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Jan 20, 2025 | 
hawaiibusiness.com | Ryann Coules |Steve Petranik
Worried about making the rent despite working full time, or falling behind on your electricity and water bills? Struggling to find healthy, affordable groceries close to home? If you answered yes, you have plenty of company in Hawai‘i. Aloha United Way’s latest ALICE Report found that 44% of local households are below the ALICE threshold.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
hawaiibusiness.com | Ryann Coules
End-of-life care professionals debunk misconceptions and explain how to find the best hospice services for your loved ones. Emma Sousa, 76, was born and raised in Hilo and still lives there. She married Laurence when both were 39. Before retirement she worked in human resources at Hawai‘i County’s Department of Finance, and he was a mechanical engineer for the county Department of Water Supply.
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Dec 19, 2024 | 
hawaiibusiness.com | Ryann Coules
At KVIBE’s shop, Kalihi youth learn to repair donated bicycles – then take one home. KVIBE is a Kōkua Kalıhı Valley program in which keiki and teens ages 5 to 18 learn how to repair donated bikes and can also earn ownership of a bike they fix. “They get to pick their bikes, get to customize it. Some people trade in their bikes if they see something better.
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Oct 28, 2024 | 
hawaiibusiness.com | Ryann Coules
Potter Lauren Shin teaches classes at her tranquil Norae Ceramics studio in Kāne‘ohe. Lauren Shin teaches ceramics at her tranquil Norae Ceramics studio in Kāne’ohe. “I was selling my pottery for a while, and I had a lot of people ask if I teach classes. There’s a different kind of joy and fulfillment in sharing something that I’ve made with somebody, as opposed to teaching someone else how to create their own work,” says Shin.
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Oct 8, 2024 | 
hawaiibusiness.com | Ryann Coules |Kathryn Wagner
Profiles of Hisae Uki, Candice Sombrero Ishikawa, Alison “Bo” Tanaka, Heather Cutter and Clarice Casamina Hisae Uki | Candice Sombrero IshikawaAlison “Bo” Tanaka | Heather Cutter | Clarice CasaminaHisae Uki, Sun NoodleHisae Uki didn’t envision herself going into the family business. “I majored in psychology. I’ve always been interested in human behavior,” she says.
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Sep 26, 2024 | 
hawaiibusiness.com | Ryann Coules
In the company’s Waialua kitchens, cookie and ice cream crews use peanut butter, liliko‘i, ube and other local favorites to make ice cream sandwiches. “The ice cream sandwich has been around for 110 years or so, and it’s pretty much been vanilla, vanilla, vanilla. I thought, they don’t need another vanilla sandwich!” says “Uncle” Paul Logan, who founded Uncle’s Kū Aloha Ice Cream Sandwiches in 2013.
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
savingseafood.org | Ryann Coules |Hawaii Business
September 23, 2024 — The Hawaiian archipelago extends far beyond its eight main islands to include 137 islands, atolls and shoals stretching 1,591 miles, from Kure Atoll in the northwest to Hawai’i Island in the southeast. The Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument is a vast and remote area that encompasses the low-lying Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, atolls and surrounding sea.
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Sep 20, 2024 | 
hawaiibusiness.com | Ryann Coules
Papahānaumokuākea Marine Debris Project has collected 786,287 pounds of derelict fishing nets and other debris from the vast Hawaiian archipelago. The Hawaiian archipelago extends far beyond its eight main islands to include 137 islands, atolls and shoals stretching 1,591 miles, from Kure Atoll in the northwest to Hawai’i Island in the southeast.
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Sep 18, 2024 | 
hawaiibusiness.com | Ryann Coules
Paepae o He‘eia has spent decades removing mangroves and rebuilding the fishpond wall. The nonprofit is now gearing up to start sustainable fish production. A pioneer and leader in the restoration of Hawai’i’s fishponds – Paepae o He’eia – is getting closer to the ultimate goal of sustainable fish harvesting. The nonprofit founded in 2001 is dedicated to restoring He‘eia Fishpond at the edge of Kāne‘ohe Bay, says Executive Director Hi‘ilei Kawelo.
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Aug 21, 2024 | 
hawaiibusiness.com | Ryann Coules
Handmade on Moloka‘i Each of the garments made at Kealopiko’s screen-printing workshop are one-of-a-kind and tell a story. Photo: Aaron YoshinoEach of the garments made at Kealopiko’s screen printing workshop on Moloka’i are handmade, one-of-a-kind and tell a story. “We draw on our collective years of experience as Kanaka, living in this place and observing the natural world,” says Hina Kneubuhl, one of the company’s co-owners.
