Kauaʻi Water Decision: On September 30, the Hawaiʻi Supreme Court ruled that the state Board of Land and Natural Resources should not have denied contested case hearing requests by Kia‘i Wai O Wai‘ale‘ale and Friends of Māhāʻulepū over revocable permits … Continued
Trail Contract: After a jury found in April 2014 that the state — not Haleakala Ranch Company — owns the historic Haleakalā bridle trail, plaintiff David Brown, the executive director of Public Access Trails Hawaiʻi, stated,“We have a moral obligation … Continued
Court Rebuke for BLNR: The Hawaiʻi Supreme Court has issued its ruling in the challenge brought by several Kauaʻi groups to the state Board of Land and Natural Resources’ issuance of a revocable permit to the seed company Syngenta Hawaiʻi, … Continued
Mala Wharf Remand: On July 28, the Intermediate Court of Appeals issued an order remanding to the 2nd Circuit Court a case involving the Board of Land and Natural Resources’ denial of a contested case hearing to groups and individuals … Continued
In Memoriam: On March 5, Jonathan Starr passed away in Woodstock, New York. He will be remembered in Hawaiʻi for his advocacy for clean water and clean government. He chaired the Maui County Planning Commission and the Democratic Party, served … Continued
Water Commission Nominees: After months of controversy, Hinano Rodrigues has withdrawn his nomination to fill the loea seat on the Commission on Water Resource Management from consideration by the state Senate. The loea seat must have “substantial experience or expertise … Continued
East Maui Appeals: On January 9, the Sierra Club of Hawaiʻi filed a notice of appeal to the Environmental Circuit Court of the state Board of Land and Natural Resources’ December 13, 2024, decisions to grant a revocable permit to … Continued
A Voice for Kaʻu Is Lost: On January 24, Julia Neal, founder and editor of the Kaʻu Calendar, passed away in Pahala. In 2002, she founded the newspaper, which was distributed in print to residents of the Kaʻu District on … Continued
More Protections for Cetaceans: At its recent meeting in Fiji, the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission adopted a measure intended to provide some measure of protection to whales and dolphins that interact with longline fishing vessels throughout the vast … Continued
Kona Three Goes Down: The long and fraught controversy over a housing development proposed more than 40 years ago just south of Kailua-Kona seems to have come to an end. On November 20, the Hawaiʻi County Council voted down a … Continued