Big Island Mayor Harry Kim pledges no police action on TMT for two months
Kim said the road to Mauna Kea, which has been blocked by protesters for six months, will be accessible Saturday. Read more
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Thirty Meter Telescope protesters told to clear road by Dec. 26
Demonstrators have until Dec. 26 to clear the road, or they could face arrests, says an official from DLNR. Read more
State sets Dec. 26 deadline for TMT protesters to leave Mauna Kea
Lino Kamakau, branch chief of the Department of Land and Natural Resources Division of Conservation and Resource Management, set the new deadline in a briefing for about 75 protesters at the camp at midday today. Read more
Hawaii Council rejects deal on policing Mauna Kea protests
Frustration with the standoff on Mauna Kea and the high cost of policing the protests boiled over Wednesday as the Hawaii County Council voted 9-0 to reject an agreement that would have obligated county police to respond to the protests for up to five more years. Read more
Hawaii County Council rejects agreement with state on cost of policing TMT protests
Frustration with the standoff on Mauna Kea and the high cost of policing the protests boiled over today as the Hawaii County Council voted 9-0 to reject an agreement that would have required the state to pick up the tab for county police overtime and other protest-related costs. Read more
Gov. David Ige mum on how much money budgeted to deal with protests against Thirty Meter Telescope
More money to deal with the ongoing protests against the Thirty Meter Telescope has been tucked away in the proposed new budgets of various state departments, but Gov. David Ige and his staff aren’t saying exactly how much. Read more
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State Budget: Ige proposes funding for schools, jail replacement
Gov. David Ige says the state is serious about buying the Federal Detention Center near the Honolulu airport to house inmates from Hawaii’s overcrowded correctional system, but acknowledges it would literally require an act of Congress to make the deal happen. Read more
Gov. Ige wants the state to buy federal jail to replace Oahu Community Correctional Center
Gov. David Ige says the state is serious about buying the Federal Detention Center near the Honolulu airport to house inmates from Hawaii’s overcrowded correctional system. Read more
State budgets $2.5M to replace state Capitol’s carpeting
The price tag for a project to replace the carpets in offices and meeting rooms on four floors of the state Capitol is approaching $2 million, with crews working seven days a week to get the first phase of the job finished in time for the Jan. 15 opening of the state Legislature, according to state Comptroller Curt Otaguro. Read more
Hawaii GOP commits all delegates to Trump
The Hawaii Republican Party has canceled plans for its statewide presidential preference poll and committed all 19 of its national convention delegates to back the reelection of President Donald Trump, the party announced Wednesday. Read more
Hilo has second-worst air quality, study finds
An analysis of Environmental Protection Agency air pollution data distributed last week by an online publication concludes that little Hilo has the second-worst air quality in the nation, but in this case the real problem may be with how one defines “Hilo.” Read more
Police operations on Mauna Kea are expensive ‘speed trap,’ county chairman says
Hawaii County police stationed on Mauna Kea have issued more than 7,600 traffic citations during the protests against the Thirty Meter Telescope, and a frustrated Hawaii County Council Chairman Aaron Chung is now describing police operations on the mountain as an enormously expensive “speed trap.” Read more
Recently formed lake in Halemaumau Crater the largest in at least 200 years
The greenish-blue, 520-foot long lake that recently formed at the bottom of Halemaumau Crater on Kilauea volcano amounts to the largest body of water inside the crater for at least the past 200 years, and U.S. Geological Survey scientists are keeping a wary eye on both the lake and what is happening below it. Read more
Rail project copes with new delays at a critical time
The next 100 days likely will determine whether the 20-mile Honolulu rail line will be finished by the city’s latest target date of December 2025, and there are signs there could be trouble ahead. Read more
Big Island highway built over cooling lava reopens to reestablish a link to Kapoho
The long, slow recovery from the East Rift eruption that destroyed most of Kapoho last year took a major step forward Wednesday with the official reopening of Highway 132, a link between Pahoa village and hundreds of properties that were isolated or covered by lava. Read more
Police fire at fleeing car-theft suspect in Hilo shopping center
HILO >> Police who tried to arrest a woman in a stolen Toyota pickup truck in a busy Hilo shopping center ended up repeatedly firing shots at the car after the driver allegedly drove toward officers and struck a parked car, police said. Read more
Honolulu rail authority budgets $200K to help employees cope with federal subpoenas
Another batch of federal grand jury subpoenas was delivered to the offices of the Honolulu rail authority last month. Read more
Hawaii County spends $5M on TMT protests
The protests against the Thirty Meter Telescope have so far cost Hawaii County more than $5 million, according to the latest cost update provided to members of the Hawaii County Council on Tuesday. Read more
Hawaii County spends $5 million on TMT protests, mostly on police
The protests against the Thirty Meter Telescope have so far cost Hawaii County more than $5 million, according to the latest cost update provided to members of the Hawaii County Council today. Read more
Hawaii election officials to ask voters to update signatures for vote-by-mail
State lawmakers and Gov. David Ige this year approved Act 136 to create universal mail-in voting starting in the 2020 election cycle. Read more
TMT law enforcement costs jump to $11M, almost half spent by Hawaii County
The bulk of the county’s protest-related costs so far have been for police overtime and fringe benefits. Read more
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