The Kona Coast State Park has been more than two decades in the making — and, despite expenditures by the state of more than $30 million for land acquisition alone, it may be decades more before visitors to the park … Continued
On July 12, 1990, Richard A Stellmacher, an appraiser hired by the state, accompanied George A. Magoon II on a tour of a 40-acre shoreline parcel owned by members of the Magoon family at Mahai’ula, just north of the Keahole … Continued
On June 6, 1987, George A. Magoon Sr. died of a cardiac infarction. For the next six years, his estate was locked up in probate. Claimants to his estate were many, including his third ex–wife, Velma Lee, incarcerated at the … Continued
Board Extinguishes Conservation Permit For Engelstad House on Lanikai Hillside The Conservation District Use Permit for the planned Lanikai hillside residence of Las Vegas hotelier Ralph Engelstad and his wife, Betty, was killed by the Land Board on October 27. … Continued
The small wetland whose filling is imminent was overlooked in the initial surveys of the area proposed for the Haleiwa Bypass Road. Still, it has received what amounts to a moving eulogy from the consultants hired by the Department of … Continued
Rushing to meet a self-imposed deadline, the Board of Land and Natural Resources, on December 29, 1994, met to hear closing arguments in the contested case held over the Conservation District Use Application of Haseko (`Ewa), Inc., to build a … Continued
In December, Environment Hawai`i published the letter of Sheryl Nicholson to Keith Ahue, in which Nicholson, attorney for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, described her encounter with Land Board member Libert Landgraf. Below we reprint, in its entirety, Landgraf’s affidavit, … Continued
Marion Higa, state auditor, has unleashed her staff on the Office of Space Industry. Its findings were released in January, along with the findings of a more general audit of the contracting programs of other programs of the Department of … Continued
In December 1994, Annette Niles was convicted on 23 counts of cruelty to animals. Niles is manager of the Perreira Ranch, which operates on 4,800 acres of state-owned land at Ma`alaea, Maui. Her sentencing was scheduled for January 26, 1995. … Continued
Federal, State Endangered Species Rules Are Up for Public Comment Through February The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service have announced that they are seeking public comments on draft guidelines “designed to ensure consistency in … Continued