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These Hawaii Businesses Got Federal Loans During The Pandemic Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020

These Hawaii Businesses Got Federal Loans During The Pandemic

The U.S. government finally released the names of companies participating in federal coronavirus relief programs after months of obfuscation.

Hawaii Economy Faces ‘A Long Slow Road Back’ Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020

Hawaii Economy Faces ‘A Long Slow Road Back’

A wave of restaurant failures and bankruptcies is expected in the fall.

Big Island Officials Are Frustrated That Opportunity Zones Haven’t Drawn New Investment Cameron Miculka

Big Island Officials Are Frustrated That Opportunity Zones Haven’t Drawn New Investment

But there is hope the federal program can be a useful tool in attracting new business development during Hawaii’s economic recovery.

The Honolulu Star-Advertiser Is Gutting Its Newsroom Cory Lum/Civil Beat

The Honolulu Star-Advertiser Is Gutting Its Newsroom

The newspaper is moving to lay off its health reporter during a pandemic, plus 30 others.

Hawaii’s Wedding Business Has Been ‘Completely Demolished’ Mikephamphotography

Hawaii’s Wedding Business Has Been ‘Completely Demolished’

Wedding planners and other vendors say they need some sort of guidance from the state about when larger ceremonies can start up again.

Honolulu Unveils $19 Million Plan To Coordinate Economic Recovery Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020

Honolulu Unveils $19 Million Plan To Coordinate Economic Recovery

The city wants to use federal aid to help achieve what has been a goal for years: diversifying the economy.

Hawaiian Electric Details Proposed Projects Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2019

Hawaiian Electric Details Proposed Projects

The company provided information on 16 renewable energy projects, including nine on Oahu.

The Pandemic Is Proving Too Much For Some Big Island Businesses Tom Hasslinger/Civil Beat/2020

The Pandemic Is Proving Too Much For Some Big Island Businesses

Kona is emerging from weeks of being shutdown but already the business landscape is looking different.

Hawaii Will End Interisland Travel Quarantine June 16 Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020

Hawaii Will End Interisland Travel Quarantine June 16

Gov. David Ige described the move as the first, incremental step to reopening Hawaii to tourists from outside of the state.

Hawaii’s Internet Relies On Increasingly Tenuous Undersea Cables

Hawaii’s Internet Relies On Increasingly Tenuous Undersea Cables

Two of the three cables connecting the islands are old, and now one of them is the subject of a bankruptcy court hearing.