O‘ahu’s Buses Are Crowded Again and Riders Worry
TheBus never shut down during the early months of the pandemic, and back then its few riders often had plenty of room to social distance – and faster commutes, too.
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Interview: Isar Mostafanezhad, Founder and CEO, Nalu Scientific
Please describe how and when you are conducting your return to your offices and other physical locations. The employees that need to go into the office for hands-on work will do so a few times a week. And we have…
Interview: John Henry Felix, Executive Chairman, HMAA
Please describe how and when you are conducting your return to your offices or other physical locations. As a local health insurer, HMAA continued operations without disruption throughout the safer-at-home orders, and our office remained open to service our clients,…
Interview: Brian Yano, GM and Group Property Manager, Maui, JLL
Please describe how and when you are conducting your return to your offices and other physical locations. Many of our JLL-managed Maui retail centers, like Maui Mall and the Outlets of Maui, have tenants that offer essential services, and as…
Interview: Luke Estes, President and COO, Pono Pacific Land Management LLC
Please describe how and when you are conducting your return to your offices and other physical locations. We were lucky enough to be considered essential, so we have been working throughout this period of uncertainty. Our field crews and office…
Interview: Kevin Nishimura, VP of Operations, Hawai‘i Gas
Please describe how and when you are conducting your return to your offices and other physical locations. We reopened our customer service offices statewide on June 29 with limited hours Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Our…
The Mental Health Connection for Leaders: How to Care for Yourself and Your Team
Join clinical consultant Heather Pierucki, UHA Medical Director Dr. Kathleen Kozak and workplace wellness consultant Michael Story, three Hawaii leaders in our medical care and wellness community for a discussion on how leaders can care for themselves and their teams,…
Construction Helps Drive the Local Economy in Tourism’s Absence
Projects big and small, public and private, keep construction as the major economic sector with the fewest layoffs.
Challenges Facing Nonprofits: Ma Ka Hana Ka ʻIke
Interview with Lipoa Kahaleuahi, Executive Director, Ma Ka Hana Ka ʻIke How has your organization been able to continue its core mission(s)? Our core mission – to provide youth with a way to learn that makes sense to them, that builds…
Yes, We’re Open: Tanaka Ramen & Izakaya
One in a series of profiles of new small businesses in Hawai‘i that have launched since the pandemic shutdown. Since graduating from UH Mānoa in 2014, Tina Wang says, she has dreamed of bringing her favorite ramen to Hawaiʻi’s rich…
Workplace Drug Tests Show Less Use of Some Types of Drugs
But Diagnostic Laboratory Services’ toxicology expert finds an increase in marijuana use especially troubling Workplace drug tests taken in Hawai‘i during the pandemic show a decrease in the use of amphetamines, cocaine and opiates, while marijuana use has been on…
Assets School Plans to Reopen in August
Head of School Ryan Masa describes the changes that will make it safe for students to learn Assets School, a private school with two O‘ahu campuses, hopes to resume in-person learning in mid-August. The school focuses on students with ADD,…