Aloha Airlines cargo division, shut down abruptly two days ago, is expected to be saved. Seattle-based Saltchuk Resources, Inc. had previously announced it would buy the company, then backed away on April 24. But Saltchuck said today it had obtained financing and was again moving to buy the company. The contract to purchase Aloha’s cargo […]
I’ve never experienced a Hawaii beach quite like Polihua, on the island of Lanai. One-and-a-half miles of white sand. Completely devoid of people. The latter has a lot to do with the 11 miles of unpaved road—half of it accessible only to four-wheel-drive vehicles—one must negotiate down Lanai’s dry, rocky, steep and scrub-brush filled north
Many of you asked. Some of you guessed after my weekend post. Now, I can finally answer. Yes, after some none-too-subtle campaigning on my part, I attended the Four Seasons Lodge at Koele Kona beer dinner on Saturday. It was departing executive sous chef Thomas Bellec’s grand finale at the Lodge—a five-course dinner menu, paired
You may have heard that many of us here in Hawaii eat Spam. Fried Spam, eggs and rice for breakfast. A Spam musubi before lunch. A spam musubi FOR lunch. Guilty as charged. In a state where every McDonald’s restaurant has a Spam breakfast platter on the menu, is it any wonder we put aside
Perhaps you’ve heard the old hapa haole hula anthem, “May Day is ‘Lei Day’ in Hawaii.” The song is still largely true. Each year on May 1, many residents statewide celebrate Hawaiian culture and island culture by attending music and hula shows, sporting their best aloha wear and wearing colorful floral lei. But Honolulu politicos—Mayor
Another unit of Aloha Airlines lost its fight to stay alive this afternoon as the company announced it was shutting down cargo operations immediately. Attorneys for the company informed a bankruptcy court judge that two companies interested in buying the cargo operation had pulled their offers today, leaving Aloha’s primary lender GMAC unwilling to continue
One of the cooler things about my job is escaping the office on Oahu every couple of months, flying to one of the neighbor islands and getting to call what I do there work. I’m on the island of Lanai this weekend, taking in some scenery, activities and food. You’ll see everything I collect while
You ask. We answer. Reader Joe McPherson is headed to Maui next week and had a question for us. What’s the best way to make arrangements in advance for golf tee times? Simple. No matter which island is your destination, call the concierge of the hotel or resort you are staying at before you get
High levels of sulfur dioxide from Kilauea eruptions today closed Hawaii Volcanoes National Park for the second time this month. This afternoon’s closure—like the first, on April 8— was caused by noxious fumes emanating from eruptions at Kilauea’s summit Halemaumau vent and further downslope Pu’u O’o vent. “Our primary concern is for the health and
The cover feature of the new issue of HAWAII Magazine is all about the “15 Things We Love About Hawaii” right now. Among them, you’ll find the Big Island-made chocolate we’d fly from our Oahu offices to savor. The Hilo designer whose Hawaii-inspired fashions and prints we’d pick up while we’re there. And the hula
Hawaii singer-songwriter Jack Johnson is Billboard Magazine’s most environmentally conscious musician of 2008. Johnson topped the music industry trade publication’s “Green 10” list, which honors musicians raising awareness of environmental issues, applying earth-friendly actions to their recording and touring, and inspiring peers to do likewise. Billboard editors selected the musicians on the list, released today
Geologists at Kilauea summit’s Hawaiian Volcanoes Observatory bring new meaning to the words “field work” every day. Just check out these photos of a typical day at the office for Kilauea geologists, posted on the observatory’s Web site this weekend. Last week was a relatively quiet one on the Kilauea summit. There was a small
