The TNT Fireworks tent at the Safeway parking lot in Hilo on the Big Island. (Nathan Christophel/Big Island Now) In 1999, Ken Polido said yes when his sister’s friend asked [...]
What hasn’t already been said about the airline meltdown this week, which many have said reminded them of the Southwest meltdown last December? And somehow, we are suspicious that we [...]
Short takes, outtakes, our takes and other stuff you should know about public information, government accountability and ethical leadership in Hawaii. Game on: Well, Blog Fans, there appears to be [...]
Story Links LONG BEACH, Calif. - A half dozen University of Hawaii players, both past and present, competed in the Super Finals of the Women's Water Polo World [...]
What is Information Asymmetry? In contract theory and economics, Information Asymmetry deals with the study of decisions in transactions where one party in a transaction is in possession of more [...]
Hawai‘i County Animal Control is offering Fourth of July pet safety tips. Photo Courtesy: County of Hawai‘i With the Fourth of July approaching, Hawai‘i County Animal Control Services is offering [...]
Hawaii Travel Would Be Decimated If Southwest pilots strike. Labor talks with Southwest pilots are at a virtual ground stop. How Southwest impacts Hawaii travel and what would happen if [...]
The “challenging” multibillion-dollar project is almost 60 years in the making. Hundreds of residents converged on nine train stations from the fields east of Kapolei to Aloha Stadium on Friday [...]
Story Links U.S. Men's Collegiate National Team COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – University of Hawai'i outside hitter Chaz Galloway was among [...]
A good mortgage loan officer knows all those little differences. You have to be a problem solver by nature. That’s really the kind of team we have at CPB. Photo: [...]
The $1.5 million housing grant would create a Native Hawaiian Occupancy Ready database consisting of Native Hawaiians residing in Hawaiʻi who have enrolled in Housing and Urban Development housing counseling [...]
News of another severe air turbulence event on Hawaiian Airlines is just now coming to light. As a result, some passengers were evacuated to the hospital upon landing, after the [...]
Not everything he originally proposed made it into the tax relief bill. He said those omissions will be revisited in the future. Higher tax credits are coming to many Hawaii [...]
Story Links HONOLULU – Sixty-five University of Hawai'i student-athletes earned Academic All-Big West honors for the spring sports during the 2023 season. The sports included are baseball, beach [...]
We want to hear your stories of how you balanced schoolwork, extra-curriculars, teen life and holding a job. We also want to hear from folks who worked at businesses that [...]
AARP Hawai‘i announced the awarding of a 2023 Community Challenge grant to the Big Island’s Onomea Farm Hub and two other Hawai‘i organizations – part of the largest group of [...]
Mahalo to Amber Howells for this beautiful Aloha Friday Photo. Amber’s photo shows Byodo-In Temple on the windward, eastside of Oahu. It is an absolutely stunning place to see! The [...]
When 7-Eleven Hawaii decided to try a new direction in partnership with a brand’s new innovative product, they didn’t realize just how popular it would be. We were caught off-guard, [...]
For the past decade, a resource teacher has helped hundreds of students gain vocational skills through their work at the nursery. The alarm on Linda Maeda-Lee’s iPhone went off. “Break [...]
Story Links For the second straight year, the University of Hawai'i men's basketball team will be in Kaua'i to conduct a free clinic for the local keiki. Head [...]
Bob Harrison has been with First Hawaiian Bank for 27 years, with stints as a commercial loan officer, Kapi‘olani branch manager, chief risk officer and chief operating officer. He’s spent [...]
University of Hawai’i President David Lassner. UH photo. On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in college admissions. This decision declares that race cannot be a factor [...]
We all know that Hawaiian Airlines is still in love with its 20-year-old fleet of Boeing 717 interisland planes. We’ve heard that from them and their executive teams for years. [...]
Demand for beef is exceeding supply, but local producers are not seeing the returns. Idaho billionaire Frank VanderSloot took control of Hawaii’s largest slaughterhouses in 2019 and set about revitalizing [...]
Story Links HONOLULU – University of Hawai'i men's basketball head coach Eran Ganot has announced the hiring of Cody Kelley as the Rainbow Warriors' new Director of Basketball [...]
Kalihi-Pālama and Waiawa will experience the largest growth in new homes on O‘ahu after 2025 largely due to master planned communities envisioned by Kamehameha Schools. That’s according to the Honolulu [...]
Riley Regan, the founder of the Kūpuna Spelling Bee, with Arcadia winners Kathleen Falvey, Esther Geil and Betty O’Rourke. Photo Courtesy: Kūpuna Spelling Bee Over the past week, three preliminary [...]
Independence Day celebrations in Hawaii are going to be fantastic for 2023! Dazzling fireworks shows are planned on all four of the major Hawaiian Islands. Let’s island hop around the [...]
Hawaii is in the midst of a major demographic shift that will transform island society in the coming decades, as the rest of the baby boomer generation reaches retirement age. [...]
Story Links HONOLULU—University of Hawai'i women's volleyball head coach Robyn Ah Mow released the team's 2023 schedule on Tuesday. It includes 17 home matches at the SimpliFi Arena at Stan [...]
With all of the equity Hawaiʻi homeowners have gained over the past three years, some sellers will need to pay close attention to taxes when selling their properties or they [...]
June 27, 2023, 6:19 PM HST Hawaiʻi Island police are reminding the public that service animals are allowed to enter businesses and other public places where pets are not permitted. [...]
Two recent reports from LendingTree and Forbes say that Hawaii airports could have the best on-time performance in the US this summer. But is that really true? We were undoubtedly [...]
Hauula’s efforts to build a resiliency hub may get a boost from a FEMA grant supporting more rural areas. Residents in Hauula have been working for years to build Oahu’s [...]
Story Links HONOLULU – University of Hawai'i men's golfer Josh Hayashida captured the 114th Mānoa Cup with a come-from-behind win in the 36-hole final against Kīhei [...]
An expert at First Insurance Co. of Hawaii explains how to safeguard a business – and save it if disaster strikes. Illustration: Getty ImagesHurricanes don’t hit our islands often, but [...]
June 26, 2023, 5:16 PM HST * Updated June 26, 7:07 PM Kunia Hassard Kunia Hassard, 37, was charged Monday afternoon with multiple counts of assault and a single count [...]
United Airlines continues to be troubled with the same aircraft that suffered smoke in the cockpit, which resulted in another United Hawaii flight diversion. Today the aircraft has gone mechanical [...]
Mental health experts have submitted a dozen reports to the court assessing the mental state of John Ali Hoffman, but the case still has not moved forward. A Big Island [...]
Story Links HONOLULU -- University of Hawai'i men's basketball coach Eran Ganot announced the signing of New Zealand native Tom Beattie. Beattie will arrive in Manoa this summer [...]
Hawaii Business Magazine’s third annual Sages Over 70 feature will profile local leaders aged 70 and older who have stepped down from the top roles in their careers but continue [...]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s has entered into an agreement with Hawaiʻi Community Lending to expand access to homes in rural Hawaʻi for low and very-low income residents. The agreement [...]
Beat of Hawaii has been traveling to and from the mainland again on Southwest Hawaii flights. Most recently, two of us flew from Lihue to Las Vegas very recently, then [...]
More and more Native Hawaiians are leaving the islands in favor of Sin City, even though it's in the middle of the desert. Source link
As of June 1, the first day of Pride Month, more than 520 bills had been introduced in state legislatures throughout the country targeted at restricting the rights — and [...]
It feels like not a day goes by when the airline industry, particularly for us on long flights to Hawaii, is looking for a way to squeeze something a bit [...]
Proposals for an elevated rail system on Oahu date back to the 1960s. Now, at least part of a modern-day rail line is finally about to open to the public. [...]
Story Links HONOLULU – The Hawai'i soccer team announced its 15-match 2023 regular season schedule Monday, highlighted by an eight-match home slate at the Waipi'o Peninsula Soccer Complex. [...]
Aaries the Exxxtra got up at 3 a.m. to get ready for the 11th annual Hawai‘i Island LGBTQ+ Pride Parade and Festival in Hilo on June 24, 2023. (Big Island [...]
Hawaii Costco stores are as popular with visitors as they are for those of us who live here. We’re told by management that one-third of all Costco Hawaii sales are [...]