-day update is an opportunity to learn about the latest news, insights and activities related to tourism in Hawaiʻi.

Central Pacific Bank’s Alan Pak is based in Kailua-Kona and recently won the Lending Officer of the Year Gold Award for West Hawaiʻi from the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Hawaiʻi Pacific-Islands District Office.

Select nonprofit organizations, small businesses and restaurants are eligible for Hawaiʻi Energy’s lighting upgrade program on a first-come, first-served basis, until funds are exhausted.

The West Hawaiʻi Filipino Chamber of Commerce was established on Dec. 9, 2022, providing a platform for local Filipino-owned businesses and professionals to collaborate and gain access to resources that will help them thrive.

With 1,317 people voting, 60 percent of voters — nearly 800 votes — said there were too many tourists, with residents and the environment negatively impacted.

Mutual Trading Co. Inc., of El Monte, CA, is recalling 60 fl. oz. containers of “Kagome Worcester Sauce,” 10 fl. oz of “Kagome Chuno Sauce,” and 8 g. of “Kagome Take Out Tonkatsu Sauce,” because the package labels do not declare the presence of soy.

The center, now located at Waiakea Kai Plaza, 88 Kanoelehua Avenue, Suite A-204 in Hilo, assists with numerous employment-related services and programs addressing Hawaiʻi County’s workforce development needs for its residents and businesses.

While international tourism will continue to recover, domestic travel in Hawai’i will soften as the U.S. economy contracts later this year.

The refreshed packaging and website evolve the branding of a family farm with roots that extend to 1850 with Henry Nicholas Greenwell.

Hawaiian Telcom crews closed an approximately 25-mile fiber gap between Volcano and Pahala, completing another ring in the company’s network.

Nearly 300 students from 17 schools across the state are gaining real-world experience building a business end-to-end through the Hawaiʻi Agricultural Foundation’s Young Entrepreneurs Program.