History, culture promoted to touristsHONOLULU - Tourism officials are looking at ways to get visitors to look beyond the beach by promoting Hawaii's history and culture.The Historic Hawaii Foundation and the Hawaii Tourism Authority are promoting the islands' history and culture to get ...

HONOLULU (AP) - A federal judge has approved a settlement between the families of five men who died in a 2011 fireworks explosion and fire at a Waikele storage bunker and one company they sued.The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports Ford Island Ventures held the master lease to the Navy's former ...

Every election is important, but Tuesday's general election is critical for a number of reasons.First, there are several hotly contested races that can shake things up at the county and state levels, including the governor's race and several County Council races. Then, there is the extremely ...

Longtime Maui business Hamai Appliance has captured the Retail Business of the Year Award for Maui in the Retail Merchants of Hawaii Ho'okela Awards, which were presented Thursday at the Sheraton Waikiki on Oahu."The Ho'okela Awards are like the Emmys of the retail industry in Hawaii," said ...

The Maui Chamber of Commerce has been actively researching the genetically modified organisms issue and asks the public to do the same. We believe education is key to understanding and extremely important as we head toward a November ballot vote.While the anti-GMO movement is making a variety ...

Maui company using biodiesel for vesselsAqua Adventures Maui has switched to biodiesel for its vessels, Pacific Biodiesel announced.The company that has been producing biodiesel in Hawaii since 1996 used to deliver fuel to boats in Maalaea Harbor many years ago, but greater on-road demand on ...