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Be Buji-fied

Wednesday, December 22nd, 2021

Be Buji-fied

By Catherine Cluett Pactol 

Tylor Tanaka has worked almost every job on the block – cashier, Macy’s sales representative, Hawaiian Airlines Lanai station manager, preschool educator, administrative assistant, State laborer and maintenance technician, bartender, auto parts store manager, County small business specialist and others. Now, the 2008 Molokai High alum has launched his own brand and opened a shop that offers both online and storefront sales to local entrepreneurs. 

The Buji-fied Store is now open at Lanikeha Center in Ho’olehua. Though he didn’t plan to open a storefront, Tanaka said his expanding business, which started as a school assignment in January of this year, outgrew its original model. …

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Business Planning Course

Wednesday, December 22nd, 2021

MEO News Release

MEO’s Business Development Center presents Core Four Business Planning Course for the month of January, 2022.  Classes will be held on Tuesdays  — Jan. 4, 11, 18 and 25 — and Thursdays – Jan. 6, 13, 20 and 27.  To register, email lily.napoleon@meoinc.org or call (808) 553-3270.…

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More Bovine TB Found on Molokai – UPDATED MEETING INFO

Monday, December 6th, 2021

Bovine tuberculosis has again been detected on Molokai after cases were confirmed earlier this year – this time in pigs in West Molokai, according to the Hawaii Dept. of Agriculture (HDOA) on Sunday, Dec. 5.

In June, Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) was found in a herd of cattle in central Molokai in June. The infected cow was originally from a beef cattle herd in Ho`olehua and was temporarily pastured in Mapulehu on the east end because of the ongoing drought, the HDOA previously stated. The herd was depopulated with federal indemnity, which compensates farmers for this type of loss.

Subsequently, bTB was detected in two additional cattle herds in the Ho’olehua area that were adjacent and in close contact with the first infected herd, according to the HDOA.…

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New Store on the Block

Wednesday, November 24th, 2021

New Store on the Block

By Catherine Cluett Pactol

A new store has opened in Kaunakakai, offering “a little bit of everything,” according to owners Melissa and Gerard Almarales. Molokai Marketplace, located next to Dr. Dan McGuire’s office in the old Subway space, offers everything from toys, gifts, clothing, fashion jewelry and wrapping paper, to larger items in limited quantities, like TVs or bouncy slides. Gerard Almarales said he aims to keep prices low by carefully selecting goods and distributors, with many items priced under $5. 

The store opened its doors two weeks ago but a grand opening event is planned for Dec. 1. 

The Almarales family moved to Molokai in 2019 from Indiana, where Optometrist Dr.…

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Maunaloa General Store Reopens

Thursday, November 11th, 2021

Maunaloa General Store Reopens

By Catherine Cluett Pactol

After almost two years of closure, the Maunaloa General Store will be opening its doors this week under new management. Jana Sasada, who also owns Haleola Essentials Boutique and Gift Shop in Kaunakakai, will be holding a grand opening in Maunaloa this Friday. 

“I don’t know how residents survived two years without a grocery store,” she said. “I have a lot of ties to Maunaloa because throughout my whole middle and high school years, I lived there…. I got my first job in high school working at the cinema, I always had good feelings up there.”

She said the store will have “a little bit of everything,” with food, snacks and drinks, fishing and camping supplies, baby necessities, household goods, natural healing remedies and other basics. …

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Businesses Adapt to Virtual Made in Maui County Fest

Wednesday, November 3rd, 2021

By Catherine Cluett Pactol

Kala’e Tangonan of Kupu A’e, a Molokai business that creates kupuna-inspired wearable art, said she hasn’t missed a year in the eight years the Made in Maui County Festival has been running, and she doesn’t plan to stop now. Even though the popular product show will be held virtually on Nov. 5-6 for a second year because of COVID, which posed technological challenges for her, Tangonan is determined to continue the business’ presence at the event. 

“It’s a commitment thing — integrity as a small business,” she said. “People believe in me so I’m going to still go [to the festival]… All the small businesses in the county really advocated to have this fair, everyone hustled for us.”…

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80 Businesses Supplied with PPE

Wednesday, September 8th, 2021

80 Businesses Supplied with PPE

By Catherine Cluett Pactol

Two, 40-foot containers of personal protective equipment (PPE) was distributed by volunteers last Wednesday to about 80 local businesses and organizations. The PPE came to Molokai from the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency, organized by Molokai dentist Boki Chung. 

Thirty-eight pallets stacked high with masks, disinfectants, gloves, face shields, hand sanitizer, gowns and other items were sorted by county employees with the assistance of Stacy Helm Crivello, along with community volunteers. 

Chung said the Maui County Dental Society originally reached out to her regarding PPE distribution earmarked for dentists but after speaking with HiEMA, Chung was able to coordinate for any Molokai business in need. …

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Molokai Drugs Offers Free COVID Testing

Wednesday, August 25th, 2021

By Catherine Cluett Pactol | Editor

Free COVID-19 testing is now available at Molokai Drugs. With testing now a requirement for non-vaccinated state and county employees and Molokai cases continuing to spike, having greater accessibility to testing is important.

Molokai residents need to pre-register at precentcovidhi.com, as walk-in testing is not available.

“We are offering testing only four days per week (Tuesday through Friday),” Kimberly Svetin shared on social media. “Our supplies are limited so we ask that you cancel if you are sick or cannot make it in for your timeslot.”
Molokai Drugs as a free testing site is being offered through a partnership between Hawaii State Department of Health, National Kidney Foundation, FEMA and Molokai Drugs, Inc.,…

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Free Ag Business Marketing Workshop on Molokai

Wednesday, August 11th, 2021

UHCTAHR News Release

Are you a farmer or an agriculture entrepreneur? Do you have an agriculture related product you are looking to sell? Need help learning how to find and connect with future customers? If you answered yes to any of these questions you will want to make plans to join us on Thursday, August 26 from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. for our Ag Business Summer Series workshop on Marketing. This is where the audience can learn how important other services like Marketix Digital can be in their business.

This workshop will focus on Marketing with a panel discussion on finding and approaching customers, marketing your product, determining market needs, and diversifying your revenue.…

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Cancer Fund Gets $9K Grant

Wednesday, July 14th, 2021

Cancer Fund Gets $9K Grant

Molokai Cancer Fund News Release

Molokai Cancer Fund received a grant for $9,000, which will help Molokai residents diagnosed with cancer and are undergoing treatment with travel to Honolulu or Maui. Travel costs can be so expensive for those who have limited or no travel benefit from their health insurances (underinsured or uninsured).

This is the first grant funding received from Bayer and we will keep helping our Molokai Cancer patients and their caregivers through people’s donations and through our annual Walk for Ohana Fundraising event which was halted due to the pandemic. On behalf of Molokai Cancer Fund, we would like to express our best gratitude to Bayer Molokai, especially to Dawn Bicoy who always keeps us informed and to Stacie Sasagawa from Oahu who also sends reminders.…

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