Young Brothers Raised Inter-Island Shipping Rates 26%. Here Is What That Costs You.

Young Brothers raised inter-island freight rates 25.75% on January 1. That follows a 46% increase in 2020. In five years, costs are up roughly 80%. Here is what that means for neighbor island businesses and residents.

More than 100,000 customers were without electricity at various points following the storm, with major damage reported on Hawaiʻi Island, Maui and Oʻahu.

Technology

Google’s AI Weather Lab Offers Another Way to Track Storms

Weather Lab uses artificial intelligence to model weather and visualize how storms and other weather systems could develop.

Tourism

Hawaiian Council Acquires Sea Life Park Hawaii

Hawaiian Council, the nonprofit formerly known as the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement, acquired the Waimānalo marine-life park from Herschend Family Entertainment in a transaction that closed Tuesday, Aug. 11.

Tourism

Hawaii Wants More Spending, Not More Tourists

The Hawaii Tourism Authority is shifting its strategy away from growing visitor arrivals and toward increasing visitor spending.

Big Island Developers File for Bankruptcy. Waikoloa Plaza Isn't Closing.

Jul 23

Finance

LA-Based Royal Business Bank Climbs Hawaiʻi Banking Ranks in Less Than Five Years

Jul 18

Tourism

Young Brothers Raised Inter-Island Shipping Rates 26%. Here Is What That Costs You.

Hawai'i Construction Keeps Booming

Hawaii's $16 Minimum Wage Is Here

Alaska-Hawaiian Merger Added 1,100 Jobs

Hawaiian Electric Brings in Mainland Crews as Lāhainā Outages Top 100,000

Google’s AI Weather Lab Offers Another Way to Track Storms

Hawaiian Council Acquires Sea Life Park Hawaii

Hawaii Wants More Spending, Not More Tourists

Big Island Developers File for Bankruptcy. Waikoloa Plaza Isn't Closing.

LA-Based Royal Business Bank Climbs Hawaiʻi Banking Ranks in Less Than Five Years

Southwest Adds More California-Hawaii Flights

IKEA Now Ships Small Items Directly to Hawaiʻi

Hawaii Ranked Worst State for Business Again

DAWSON Rebrands to LAUKOA Under Hawaiian Native Corporation

Hawaii's Millionaire Tax Pushes the State Into the Nation's Highest Tax Bracket

Grace Pacific Steps In to Keep Maui Quarry Running