July 2014

Since the early 1990s, Maui County has been aware of a probable connection between the wastewater it injects into the ground below the Lahaina sewage treatment plant and the nearby coastal waters. And for almost as long, it has clung … Continued

Kilakila `o Haleakala, the group that is opposed to the construction of the Advanced Technology Solar Telescope (ATST) near the summit of Haleakala, was dealt a setback when the Intermediate Court of Appeals, in a ruling issued June 9, upheld … Continued

Steve Holmes, once a member of the Honolulu City Council representing Windward O`ahu and now a resident of Kona, is threatening to take Hawai`i County to federal court over the operation of its Kealakehe sewage treatment plant. Like the Lahaina … Continued

 The Hawai`i Supreme Court will hear the appeal of a variance granted by the City and County of Honolulu to allow Kyo-ya Hotels & Resorts to build a high-rise wing of the Moana Surfrider hotel, a Waikiki icon. The Surfrider … Continued

He’s back. Scott Watson, the bad boy of Big Island builders, is trying a new approach to gain Hawai`i County’s approval of his planned “Pepe`ekeo Palace” on a coastal lot a few miles north of Hilo. Watson and the partnership … Continued