Has the Lower Hamakua Ditch outlived its purpose? Since 1910, the ditch delivered on average some 30 million gallons a day to the sugar plantations along the Big Island’s Hamakua Coast. Last October, however, the last harvest of sugar took … Continued
When the Lower Hamakua Ditch was formally opened on July 1, 1910, it was the occasion of two days of banquets, speeches, and merry-making for investors and plantation owners. Newspapers in Hilo and Honolulu reported the occasion extensively. Coverage in … Continued
The time is late April 1989. The place is the face of the cliff behind Waipi`o Valley’s Hakalaoa Falls, which, dropping some 1,200 feet to the valley floor, is one of the highest waterfalls in Hawai`i. Weakened after centuries of … Continued
Water Commission Is Poised to Vote On Proposal to Tap Makaleha Springs The state Commission on Water Resource Management has scheduled a meeting on August 2, at which time it is to vote on a proposal to divert water from … Continued
At Del Monte Superfund Site, More Contaminated Areas Are Found On December 16, 1994, the Del Monte pineapple plantation on O`ahu was formally added to the Environmental Protection Agency’s National Priorities List — otherwise known as the Superfund sites. The … Continued
On February 16, 1993, the state of Hawai`i cut a check for $13 million payable to two parties: Blue Point Land Development, Inc., and its attorneys, Goodsill Anderson Quinn & Stifel. The check was the second of two payments totaling … Continued
To make sure that non-residents receiving income from the sale of real property in Hawai`i pay the necessary Hawai`i taxes on that income, state law mandates that the buyer of the property must withhold taxes on payments to the non-residents. … Continued
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