Big Isle offers free bus rides
Honolulu Advertiser
Hawaii County is hoping to give sagging Big Island employment numbers a lift by helping to deliver people to job sites and worker-training classes. Its Mass Transit Agency plans to add new Hele-On commuter bus routes intended for workers an...
29th Annual Hawaii International Film Festival Honors Films from ...
PR-USA.net
This year, the Hawaii International Film Festival (HIFF) is pleased to distinguish three films shot on location on the beautiful island of Okinawa in their newest spotlight category Spotlight on Okinawa. The screenings are sponsored by Worl...
Bank of Hawaii Corporation Third Quarter 2009 Financial Results
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
HONOLULU----Bank of Hawaii Corporation today reported diluted earnings per share of $0.76 for the third quarter of 2009, up from $0.65 in the previous quarter, and down from $0.99 in the same quarter last year.
World/nation briefs
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Hawaii regulators have approved a Honolulu start-up company's plan to build the nation's first tuna farm in waters off the Big Island. Hawaii Oceanic Technology aims to create an environmentally friendly open ocean farm for bigeye tuna, a f...
Hawaii regulators approve Honolulu company's plan for first US open ocean tuna farm
MalaysiaNews.net
HONOLULU - Hawaii regulators on Friday approved a Honolulu startup company's plan to build the nation's first tuna farm in waters off the Big Island. Hawaii Oceanic Technology aims to create an envi...
For something special, check out Pua Plantasia
West Hawaii Today
Thanks to palm lovers like the Hawaii Island Chapter of the International Palm Society, hundreds of new species are growing in Hawaii. Many of these are native habitat so Hawaii is kind of a Noah's Ark for palms. Of course, our native Pritc...
Down on the farm
West Hawaii Today
HILO -- Agriculture has been one of the linchpins of the Big Island economy. Yet with all the lip service county officials give agriculture and agricultural sustainability, they've been reluctant to put their money where their mouth is. In ...
The Garden Island: Kauai
San Diego weekly Reader
Kauai, the oldest of the Hawaiian Islands, is a treasure overlooked by many travelers to Hawaii. It trails Oahu, Maui and the big island as the first choice for most tourists, but it’s a worthy paradise in its own right. I chose Kauai as my...
Reference Points
Baltimore Sun
Oahu, Maui and Kauai might get most of the publicity and a good portion of the Hawaiian tourist trade, but the Big Island of Hawaii has its own special qualities. First, a brief terminology lesson: "Hawaiian" refers to a person of native Ha...
Oahu's North Shore draws elite surfers to giant waves
Seattle Times
On the North Shore of Hawaii's Oahu island, surfers come from around the world to battle the monster waves and compete for glory. Among the competitions is the Eddie Aikau Invitational, held on years when the surf seems worthy, in honor of ...
Big Island Report
Hawaii Tribune-Herald
Bird hunting season to begin Hawaii's 2009-10 game bird hunting season opens Nov. 7 and runs through Jan. 18, 2010, the state Department of Land and Natural Resources has announced.
State Workers File Lawsuit Against State
KHON2
Hawaii News Wake Up 2day National News World Report Business ... guards at Kulani Correctional Facility on the Big Island. The prison is being closed next month to save the state money. “The lawsuit is about the right to work in York vs. st...
Big Island lighthouse on crumbling peninsula to be removed
Honolulu Advertiser
The U.S. Coast Guard has determined that the best course of action for a lighthouse sitting on a rapidly eroding site on the Big Island is its removal.
Hawaii's 'Furlough Fridays' frowned upon
The Daily Campus
Beautiful beaches, clear skies, and low pollution - from the chilly autumn East coast I am sitting on, the Hawaiian environment sounds ideal right now. After all, it is an island paradise that houses the only palace on American soil, a uniq...
