On the morning of April 24, outside the courtroom of 1st Circuit Judge John Tonaki, the relief was palpable. Judge Tonaki had just granted Wayne and Tara Hu’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed against them six months earlier by … Continued
Above photo: Heavy earth-moving equipment is parked next to a posted notice that this is an albatross nesting area. CREDIT: DLNR. On April 26, the state Board of Land and Natural Resources heard presentations from the heads of the Department of Land … Continued
Chabad House: Hawaiʻi County’s efforts to force the Chabad Jewish Center of the Big Island to obtain a use permit in order to hold services at a home in Kailua are unlikely to succeed. As we reported in March, the … Continued
On April 1, the City & County of Honolulu filed in federal court a motion to dismiss claims by the Marconi Point Condominiums’ developer that the Department of Planning and Permitting improperly decided several years ago that a Special Management … Continued
Forefeiture: Six acres of Kona land acquired by disgraced former Hawaiʻi County housing staffer Alan Rudo and his three associates through the use of affordable housing credits acquired by deceit are now being offered for sale. The asking price is … Continued
Listed under M: “Marconi. Beach, surf site, Kahuku, Oʻahu. Calcareous sand beach between Kalaeokaunaʻoa, or Kahuku Point, and Kalaeuila, or High Rock. The beach and the surf site were named after the small community immediately inland. The American Marconi Company … Continued
After years of complaints from members of the public, the Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting has begun to crack down on illegal farm dwelling and other development at the Marconi Point Condominiums on Oʻahu’s North Shore. In late March … Continued
On March 8, the state Board of Land and Natural Resources approved a 25-year, non-exclusive easement and immediate right-of-entry permit to Western Community Crossroads LC for a 710-square-foot rock revetment in Lāʻie, Oʻahu. The revetment spans the front of the … Continued
At the February 20 meeting of the Commission on Water Resource Management, commissioners and members of the public alike praised the Maui Department of Water Supply for the plan it had drafted with its consultant, Corolla Engineers, to conserve water … Continued
FKW Trigger Lowered: The National Marine Fisheries Service has reduced the level of observer coverage in the deep-set longline fishery of Hawaiʻi. And as the level of observer coverage is lowered, so, too, is the number of false killer whales … Continued