HONOLULU (AP) — Molokai businesses are feeling the effects the Molokai Ranch shutdown.

Riders on the ferry between Lahaina and Kaunakakai plunged 25 percent in April. Gift shop proprietor » Full Story

KIHEI – The 2007 edition of the Maui County Data Book, a statistical reference on population, government, education, geography, land use and related economic and social data, has been released, the Ha » Full Story

KAHULUI — Gerard “Gerry” Watts, vice president and general manager of Maui Pineapple Co., will become divisional president of a multinational food company in California, leaving Maui Pine May 9.
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KAHULUI — Technology professionals from across the state will showcase the latest innovations and advancements in technology and the Internet at the 2008 Technology and Internet Expo from noon to 5 p. » Full Story

HONOLULU -- Maui County welcomed 228,644 visitors in March, a decrease of 2.9 percent from the same month in 2007.

The entire state, except Lanai, saw a decline compared with March 2007, a » Full Story

Paradise Television Network Inc. is now cablecasting the first full-time, locally produced, statewide Hi Def programming. And, since they are first, they get the lowest number: Channel 1000. Jamil New » Full Story

Sae designs won two Pele Awards at the annual Addy Awards of the Hawaii district of the American Advertising Association; and Agape Design, Infographic Design and Gilbert & Associates got one each.
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• Tom Roelens has been named general manager of Four Seasons Resorts La-na‘i, including both Four Seasons Resort Lana‘i at Manele Bay and Four Seasons Resort Lana‘i, The Lodge at Koele.

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Senators want Aloha worker retraining

HONOLULU — Hawaii’s two U.S. senators have asked the Bush administration to expedite an application for a grant to retrain laid-o » Full Story

Now that the County Council has passed (on first reading) the Maui Business Park II zoning, it appears that another 179 acres have been taken out of HC&S’ farmlands.

Not really so, accordi » Full Story