Local Business / In Brief

January 8, 2018

Workshop to focus on pay issues “Do I Have to Pay My Employees for That?,” a free hourlong workshop on pay-related issues, will be held at noon Wednesday at the Maui County Business Resource Center at the Maui Mall. Topics to be discussed include the Fair Labor Standards Act, overtime rules and minimum wage salary, exempt and nonexempt status, independent contractors, guidelines for classifying workers and pay related to off-the-clock work, travel and training. This workshop qualifies for a one-hour CPE credit for personnel/human resources. For more information, call ...

Local Business / In Brief

September 11, 2017

Nonprofit group partners with store Lokelani ‘Ohana has entered into a partnership to sell handmade items at Satkhira Bazaar in the Sears wing at the Queen Ka‘ahumanu Center. Lokelani ‘Ohana, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, was established in 2006 and offers programs in Saori weaving, creative arts, organic gardening and housing for people with developmental disabilities. Satkhira Bazaar is open from 9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sundays. For more information, contact Christina Chang at 344-4338 or ...

Local Business / In Brief

July 10, 2017

EDITOR’S NOTE: Local Business in Brief is a new feature in The Maui News that will appear on the second Monday of each month, beginning today. News releases and announcements regarding businesses in Maui County are welcome. To submit material or for more information, contact Leah Sherman at lsherman@mauinews.com. East Bay Tire Co. opens service center East Bay Tire Co. has opened its first commercial service center on Maui at 140 Hobron Ave. in Kahului. The service center provides tire sales, retreading and roadside assistance. It is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday and ...

Names & Faces

July 3, 2017

EDITOR’S NOTE: Names & Faces is making its reappearance in The Maui News on the first Monday of each month, beginning today. News releases and announcements regarding new hires and employee promotions and awards at businesses in Maui County are welcome. Photos of the employee will be ...

Business/In Brief • Jan. 3, 2015

January 3, 2015

Hawaii dairy owner says he's sellingHONOLULU - Hawaii's last locally owned and operated large-scale dairy is being sold to an investment company financed by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar.Ed Boteilho, whose family has owned and operated Cloverleaf Dairy since 1962, told Hawaii News Now that Ulupono Initiative has signed an agreement of sale and is going through 90 days of due diligence to acquire the 900-acre facility."You're looking at the last dairy standing," Boteilho said. "And I think what we're seeing is the final destruction of the dairy industry in Hawaii, as it was."Ulupono General ...

Names & Faces

January 2, 2015

* Carolyn McNamara has joined The Law Offices of Jan K. Apo.Obtaining her bachelor's degree from Indiana Wesleyan University, McNamara pursued a triple major in political science, pre-law and criminal justice.She started at a law firm as a paralegal and was elevated to a management position. She also started her own home management company.*****Kaiser Permanente on Maui welcomes five new physicians. They are:* Dr. Antony Boody, an orthopedic surgeon, who received his medical degree from Loma Linda University School of Medicine in California. He completed his orthopedic surgery residency ...