Editorial
Is a Golf Course Worth a Beach? The County of Kaua`i makes no bones about the fact that it wants to maintain its Wailua golf course, even at the expense of the public beach that fronts it. In support of … Continued
ISLAND WATCH
Navy Looks At Expanding Missile Range To Northwestern Islands, Johnston Atoll The Navy’s Pacific Missile Range Facility, in western Kaua’i, is planning to expand its ground-based launch capability to other islands and atolls in the Northwest Hawaiian chain and to … Continued
Little-Known Panel Gets Funds From State To Promote Irradiation
A government effort to eradicate Hawai’i’s four non-native fruit fly species “lit up, exploded, then fizzled in about six or seven years.” That’s the way the effort has been described by Mike Kido, a former member of the Hawai’i Fruit … Continued
Board Talk
Land Board Settles DHHL Claims With Transfer of Five More Parcels On April 9, 1998, the Land Board voted to amend a four-year old land agreement between the Department of Land and Natural Resources and the Department of Hawaiian Homelands … Continued
Editorial: Land Board Betrays A Casual Regard for Openness
“It’s amazing, the amount of power — there really is a lot of power on the board.” That’s the view of Chris Yuen, former Big Island member of the Board of Land and Natural Resources, who was interviewed in the … Continued
E Ho`omau I Ke Ola
Kauila A legend relates that there was a time when stormy weather prevented the men from diving for water. There were two supernatural turtles who had come out of the ocean to Punalu`u: Honu-po`o-kea (Turtle-with-white-head), the mother; and Honu-`ea (Turtle-with … Continued
Dam Safety Trumps Effluent Concerns at Central O`ahu’s Wahiawa Reservoir
“Should the dam collapse, a flood wave could envelop the communities of Waialua and Hale`iwa within 40 minutes…. Human safety is the primary concern,” states a report to the 1996 Legislature written by the Wahiawa Reservoir Task Force. The group … Continued
Kilauea Water System Report Confirms Illegal Diversion into Ka Loko Reservoir
It’s right there in black and white: “DLNR does not have any documentation of a Registration of Stream Diversion Works and Declaration of Water Use, a Stream Diversion Works Permit, or a Water Use Permit for Moloa`a Ditch.” Since the … Continued
Auto Scrap Lawsuit Draws Concern over Metals in Waimanalo Gulch
Second only to sludge, auto fluff, also known as auto shredder residue or ASR, is one of the largest waste components in O`ahu’s Waimanalo Gulch landfill. In 2006, 29,786 tons of auto fluff were dumped into the landfill, accounting for … Continued
Hawai`i Superferry: An Audit, a Screed, and a Draft EIS
The Auditor, State of Hawai`i. <i>Performance Audit on the State Administration’s Actions Exempting Certain Harbor Improvements to Facilitate Large Capacity Ferry Vessels from the Requirements of the Hawaii Environmental Impact Statements Law: Phase I [April 2008] and Phase II [December … Continued