In 2010, a Maui driver suffered permanent brain injury in an accident caused, in part, by overgrown vegetation along the Hana Highway near Paia. He sued both the driver of the vehicle that hit him and the state of Hawai`i … Continued
This month, the stalled-out development on the Kohala Coast known as `Aina Le`a faces two important court hearings. On June 10, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will hear an appeal from the state of Hawai`i of a lower … Continued
Unlike other invasive species measures before the Legislature, intended to control or eradicate pest species, House Bill 1902 was intended to protect some of the most damaging and invasive animals in the state: feral pigs, sheep, goats, mouflon, and deer. … Continued
Malama Solomon, who represents the Kohala District in the state Senate, is seeking to subdivide a 125-acre parcel of Hawaiian Home Lands leased to her mother, Flora Solomon, in an area above the Hawai`i Preparatory Academy in Waimea. Details of … Continued
A Refuge Lost? Features at two units of the National Park Service on the western shores of the island of Hawai`i — Pu`uhonua o Honaunau and Kaloko-Honokohau national historic parks – are among dozens of significant cultural sites across the country … Continued
April was a difficult month for the state Department of Land and Natural Resources’ Office of Conservation and Coastal Lands. Despite its long-standing policy against shoreline hardening, the office twice recommended that the Board of Land and Natural Resources approve … Continued
The international limit on the Hawai`i longliners’ catch of valuable bigeye tuna in the waters of the Western and Central Pacific Ocean has been pretty well shredded with the recent amendment to the pelagic fishery management plan of the Western … Continued
The National Marine Fisheries Service has given final approval to a play to allow Hawai`i longline vessels to attribute part of their catch of bigeye tuna to Guam, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa. The proposal is … Continued
The meeting held in the conference room of the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council’s Honolulu office on the afternoon of January 29 must have been a doozy. As a result of what he claimed was uncivil behavior of a participant, … Continued
Every penny spent by the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council comes from federal coffers. Yet tracking how those funds are spent would seem to demand the combined skills of an accountant, a sleuth, and, most of all, a psychic. And … Continued