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Private Equity Owns a Big Chunk of Hawai‘i’s Hotels. Here’s Why That Matters.

December 18th, 2023|

Illustration: Kalany Omengkar It’s common for major Hawai‘i hotel transactions to make headlines. Among them was the $1.1 billion purchase of the Grand Wailea and the $275 million purchase of [...]

Kahoolawe Holds Lessons For Maui’s Environmental Recovery From The Wildfires

December 17th, 2023|

Northern Kahoolawe, a desolate, windswept region, is an unlikely landscape to foster life. The Hakio‘awa watershed is nearly impenetrable. Its rusty slopes of sterile hardpan are scarred with water-eroded fissures [...]

Experience a family holiday tradition at the Kona Christmas House : Big Island Now

December 17th, 2023|

Visitors enjoy all the lights and decorations Dec. 11 at the Kona Christmas House. (Photo by Nathan Christophel/Big Island Now) It’s a week before Christmas, and one Big Island family [...]

Hawaii House: Short- And Long-Term Solutions ‘Essential’ To Survival Of West Maui

December 17th, 2023|

A final report identifies dozens of legislative proposals to ensure that another Lahaina fire does not occur. But if one does, Hawaii will be better prepared. One month before the [...]

Snorkeling company rescues paddling coach who got separated from canoe in rough Kona waters : Big Island Now

December 16th, 2023|

At about 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, beloved paddling coach Nathan Grocholski Lopez, his son and three of his son’s friends left Mahi‘ula Beach on the Kona coast to ride big [...]

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