Bank of Hawaii sets aside $33.6M for virus loan defaults

HONOLULU (AP) – Bank of Hawaii Corp. has announced it set aside $33.6 million to cover potential loan losses tied to the coronavirus pandemic. The state’s second-largest bank also suspended stock buybacks beginning in mid-March, The Honolulu Star- …

Hawaiian volcano eruption in 2018 was triggered by sustained rainfall

Heavy rainfall caused the massive eruption of the Kīlauea volcano in Hawaii two years ago by softening the rock plugging its crater, according to a new study. US researchers say the dramatic eruption in 2018, which destroyed hundreds of homes, was due to …

Community Focus – Honolulu Hiroshima Kenjin Kai Establishes Relationship with Tokyo Hiroshima Kenjin Kai

After two years of meetings and negotiations, the Honolulu Hiroshima Kenjin Kai formalized a sister kenjinkai relationship with the Tökyö Hiroshima-Ken People’s Association at a signing ceremony at the THKPA’s shinnen enkai (New Year’s banquet) at the …

Did Heavy Rain Make Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano Erupt?

The monthslong eruption of Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano in the spring and summer of 2018 was the most destructive of its recorded history. As the summit crater periodically collapsed, 320,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools’ worth of lava was squeezed out of …

Community Focus – Hawaii Foodbank’s COVID-19 Response

As the COVID-19 situation intensifies, Hawaii Foodbank is facing an unprecedented challenge of providing food for people affected by the pandemic while continuing to meet the nutritional needs of one in eight Hawai‘i residents already struggling with food …

Hawaii State FCU adds Mark Yamakawa as board member

Hawaii private schools brace for a drop in enrollment due to economic impacts of COVID-19

Community Focus – Hawaii State Library Streaming “Proof of Loyalty” for Free

The Hawai‘i State Public Library recently began offering the streaming service Kanopy at https://www.librarieshawaii.org/ and will continue to offer it for free through April 30. The offerings include 10 films by Lucy Ostrander and Don Sellers …

Troops returning to Hawaii experience unique homecoming amid pandemic

Eagle News — Last week a group of US Army soldiers based in Hawaii returned home after their year-long deployment in Afghanistan and Iraq. Soldiers arrived at Honolulu International Airport after being quarantined in Texas for a few days to screen soldiers …

PHOTOS: A month into stay-at-home order, this is Hawaii’s new normal

Pierce Brosnan Almost Looks Unrecognizable on Solo Hike in Hawaii: Pics

Pierce Brosnan, is that you? The former James Bond actor looked nearly unrecognizable during a solo outing amid the coronavirus quarantine. Brosnan, 66, and his wife, Keely Shaye Smith, share a home together in Hawaii on the north shore of Kauai. On …

Honolulu mayor extends stay-at-home order to May 31

Hawaiian Homes Commission Approves COVID-19 Relief Options

Photo courtesy: Department of Hawaiian Home Lands The Hawaiian Homes Commission (HHC) approved two actions that will provide Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) Applicant Waiting List beneficiaries, as well as lessees, licensees, and permittees on …

SummitMedia Hawaii donates $250K worth of air time to Domestic Violence Action Center

Apr 21, 2020, 2:29pm HST Multimedia company SummitMedia Hawaii launched a $250,000 communication campaign in partnership with nonprofit Domestic Violence Action Center to offer support for victims in Hawaii. “This is a full-station effort and a first-of- …

Idled by COVID, Hawaii designer launches concierge and delivery service

Hawaii Island to receive $61M in additional aid for disaster relief following 2018 eruptions

Hawaii Technology Development Corporation awards $1.9M in grants to local companies

The reopening of Hawaii’s economy is at least a month away, experts say

Meanwhile, HMSA CEO Dr. Mark Mugiishi said at a legislative briefing Monday that Hawaii was about a month away from having the systems in place needed to begin restarting the economy in phases, Civil Beat also reports. Those systems include the ability to …

Pair of golfers take friendship from Hawaii to Provo

Golfers Allysha Mae Mateo and Spencer Dunaway both found themselves leaving Hawaii to play their collegiate careers at BYU. Mateo didn’t start pursuing golf until she was 8. She remembers being signed up for group tennis lessons as a kid. It wasn’t until a …