Steve Holmes, once a member of the Honolulu City Council representing Windward O`ahu and now a resident of Kona, is threatening to take Hawai`i County to federal court over the operation of its Kealakehe sewage treatment plant. Like the Lahaina … Continued
The Hawai`i Supreme Court will hear the appeal of a variance granted by the City and County of Honolulu to allow Kyo-ya Hotels & Resorts to build a high-rise wing of the Moana Surfrider hotel, a Waikiki icon. The Surfrider … Continued
He’s back. Scott Watson, the bad boy of Big Island builders, is trying a new approach to gain Hawai`i County’s approval of his planned “Pepe`ekeo Palace” on a coastal lot a few miles north of Hilo. Watson and the partnership … Continued
Laney, Morita Contest Land Board Ruling On Their Vacation Rentals in Hanalei When the state Board of Land and Natural Resources met May 24 to decide how to deal with the unauthorized construction of two cabins in the Conservation District … Continued
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