Maui Business

According to the USDA, Hawaiʻi’s seed industry was valued at $217 million—that’s a drop from the $242 million estimated value a year earlier, when the industry set a record high.

The Pro Bowl will return to Hawaiʻi in 2016. The 2014 game in Hawaiʻi contributed an estimated $71.9 million in direct visitor spending in the state.

The area was one of only three neighbor island location included on the list, and was ranked behind Oʻahu’s Kapolei and Ocean Pointe in Ewa Beach, which were ranked first and second respectively.

The Hyundai Tournament of Champions raised a total of $333,185 for Maui charities during the 2014 event held in January at the The Plantation Course in Kapalua, according to a PGA TOUR press release announcement.

Biodiesel fuel services will continue throughout the state but cooking oil sent to Hilo will now be delivered without processing first on Maui.

Zumiez is described as a “multi-channel specialty retailer of action sports related apparel, footwear, equipment and accessories, focusing on skateboarding, snowboarding, surfing, motocross and BMX for young men and women.”

The new series is designed for: farmers interested in developing food products to increase profitability, businesses that want to expand their food offerings, new food businesses, and employees wanting to increase their knowledge of the food industry.

The locally owned, Caregivers Maui, has a physical office located on Main Street in Wailuku, but provides private home care services to clients of all ages, that is customized based on patient need.

A co-plaintiff in the suit is Pamela Lichty, an ACLU board member, and president of the Drug Policy Action Group.

The job fair will take place between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday, April 2 and 3, 2014, at the Montage Kapalua Bay property, located at One Bay Drive.

Canada-based Bombardier Aerospace announced today that Hawaiʻi Island Air, Inc. which does business in Hawaiʻi as Island Air, has placed an order for two Q400 NextGen turboprop airliners, with an option to buy four more.

The AARP is hosting a free public workshop on Maui this Thursday in an effort to uncover fraud, and protect retirement security from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, April 3, 2014, at the Kaunoa Senior Center in Pāʻia.

Rising Sun Solar, a Maui-based solar installer, today announced it has received the SunPower “Commercial National Dealer of the Year” award for its outstanding performance as a SunPower dealer in 2013.

Maui’s unemployment rate in February remained at 5%, unchanged from the month before, but down 0.2% from the same time last year, according to new information released by the state Department of Labor and Industrial Relations.

The Budget and Finance Committee will hold evening meetings throughout the county in April to receive community input on the fiscal year 2015 budget.

The Hawai‘i State Legislature congratulated Maui resident Michael Nobriga and Maui Soda & Ice Works on Monday for being named the Small Business Administration of Hawaiʻi’s 2014 Family-Owned Small Business of the Year.

Includes: $26.2 million for road resurfacing and improvements; $21.8 million for Water Supply improvements; and $27.3 million for Parks facility improvements.

The whole budget hinges on whether or not the state is going to remove the Transient Accommodations Tax cap they imposed on us a few years back to help the state, said Maui Mayor Alan Arakawa.

Charles Loewen, 57, faces a maximum term of five years in prison for each of the two charges when he is sentenced on July 3, justice officials said.

Hawaiʻi gas price averages increased across the state this week with gas in Wailuku listed at $4.32 for a gallon of regular, according to the AAA Hawaiʻi Weekend Gas Watch.