The State of Hawaiʻi revised its 2023 growth projections upward to 1.9%, but lowered its 2024 projections to 1.3% due to the projected global slowdown and recovery from the Maui wildfires.
Back to the Valley, the new album from Appalachian folk-rockers Low Water Bridge Band, finds the Virginia sextet deepening their sense of home and sharpening their musical skillset with tight harmonies, well-crafted tunes, and ferocious instrumental breaks. A fitting follow-up to their last LP, Midnight in Virginia, this new ten-song collection represents the band’s graduation from barnstorming clubs in the Shenandoah Valley to playing festival stages along the East Coast.
With the Lahaina fire that has led to the closure of about 600 businesses, according to the Hawai’i Small Business Development Center, and forced many others to change course the Hawaiian Airlines Made in Maui County Festival has become a lifeline for some businesses and a symbol of economic recovery for Maui.