West Maui Dams Win State Approval On Basis of a 16-Year-Old EIS On October 14, the state Commission on Water Resource Management approved the application of Maui County to build two dams in an area designated as the Honolua Watershed … Continued
Navy Looks At Expanding Missile Range To Northwestern Islands, Johnston Atoll The Navy’s Pacific Missile Range Facility, in western Kaua’i, is planning to expand its ground-based launch capability to other islands and atolls in the Northwest Hawaiian chain and to … Continued
Hi`ilawe and Hakalaoa falls, the legendary pair of nosebleed-high cascades in Waipi`o Valley, should be restored to full glory by the end of July, thanks to a sudden turnabout by Kamehameha Schools that caught the state Water Commission off guard. … Continued
Petrel Predation: A new study by scientists from the University of Hawai`i, the National Park Service, and the U.S. Geological Survey has confirmed something long suspected: the endangered Hawaiian petrel, or `ua`u, is a sitting duck for feral cats. The study … Continued
DLNR Eats $230,000 Remediation Bill for Contaminated North Kona Property It’s not unusual for the Department of Land and Natural Resources to request permission from the Board of Land and Natural Resources to write off uncollectible accounts. Rarely does the amount … Continued
The scene outside the Hawai`i County building in Hilo was as colorful as it was noisy the morning of February 12. Groups of Native Hawaiians and others opposed to the construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope, many decked out in … Continued
A year ago, the nightly network newscasts were focused on the extravagant spending by the General Services Administration – specifically, a Las Vegas convention for its employees that cost taxpayers $820,000. After congressional inquiries into the event, attended by 320 … Continued
For a few weeks in January and February, keeping up with the filings for mechanic’s liens against Hu Honua Bioenergy required almost a full-time presence in Hilo’s 3rd Circuit Court. On February 4, an article by John Burnett in the … Continued
The Nature Conservancy’s Waikamoi Preserve in east Maui has been mostly free of feral pigs and goats for the last two decades. But what has that meant for the native vegetation on the high slopes of Haleakala? In 2008, four … Continued
The County of Hawai`i Planning Department has won a favorable ruling from the 3rd Circuit Court in a case that challenged the county’s ability to set shoreline setback distances. Despite that, the deputy corporation counsel representing the Planning Department, Amy … Continued