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Hawaii business news here covers the economy as it is reported across the NOW network: local companies, jobs, development, agriculture, energy, retail and statewide economic policy. Stories may originate on Maui, Hawaiʻi Island or Kauaʻi and still have implications for the whole state. HawaiiNow groups that reporting so readers can scan what is moving in Hawaiʻi’s economy, then open the original article on Maui Now, Big Island Now or Kauaʻi Now.
Maui · Politics
Mayoral Forum candidates and partners. The Maui Chamber of Commerce has released the video recording of its 2026 Maui Mayoral Candidate Forum, providing members of the business…
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Statewide · Weather
Updated at 10:30 a.m. Aug. 29, 2026. While Hawaiian Electric crews made significant progress repairing utility infrastructure, there are several hundred customers in various…
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Statewide · Business
The County of Maui Department of Environmental Management has been selected to receive $3.6 million in federal funding to establish the first recycling center in West Maui…
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Statewide · Business
HECO electric restoration work in Glenwood on Hawaiʻi Island. PC: Hawaiian Electric Hawaiian Electric crews restored power to about 1,030 customers yesterday on Hawaiʻi Island…
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Maui · Business
Kelly Maluo-Pearson Boys & Girls Clubs of Maui today announced that Chief Executive Officer Kelly Maluo-Pearson will retire from the CEO role on Sept. 4 after nearly three decades…
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Maui · Business
Maui Diagnostic Imaging Maui Diagnostic Imaging announced several new technology upgrades and services for patients on Maui. The facilitie’s SOMATOM go. Top CT scanner offers…
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Maui · Business
Sharon Har Catholic Charities Housing Development Corporation announced today that Sharon Har has joined the organization as its Housing Development Director. In this role, Har…
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Big Island · Business
File Image Hawai‘i July unemployment at 2.7%; nonfarm jobs increase by 1,200 Hawai‘i Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism reports the state’s seasonally…
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Maui · Weather
Nepal flood. USGS Nepal debris avalanche and flash flood. PC: USGS An ice-rock avalanche initiated a deadly flood that devastated communities and infrastructure along the…
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Statewide · Business
HECO repairs along Mamalahoa Highway in Pahala. PC: Hawaiian Electric Hawaiian Electric continued to make steady progress restoring power across Hawaiʻi Island, reducing the…
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Statewide · Politics
Kauaʻi Island Utility Cooperative is seeking approval from the Hawaiʻi Public Utilities Commission to purchase the Līhuʻe property that has served as its headquarters for more…
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Big Island · Weather
Island Energy Services and Big Island Energy are joining forces to deliver donated fuel to communities on Hawaiʻi Island that are still without power and dependent on portable…
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