From its start as a 400 square foot juice bar in 1983 to a large natural food and grocery store with 110 employees, Paia’s Mana Health Food has come a long way. The store plans major renovations this year.

The Hawaii Tourism Authority has selected more than 100 events and programs statewide to receive funding for 2012.

Hawaiian Airlines is expanding its operations to create a Maui hub, the airline announced today.

Half way into the current 2012 fiscal year, statewide general fund tax collections are up by 16.0% compared with the 2011 fiscal year.

Site work has started on the new $7.1 million LDS Church at Maui Lani.

Hawaiian Airlines will add more seats on its Osaka-Honolulu route with the its newest and largest aircraft, the 294-seat Airbus A330-200, starting April 21, 2012.

Hawaii’s Better Business Bureau (BBB) is now accepting nominations for the 2012 Torch Awards.

Underscoring the state’s continued economic recovery, the First Hawaiian Bank Business Activity Report (BAR) showed an 8.9% increase in fourth quarter “same store sales” over the comparable period of 2011.

The Maui Friends of the Library opened a new book store in Lahaina at the Wharf Cinema Center on Front St.

The Council on Revenues lowered its revenue forecast for 2012 fiscal year yesterday by 3 percentage points since its earlier estimate in September 2011.