Gov. Ige approves a range of Mauna Kea regulations

• By Timothy Hurley
• Jan. 14, 2020
• 32

Gov. David Ige on Monday signed into law a controversial set of administrative rules designed to offer a new layer of protection for land and natural resources managed by the University of Hawaii on Mauna Kea. Read more

Lee Cataluna: Stand-down counts as a victory for Mauna Kea ‘protectors’

• By Lee Cataluna
• Jan. 8, 2020
• 101

It took him a while, but Mayor Harry Kim managed to do something few contemporary political leaders in Hawaii have been able to do: He got people to take him at his word. Read more

TMT supporters rally at Hawai‘i Convention Center

• By Star-Advertiser staff
• Jan. 6, 2020
• 126

An event described as the Super Bowl of astronomy kicks off Saturday in Honolulu as thousands of scientists descend on the Hawai‘i Convention Center. Read more

Thousands of astronomers are gathering in Honolulu as TMT discord looms

• By Timothy Hurley
• Jan. 3, 2020
• 128

An event described as the Super Bowl of astronomy kicks off Saturday in Honolulu as thousands of scientists descend on the Hawai‘i Convention Center. Read more

Ahead in 2020: Fate of TMT uncertain after 2-month stalemate

• By Timothy Hurley
• Jan. 1, 2020
• 52

As 2020 dawns on Mauna Kea, the fate of the Thirty Meter Telescope seems less certain now than it did a decade ago when the billion-dollar-plus project was first proposed. Read more

Mauna Kea road cleared as protesters shift focus

• By Kevin Dayton
• Dec. 29, 2019
• 121

The Mauna Kea Access Road was finally cleared of tents and protesters Saturday for the first time since mid-July, but the opponents of the Thirty Meter Telescope vowed to shift the focus of their protest campaign to the mainland during a two-month pause in the standoff on the mountain. Read more

Officials reach a truce with Mauna Kea protesters

• By Kevin Dayton
• Dec. 27, 2019
• 110

Hawaii County Mayor Harry Kim has struck a deal with the protesters on Mauna Kea, with Kim pledging there will be no construction activity and no police action on Mauna Kea. Read more

TMT protesters gather at state Capitol to support kupuna on Mauna Kea

• Dec. 26, 2019

Big Island Mayor Harry Kim pledges no police action on TMT for two months

• By Kevin Dayton
• Dec. 26, 2019

Kim said the road to Mauna Kea, which has been blocked by protesters for six months, will be accessible Saturday. Read more

Richard Borreca: TMT protest changing narrative for Hawaiians, but unknown if it’ll impact other issues

• By Richard Borreca, Special to the Star-Advertiser
• Dec. 22, 2019
• 18

What is clear is that for certain voters, where a politician stands on TMT may be a deciding issue — but more important will be if the leaders from TMT are able to translate the protests into a solidifying cause, and that has not yet happened. Read more

Editorial: Gov. David Ige’s deadline on TMT badly timed

• Dec. 22, 2019
• 12

The day after Christmas, not ordinarily an ominous occasion, likely will be one this year. Dec. 26, said Gov. David Ige, is set as the deadline for clearing the Mauna Kea Access Road. Read more

Thirty Meter Telescope protesters told to clear road by Dec. 26

• By Kevin Dayton
• Dec. 20, 2019
• 165

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

• By Kevin Dayton
• Dec. 19, 2019
• 187

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

• By Kevin Dayton
• Dec. 19, 2019
• 1

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

• By Kevin Dayton
• Dec. 18, 2019
• 22

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

• By Kevin Dayton
• Dec. 18, 2019
• 43

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

Protesters to halt sit-in at UH-Manoa campus

• By Timothy Hurley
• Dec. 17, 2019
• 68

The Thirty Meter Telescope occupation is finally coming to an end. Read more

Police operations on Mauna Kea are expensive ‘speed trap,’ county chairman says

• By Kevin Dayton
• Dec. 6, 2019
• 87

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