Medical professionals say Hawaii’s social and economic threats are now greater than those posed by the virus.

But a dark side may be looming. Distance learning is stunting education of students and that would cause problems for companies in the future.

Four-year-old Mana Up is now providing a tool in addition to business advice: cash to grow.

The long-time chief executive is retiring after 15 years.

Dimensional Energy is one of Elemental Excelerator’s latest companies and is considering developing a renewable fuel facility in Hawaii, its chief executive says.

Gabriel Sachter-Smith is on a mission to find the perfect banana for Hawaii. He’s already got 200 varieties in the works.

A tourism official welcomed the comments, but said business travelers need to know beforehand when restrictions will be lifted.

Gov. David Ige’s plea to tourists not to visit Hawaii helped stop a nascent economic recovery. It’s not clear when the state will regain its momentum.

The report calls for no more shipping rate increases until at least 2023 and for a third party observer to help oversee one of Hawaii’s oldest companies.

As the Covid-19 crisis underscores Hawaii’s reliance on tourism, innovation executives say now is the time to push hard to develop other economic sectors.