HELCO Ke’ahole Plant Expansion Faces New Challenge in Court Opponents of plans to add 58 megawatts of generating capacity to the power plant at Ke’ahole have sued the company and several state officials in Third Circuit Court. The lawsuit alleges … Continued
The Department of Land and Natural Resources, working with University of Hawai’i geologist Chip Fletcher, has developed a Coastal Erosion Management Plan. The plan was unveiled in September at the DLNR’s Sustainability Summit and was adopted as DLNR policy at … Continued
About a dozen dolphins were killed near a fish aggregating device off the South Kona coast in August, the National Marine Fisheries Service has reported. The report, made to the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council at its November meeting … Continued
The Hanalei boating controversy is, hands down, one of the most complex in the state. No comprehensive history of the subject has yet been published, nor do we pretend to fill this need here. Many aspects of the conflict are … Continued
Does Lynn McCrory have a financial conflict in the dispute over levels of commercial boating in Hanalei that would preclude her voting on any change in boating issues there? She posed this question to the state Ethics Commission and the … Continued
On December 16, the Board of Land and Natural Resources will hold a hearing on rules proposed for managing commercial boating activities in Hanalei, Kauai. There are rules on the books at the moment – rules that go back to … Continued