Last year, when renewing several revocable permits to water users in the process of acquiring long-term leases from the Land Board, the DLNR’s Land Division reported that one longtime permittee was dropping out. The East Kaua‘i Water Users’ Cooperative, which … Continued
On January 24, the Land Board fined Caroline Killeen and her family trust $17,000 for using their oceanfront home in South Kona as a vacation rental for the last decade. Rules for the state Conservation District, in which the home … Continued
At its January 24 meeting, the Land Board voted to deny — for a second time — a contested case hearing request on an item heard at its October 11 meeting. At that October meeting, during her testimony in opposition … Continued
“You will have a lot of females wasting a lot of energy, digging down, and they will dig all night. And they will hit that hard pack, hit the bottom, and they’ll dig and they’ll dig and they’ll dig and … Continued
At its January 10 meeting, the Board of Land and Natural Resources accepted Dole Food Company’s offer of $39,000 to settle a dispute over whether the company inadvertently sold the state 58.54 acres in Central O‘ahu that the state already … Continued
Board Approves Acquisition Of Ahupua‘a in East Moloka‘i The state’s purchase of the 800-acre Pua‘ahala ahupua‘a in East Moloka‘i has been years in the making and is a key part of a fencing project aimed at protecting some of the … Continued
One would think home buyers might want to conduct due diligence investigations before they close on a home along Sunset Beach that looks as though it might not survive the winter swells without some fortification. One would also think the … Continued
On October 25, the state Board of Land and Natural Resources unanimously approved the acquisition of 3,716 acres of native forest owned by Dole Food Company on O‘ahu’s North Shore for $3.716 million and authorized public hearings to add those … Continued
On January 7, 2019, David Kimo Frankel emailed deputy attorney general William Wynhoff about activities on the state parcel in front of the Kahala Hotel and Resort rented by ResortTrust Hawai‘i (RTH), the hotel’s owner: “After removing a lot of … Continued
(This article has been corrected. Land Board member Chris Yuen did not add a condition requiring a sublessee establishing an annual crop to harvest it before the permit expires. Rather, he required Mahi Pono to inform any lessees that rely on … Continued