New Kona School Plans Raise Concerns About Financing, Affordable Housing
Dawn Chang, a member of the state Land Use Commission, had a question for David Hamilton, president of the non-accredited University of the Nations-Kona, relating to the school’s plans for developing about 62 acres of undeveloped land adjoining the existing … Continued
EDITORIAL: Kona Development Puts LUC in Uncharted Territory
What on earth is going on at the University of the Nations-Kona? More specifically, what is the Land Use Commission going to do with the messy situation that confronts it? The development proposal that prompted the LUC to redistrict 62 … Continued
New & Noteworthy: Big Island Housing, Camping on Ag Land
Clawing Back: Hawaiʻi County is arguing that the federal government should give it the land in Kealakehe that was purchased as part of a fraudulent housing scheme, $938,428 in cash forfeited by former housing employee Alan Rudo, and 45 affordable … Continued
Water Commission Defers Scaling Back Restoration of Three East Maui Streams
“Hopefully we can put to rest, at least for a couple years, all the East Maui water issues,” Mike Buck said at the October meeting of the state Commission on Water Resource Management. Alas, that would not be the case … Continued
Olowalu Water Company, Commission Settle Disputed Violations
On November 15, the Water Commission approved a settlement with Olowalu Water Company, LLC of a violation case commission staff brought in October. Staff had initially recommended that the commission find that the company had violated the interim instream flow … Continued
BOARD TALK: Land Board Approves Settlement For Illegal Sunset Beach Seawall
On November 10, the state Board of Land and Natural Resources approved a settlement over an unauthorized seawall built by James and Denise O’Shea in 2017 after the one that had fronted their Sunset Beach home for decades collapsed. The … Continued