She is a partner at Bays Deaver Lung Rose & Baba and was a commissioner for the state's Hawaiian Homes Commission, Department of Hawaiian Home Lands. Currently, Rose is defending Kamehameha Schools against discrimination lawsuits about its Hawaiian-only admissions policy.

Rose, 47, was a director of Central Pacific Financial's bank subsidiary, Central Pacific Bank. Kanda will remain on the boards of Central Pacific Bank and City Bank.

Alpine Air Express cuts mail service to Hawai'i

Alpine Air Express, Inc. and its subsidiary, Alpine Aviation Inc., will no longer provide airmail service to the Hawaiian Islands after April 24.

Alpine announced today that it has given a 90-day termination notice to the U.S. Postal Service, saying it has been unable to pursue new Mainland routes because of the demands of the Hawai'i operation.

Postal service officials today were working on a statement in response to the notice.

Outrigger sells hotel to Orlando company

Outrigger Enterprises, Inc. has sold its Ohana Reef Towers hotel to Orlando-based Fairfield Resorts, Inc. for an undisclosed price.

The two-tower complex on 227 Lewers Street closed Jan. 6 and will be redeveloped as part of Outrigger's planned $460 million Waikiki Beach Walk project. Outrigger retained the street-level retail portion of the building and will redevelop it as part of the project's entertainment retail complex.

The property will undergo a $54 million renovation and reopen as Fairfield Hawaii at Waikiki Beach Walk in fall 2006. Construction, scheduled to begin tomorrow, includes renovating the 480-room hotel into a 195-unit vacation ownership resort with condominium-style units.

Big Island company ordered to stop oil discharge

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has ordered Big Island Asphalt Company, Inc., to prevent oil discharges and improve oil spill containment at its Hilo operation after an inspector found discharge near stormwater drainage channels that empty into Hilo Harbor.

A November EPA inspection found that Big Island Asphalt lacked proper controls to prevent oil from discharging into Hilo Harbor and Hilo Bay. The company made changes since the inspection, but the EPA said today that a "substantial threat of discharge remains."

No one answered the telephone at Big Island Asphalt Company this morning or returned messages.

Convention Center secures 2010 booking

The National Pest Management Association, which held its annual meeting at the Hawai'i Convention Center last year, has decided to return to the center for its 2010 national convention.