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State Parks Division to Investigate Future of Cabins at Koke’e, Kaua’i In three years, all of the state leases for the old cabins in Koke’e will end. Whether they will continue to be leased for 20-year terms, be turned into … Continued
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East Maui Water Dispute Heats Up With Hearing Officer’s Recommendation “By the time water gets to our patch, it’s warm,” says Beatrice Kekahuna, age 74. Warm water may be good for bathing, but for Kekahuna and other East Maui taro … Continued
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Damon Estate Hopes to Avoid Fine, Restore Logged Lands in Ka’u In April, the Board of Land and Natural Resources fined Damon Estate $480,335 for allowing Steve’s Ag Services to take hundreds of trees from Conservation District land owned by … Continued
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Waging pretend war is becoming popular on O`ahu’s lush northeastern landscape. In the last couple of years, war movies starring Nicholas Cage and Bruce Willis, filmed at Kualoa and Waikane, made rubber-neckers out of anyone driving the winding two-lane road … Continued
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Pu`uwa`awa`a Council Deadline Nears; Foundation Withdraws Financial Support April 15 is more than the deadline for filing your federal taxes; it’s also the deadline for applying for a position on the Department of Land and Natural Resources’ advisory council for … Continued
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Sugar Cove Quibbles Over Quality of Sand Sugar Cove’s efforts to protect the shoreline should be commended, Land Division planner Sam Lemmo told the Board of Land and Natural Resources at its January 11 meeting. But their approach needs some … Continued
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DLNR Moves To Ban Houses In Flood Areas After six years and a recent lawsuit and contested case, the Department of Land and Natural Resources took steps last month to repeal a rule that encourages construction in flood-prone areas of … Continued
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Land Board Hears Final Arguments In Wa`ahila Ridge Contested Case “Beauty is the splendor of the truth.” With this unusual opening, Benjamin Kudo launched into his final presentation before the Land Board in the contested case hearing on Hawaiian Electric … Continued
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Honda Magnate Bulldozes Kaua`i Bluff, Causing Mud to Blanket Pila`a Bay Pila`a Bay on the wild and rugged North Shore of Kaua`i was known for its crystal clear water and abundance of limu. It was also a major source of … Continued
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Former Board Member’s Testimony Throws HELCO Case Into Turmoil The decade-long efforts of HELCO, the Big Island electrical utility, to expand its Keahole generating facility are more and more taking on the traits of a soap opera. People who have … Continued