Maui Business

New Social Media Users Group forming Janaury 13 in Kihei will feature a panel discussion with local experts.

Developer DR Horton To Host Maui Chamber Business After Hours at new Lahaina town home community Ho`onanea January 19.

Hawaii’s population reached 1,360,301 on April 1, 2010 and represent 12.3 percent increase between 2000 and 2010.

The State of Hawaii Department of Labor and Industrial Relations released its first workforce assessment of the green industry.

The non-stop flights are planned between Calgary and Honolulu and Maui, and between Edmonton and Maui.

For the next six months, a team of seven high profile bloggers will post information, video and photographs sharing their authentic travel experience of Lanai.

Groundbreaking for a $3.8 million improvement project at Hana Boat Ramp begins next week. A ceremony marking the start of the project will take place at noon on Thursday, December 23, followed by an informational meeting from 1-2 p.m. to address community concerns.

Five years ago this week, Lahaina’s Carthaginian was transformed into an artificial reef by Atlantis Submarines. The 97-foot whaling vessel was sunk a half mile offshore of Lahaina

Da Jam 98.3 FM, Mauis leading 18-34 radio station, announces the change of its West Maui frequency from 107.3 FM to 107.1 FM. The switch for West side listeners went into effect yesterday, Thursday, December 16, 2010.

Continental Airlines has announced two new direct flights to the Big Island. The daily non-stop service between Hilo and Los Angeles, and the once-weekly service to Hilo from San Francisco, begins June 9, 2011.

A tree-type disguise was recommended to mask a proposed 40-foot cell tower in Hana, Maui. The suggestion was made by the State Historic Preservation Division

Here on Maui, the Judiciary’s Maui/Molokai Drug Court program lost four full-time equivalent positions after suffering a $420,000 cut to its annual allocation.

Plans call for the construction of 16 single-occupancy one bedroom apartments contained in two separate buildings on County owned land off of Mahalani Street in Wailuku.

Hawaii fared well in a survey on financial literacy, but some in the islands are still struggling to make ends meet.

Just hours after being sworn in to office, Governor Neil Abercrombie released funds to end Furlough Fridays at public schools. The release of $67 million from the state’s Hurricane Relief Fund

The Maui Realtors Association released the latest monthly report yesterday saying sales continue at a slower pace with the Homebuyer Tax Credit ending a …

The County of Maui successfully closed its $73.7 million Series 2010 G.O. bond issue last week. Proceeds of the transaction were used to fund Capital Improvement Projects (CIP) throughout the County, as well as refinance approximately $25 million in outstanding General Obligation (G.O.) bonds. The ability to secure lower interest rates resulted in the County […]

Throughout this holiday season in particular, many people are suffering more than usual and local businesses and community members are trying to help out in any way that they can. For some, this simply means donating the services that they charge for on a daily basis. ‘Tis the season to be helpful and realtors are […]

Although the name of the most famous shopping holiday of the year – Black Friday – has caused some controversy in the past, it simply alludes to time when stores leave the red (deficit) and enter into the black (profit) as a result of high sales during the holiday season. Entering the black during the […]

During the recession, the concept of who constitutes as “poor” or “needy” has drastically changed. People who were generally well situated financially, with college degrees in their back pockets are never the image that one sees associated with the words needy and poor, but that is exactly who has been eliciting help from services that […]