One-Fourth of Diabetes Patients Lose Limbs. These Doctors Are Trying to Prevent That
In Hawai‘i, diabetes-related complications are worse for Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders. Can limb salvage help reduce amputations?
Author: Nikki Zamani
My Job Is Figuring Out What’s Causing Dizziness and Vertigo
Shannon McCormick says hearing tests and hearing aids fittings are just part of her duties as a doctor of audiology.
Maui Soda & Ice Works: 2022 Hall of Fame Winner
The business was founded in 1884 as an ice and refrigeration company, and has been owned and led by the Nobriga family since 1946.
S. Tokunaga: 2022 Hall of Fame Winner
The small grocery store in Hilo carried some fishing supplies when the Tokunaga family opened it in 1920. It’s evolved into a 6,500-square-foot fishing, diving, hunting, outdoor and firearm supply store.
Maui Nui Venison: 2022 SmallBiz Editor’s Choice Award Winner – Maui County
The company helps manage invasive axis deer populations while providing meat products to local and mainland customers.
Honolulu Fish Company: 2022 SmallBiz Editor’s Choice Award Winner – Food and Beverage
Started in 1995 by a marine biologist, the company now distributes seafood to more than 3,000 customers nationwide.
Nathan Wood General Contractor: 2022 SmallBiz Editor’s Choice Award Winner – Kaua‘i
The family construction business has focused on the island’s renewable energy sector for 15 years.
The Downtown Honolulu Parking Guide is Back
Need a parking space in the city for a month or just a day? Check our online guide, which includes locations, daily and monthly prices, and more information to find the right place at the right price.
Not Grown in Hawai‘i
Some local companies – including the state’s biggest seller of macadamias – use foreign nuts in some of their products. Local growers and companies that sell only Hawai‘i-grown nuts want a label-of-origin law with added teeth, not the limited version that takes effect Jan. 1.
