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Hawaiian Airlines inaugurated flights to Pago Pago International Airport on Oct. 24, 1984, with DC-8 aircraft, starting its long relationship with the U.S. territory.

Anthony Booker uses knowledge and experience from Hoʻola Farms to open is own small business, Big Bʻz Hawaiian Honey.

Nonfarm jobs in Hawai’i increased by 9,000, or 1.4%, compared with September 2023, including job gains in the leisure and hospitality and trade, transportation and utilities industries.

Starting this week, the Courtyard King Kamehameha’s Kona Beach Hotel will be operating at max capacity with its 455 rooms sold out as it hosts the 2024 VinFast Ironman World Championship.

Businesses can use, repay and reuse these low-interest loans over three years, after which time the money becomes part of a “forever fund.”

Hawai‘i Ocean Science Technology Park is celebrating 50 years since its creation with an open house.

The shipping company is asking the Hawai‘i Public Utilities Commission for the additional revenue to cover significant spikes in service costs, support critical investments in equipment and infrastructure upgrades and sustain vital interisland services. 

Big Island Abalone was founded in 1988 and is currently owned by KOWA since 2018. Now, it annually produces 100 tons of the delicacy, making it one of the largest commercial operations in the United States.

According to a joint press release from the Trust and Ula Kapa Moe, the new owners don’t plan to redevelop the property.

Occupancy for Hawai‘i Island hotels was down at 66.8%, 2.1 percentage points lower than August 2023 and 14.1 percentage points behind 2019.

Volunteers worked at Camp Kilohana and Kealakehe Elementary.

The current growth trend for the state of Hawaiʻi is slower than in past decades — and it is expected to continue to be slow in the coming years due to limited increases in population with births no longer outpacing deaths.

The US Department of Transportation has given Alaska Airlines permission to close on its $1.9 billion acquisition of Hawaiian Airlines, after the carriers agreed to maintain key Hawaii routes and adopt consumer protections. This exemption allows the carriers, which are respectively the fifth and tenth largest domestic airlines, to finalize their merger while maintaining separate operations until DOT rules on their transfer application.

Bee Space Honey Shop opened on Sept. 4 at Brewery Block in Kailua-Kona.

The inaugural challenge was meant to show off the creativity and innovation of participating restaurants and the chefs, who were tasked with cooking up delicious new vegan dishes even the most martialed meat minion would devour.

If you are one of those who get the long weekend, we hope you’re enjoying the extra day off. Take some time to learn about the history of why today is a holiday and a few fun labor facts to go with it.

This is the company’s seventh brick-and-mortar location in the state, and first on Hawaiʻi Island.

Cupcakes, Boom!, Kaulana Mahina, Kumumea and Pawniolo Pets are being supported by the Institute for Native Pacific Education and Culture with grant funds from the state while Stargazer Industries Hawai‘i hopes its presence at the annual festival will open more doors with retailers.

Statewide revenue per available room in July 2024 was $301 with average daily rate at $385 and occupancy of 78.4%.

The “important milestone” brings the merger closer to reality as DOT looks at the airlines’ interim exemption application.