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
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