30 Sep 2026

Questions About Water Again Delay Approvals for Waikoloa Development

by | posted in: Agriculture, Climate Change, Land Use, October 2026, Water | 0

Danny Popkin was clearly frustrated. The proposal for a major housing development near Waikoloa Village that he and business partner Jon Yoshimura had expected to be approved September 1 by the Hawaiʻi County Council’s Committee on Legislative Approvals and Acquisitions had run into a headwind. A positive vote by the committee would mean that their project, Waikoloa Green, would next be heard by the County Council, the final step in winning approval for the rezoning needed to carry out the plan.

30 Sep 2026

Drama at NELHA: Cyber Attack, Tenants Leave, And Complaints for Damages from Seawater

by | posted in: DLNR, Energy, Land Use, Marine, October 2026 | 0

There’s high drama at the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaiʻi Authority. Maybe the most drama came in May, when NELHA’s director, Riley Sato, on the job for barely a year, passed away. The board of directors is still looking for...

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30 Sep 2026

Board Talk: Clean Energy Project Planned for ‘Ewa Feedlot Changes Hands, Drops Hydrogen Component

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On August 28, the state Board of Land and Natural Resources amended its January 9 decision authorizing the Department of Land and Natural Resources to hold public hearings on a 20-megawatt solar-hydrogen energy project proposed for 100 acres of state...

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31 Aug 2026

New & Noteworthy: Coco Palms In Court; The True Cost of Salvage

by | posted in: DLNR, Land Use, Marine, New & Noteworthy, September 2026, Water | 0

Coco Palms in Court: This past summer, Utah-based Reef Capital Partners, which owners the former Coco Palms resort site in Wailua, Kauaʻi, secured $431 million in redevelopment financing. Whether that will be enough for the company to fulfill its plans...

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3 Aug 2026

New & Noteworthy: State Supreme Court Issues Decisions On Maui Grading Permit, SMA Rules

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‘Good Cause’ Challenge Upheld: On June 26, the Hawaiʻi Supreme Court upheld the right of a Hawaiian group, Mālama Kakanilua, to challenge a decision of the Maui County director of Public Works to grant a time extension of a grading...

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3 Aug 2026

Kama‘ole Designation Petition Languishes While Groundwater Flow Study Proceeds

by | posted in: August 2026, Land Use, Water | 0

(Above chart credit: Petition to designate Kamaʻole aquifer system area.) Last year, when the Commission on Water Resource Management voted to accept a petition by the Honolulu Board of Water Supply to designate the Waiʻanae aquifer sector as a groundwater...

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3 Aug 2026

ICA Upholds Dismissal of SLAPP Against Marconi Point Unit Owners

by | posted in: Agriculture, August 2026, Endangered Species, Land Use | 0

Two years ago, Wayne and Tara Hu beat a lawsuit filed against them by companies owned by the developer of an agricultural condominium project at Marconi Point on O‘ahu’s North Shore. The companies had sued them after the couple’s attorney,...

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3 Aug 2026

Efforts to Protect Kahuku Coastal Lands Make Headway at City Council and in Court

by | posted in: August 2026, Endangered Species, Land Use | 0

(Above photo: Ke Kīpuka o Kalaeuila.) Oceanfront acreage on O‘ahu’s North Shore! A rare opportunity to own over 170 acres of land fronting miles of white sand beach. This is one of the last beachfront tracks of land that has...

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