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Wednesday, August 8, 2018 |
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Full Text: State Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Telescope
By Andrew Walden @ 9:12 PM :: 7878 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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...The court’s decision overrules a December 2016 decision by Third Circuit Judge Greg Nakamura that the state Board of Land and Natural Resources should have held a hearing for the 2014 sublease agreement for the six acres of land atop Mauna Kea for use by TMT....
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Tuesday, August 7, 2018 |
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Hawaii Republican Party Endorses Grace Manipol-Larson – Running Against White Supremacist in HD2 Hilo
By Shirlene Ostrov @ 12:14 AM :: 5974 Views :: Hawaii County , Republican Party
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...She embodies the fundamental values that we as Republicans share, and represents the cultural diversity and beauty that make our islands a truly special place to live and raise a family....
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Friday, August 3, 2018 |
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At NELHA, Tenant Debt Accumulates For Years, Then Is Simply Written Off
By Selected News Articles @ 10:04 PM :: 8345 Views :: Hawaii County , Small Business, Tax Credits
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...Thanks to the changes in lease language, the state landlord has no clear idea of how many tenants are at NELHA, what they produce, or what rent they pay....
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Friday, August 3, 2018 |
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Hurricane Hector Threatens Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 6:05 PM :: 8618 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment
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...PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST OR 285 DEGREES AT 14 KT....
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Wednesday, August 1, 2018 |
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Wednesday, August 1, 2018 |
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Ethics: Big Island's Top Sheriff Busted Padding Payroll
By News Release @ 4:19 AM :: 8040 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Police
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...securing compensation for himself and his subordinate employees for more hours than they actually worked....
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Tuesday, July 31, 2018 |
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Lava Suits Begin as Lloyd's Denies Claims
By News Release @ 4:00 PM :: 5252 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics
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...Lloyd's Confirms Standing Home a "Total Loss" Yet Wrongfully and Illegally Denies Homeowners' Claims, Foster Law Claims....
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Friday, July 27, 2018 |
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Bridge Aina Lea--Next Stop 9th Circuit
By Robert Thomas @ 12:05 PM :: 7576 Views :: Hawaii County , Development, Land Use
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...the jury (after deliberating for a grand total of 15 minutes) held the State of Hawaii Land Use Commission liable for a regulatory taking....
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Wednesday, July 25, 2018 |
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Lalamilo: Newly Built Windfarm in Default after 10 Months--Demands Subsidy
By Selected News Articles @ 3:07 PM :: 7882 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy, Cost of Living
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...the new Lalamilo windfarm follows in the path of the old Lalamilo windfarm -- but first they want a subsidy funded by higher water rates....
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Friday, July 20, 2018 |
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VIDEO: Car Chase, Running Gunbattle in South Kona as Police Hunt Alleged Cop Killer
By Video @ 4:42 PM :: 6857 Views :: Hawaii County , Police
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Police sources say the two arrested are both friends of the suspect, Justin Waiki, who was nowhere to be found....
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Tuesday, July 17, 2018 |
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Video: Screams as Tour Boat Hit by Lava Bomb
By Video @ 2:55 AM :: 5244 Views :: Hawaii County , Tourism
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...At least 22 people on a Lava Ocean Tours vessel were injured this morning after an explosion sent lava through the roof of the boat’s passenger cabin....
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Tuesday, July 10, 2018 |
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Kau Charter School Shuttered Amid Criminal Investigation
By News Release @ 2:43 AM :: 8779 Views :: Hawaii County , Education K-12, Ethics
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...Big Island police have subpoenaed all of the school’s computers, financial records and student records....
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Tuesday, July 3, 2018 |
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ACLU Demands Pahoa Voters be Allowed to Register and Vote in Person on Election Day
By News Release @ 5:28 PM :: 5521 Views :: Hawaii County , Office of Elections
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...The letter, written by ACLU of Hawai’i Legal Director, Mateo Caballero, vows swift legal action if the “severe burden on the right to vote” imposed by the Office of Elections’ current voting plans for areas of Hawai‘i Island affected by the eruption of Kilauea Volcano are not fixed....
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Monday, June 25, 2018 |
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Election Officials Mail Absentee Ballots to Voters Affected by Lava
By News Release @ 3:49 PM :: 6392 Views :: Hawaii County , Office of Elections
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...The Hawaii County Elections Division will begin mailing absentee ballots on June 25, 2018 to voters originally assigned to Pahoa Community Center, 04-03, and Pahoa High/Intermediate School, 04-04....
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Friday, June 22, 2018 |
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SNOPES: Did Fracking Cause Volcanic Activity on Hawaii’s Big Island?
By Selected News Articles @ 4:47 PM :: 7448 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy, Environment
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...Fracking does not take place on Hawaii’s Big Island, but that is far from the only problem with this absurd conspiracy theory….
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Thursday, June 21, 2018 |
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Would Pele Play Favorites?
By Video @ 2:07 AM :: 5745 Views :: Hawaii County , DHHL
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...All Who Have Been Promised Land From The State Should Get It & Now....
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Saturday, June 16, 2018 |
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PUC: Geothermal Shutdown Means Higher Rates, Dirtier Air
By News Release @ 2:31 AM :: 7274 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy, Cost of Living
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... PUC Plan: More solar and energy efficiency programs ....
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Thursday, June 14, 2018 |
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Trump Approves Federal Individual Assistance for Volcano Victims
By News Release @ 11:59 PM :: 5971 Views :: Hawaii County
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...Hawai’i County Residents May Register for Assistance, Disaster Recovery Center to Open....
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Sunday, June 10, 2018 |
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Just home from Iraq, air traffic controllers answer call for Volcano Relief
By Selected News Articles @ 3:13 AM :: 5598 Views :: Hawaii County , Military
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...When the Kilauea volcano erupted on Hawaii’s Big Island, members of the 297th Air Traffic Control Squadron, Hawaii Air National Guard, were just getting home from a seven-month deployment that sent them to Al Asad Airbase, Al Anbar Province, Iraq....
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Sunday, June 10, 2018 |
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Nanawale on Alert After Small Breakout Near Lava Tree
By News Release @ 2:54 AM :: 4164 Views :: Hawaii County
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...Mid-morning, lava started to slowly spill over the channel levees in the vicinity of Pohoiki road but most of the lava did not extend far enough to reach ground not already covered by lava. By early afternoon, lava was again confined to the flow channel....
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Friday, June 8, 2018 |
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Nago Closes Puna Polling Places—Absentee-Only for Lava Zone
By News Release @ 4:49 PM :: 5930 Views :: Hawaii County , Office of Elections
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...voters assigned to Pahoa Community Center (District Precinct 04-03) and Pahoa High & Intermediate School (District Precinct 04-04) are at risk of not being able to vote....
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Thursday, June 7, 2018 |
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Ige Releases $12M for Volcano Response
By News Release @ 10:06 PM :: 6131 Views :: Hawaii County , Hawaii State Government, Labor
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...costs for overtime, equipment and materials are mounting....
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Thursday, June 7, 2018 |
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A Housing “Boom” and a Volcanic “Bang”
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 12:57 PM :: 5525 Views :: Hawaii County , Land Use
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...how the state government’s housing policies have gone up in flames....
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Wednesday, June 6, 2018 |
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VIDEO: 500 More Homes Destroyed--Kapoho Bay Fills with Lava
By Video @ 2:50 AM :: 4899 Views :: Hawaii County
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...Big Isle mayor’s home destroyed by lava, county confirms....
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Tuesday, June 5, 2018 |
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Ige Volcano Proclamation: 'Make State Lands Available for Housing'
By News Release @ 10:21 PM :: 8405 Views :: Hawaii County , Land Use, Law Enforcement
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...“I, David Y Ige … hereby authorize and invoke … Section 171-85, et. seq., Hawaii Revised Statutes, disposition to victims of natural disaster….”
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Sunday, June 3, 2018 |
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After Decades of Hysteria--Lava Covers Geothermal Well-AND NOTHING HAPPENS!
By Selected News Articles @ 6:20 PM :: 5473 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy
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...Neither well is expected to release any hydrogen sulfide....
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Saturday, June 2, 2018 |
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Lava Covers Four Corners, Hundreds of Homes Cut off
By News Release @ 8:21 PM :: 13789 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy
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...Residents of Kapoho Beach Lots and Vacationland are isolated due to lava inundation of Beach Road at Four Corners....
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Friday, June 1, 2018 |
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Relief for Taxpayers Affected by Volcano
By News Release @ 10:08 PM :: 4762 Views :: Hawaii County , Taxes
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...DoTAX today issued a Tax Announcement describing various forms of relief that are available to taxpayers who are affected by the disaster....
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Friday, June 1, 2018 |
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Mayor Kim Suspends Several Hawaii County Building, Land Use Laws
By News Release @ 3:14 AM :: 5626 Views :: Hawaii County , Land Use
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...in order to facilitate the establishment of temporary emergency shelters on specific sites approved by the County, and independently supported by private organizations....
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Friday, June 1, 2018 |
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Hawaii County Seeks Applicants for Charter Commission
By News Release @ 3:02 AM :: 3948 Views :: Hawaii County
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...seeking applicants to fill eleven vacancies with the Charter Commission....
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Wednesday, May 30, 2018 |
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Telescope: Congress offers funding, Pushes Mauna Kea-Chile Cooperation
By News Release @ 11:33 PM :: 7681 Views :: Hawaii County , Higher Education, OHA
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... Rival giant telescopes join forces to seek U.S. funding ....
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Thursday, May 24, 2018 |
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Lava disaster could worsen Hawaii pension crisis
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:27 PM :: 6105 Views :: Hawaii County , Hawaii State Government, Labor
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...ERS director warns emergency overtime costs add to state's unfunded liabilities....
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Saturday, May 19, 2018 |
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Lava crosses Highway 137 and enters ocean in lower Puna
By News Release @ 12:01 AM :: 22766 Views :: Hawaii County
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... Two lava flows enter the ocean at MacKenzie State Park off Highway 137; Coast Guard enforcing ‘safety zone’ ....
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Monday, May 14, 2018 |
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State encouraged building in risky lava zone
By Grassroot Institute @ 8:22 PM :: 6140 Views :: Hawaii County
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...ongoing disaster could have been avoided....
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Saturday, May 12, 2018 |
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HRS 171-93: Law Allows Swap of Lava-Covered Lots for State Property in Zone 3
By Andrew Walden @ 9:57 PM :: 62513 Views :: Hawaii County , Hawaii History, Land Use
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...After the 1960 Tsunami, homeowners in the destroyed Shinmachi area of Hilo bayfront were given fee-simple lots on newly subdivided state land in Waiakea Uka. Shinmachi is now the site of the Hilo Bayfront Park....
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Saturday, May 12, 2018 |
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Trump Approves Volcano Disaster Proclamation
By News Release @ 3:34 AM :: 4055 Views :: Hawaii County
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...Today’s Presidential Disaster Declaration for Hawai‘i Island follows the Presidential Disaster Declaration for flood-damaged Kaua‘i and the City and County of Honolulu, which was granted on May 8....
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Thursday, May 10, 2018 |
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How State Government fanned flames of volcano disaster
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:45 PM :: 13813 Views :: Hawaii County , Development, Land Use
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...the state originally encouraged the building of homes in this dangerous area by offering lava insurance where no private company would....
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Wednesday, May 9, 2018 |
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Ige Requests Federal Disaster Declaration for Kilauea Eruption
By News Release @ 10:16 PM :: 4056 Views :: Hawaii County
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...The governor is asking that the declaration authorize the Public Assistance Grant Program for Hawai‘i County, as well as the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program statewide....
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Tuesday, May 8, 2018 |
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Ookala: DoH Warns on Dairy-Related Water Pollution
By News Release @ 6:14 PM :: 6690 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment, Agriculture
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...Big Island Dairy has reported untreated wastewater from the dairy’s wastewater treatment system spilled from a damaged sewage pipe in the evening on May 6....
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Friday, May 4, 2018 |
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VIDEO: Evacuation Ordered As Lava Erupts in Leilani Estates
By Selected News Articles @ 3:11 PM :: 5080 Views :: Hawaii County
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...fissure vents have opened in Leilani Estates subdivision in the lower Puna district....
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Wednesday, April 18, 2018 |
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Our Connection to the Stars
By Joni Kamiya @ 2:35 AM :: 6728 Views :: Hawaii County , Higher Education, OHA
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...Hawaii will be set back for years with the loss of the Thirty Meter Telescope....
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Friday, April 13, 2018 |
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Hawaii County seeks applicants for Boards and Commissions
By News Release @ 2:22 AM :: 3698 Views :: Hawaii County
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...The following vacancies need to be filled....
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Tuesday, April 3, 2018 |
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Pohakuloa: Court Orders Review of State Lease
By News Release @ 10:26 PM :: 6786 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment, Military
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...The judge’s order asks for a plan to be submitted to the court by Dec. 28, 2018 which requires a written stewardship plan, regular monitoring and inspections, inspection reports with recommendations, procedures for addressing violations and debris removal plans....
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Tuesday, April 3, 2018 |
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Community-based report on Maunakea released
By News Release @ 2:16 AM :: 8145 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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...EnVision Maunakea, a report reflecting the beliefs, views and opinions of about 100 Hawaiʻi Island residents about the future of Maunakea, is now available to the public....
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Wednesday, March 28, 2018 |
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Bridge Aina Lea: Jury Rejects LUC Taking After 15 Mins Deliberation
By Robert Thomas @ 7:26 PM :: 8785 Views :: Hawaii County , Development, Land Use
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...We're guessing both the State and the property owner will likely be taking this case up the chain to the Ninth Circuit....
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Thursday, March 22, 2018 |
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Hawaii County Homeless Tent City Shut Down due to Fire Risk
By News Release @ 2:21 PM :: 6332 Views :: Hawaii County , Homelessness
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...but Harry Kim wants Ige to give an emergency proclamation and $25K to open another one....
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Wednesday, March 21, 2018 |
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Friday, March 16, 2018 |
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SB648 Amended to Increase Sister Islands TAT Share
By News Release @ 1:29 PM :: 10647 Views :: Hawaii County , Honolulu County, Kauai County, Maui County, Taxes, Tourism
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... The TAT amount for the City & County of Honolulu is unchanged ....
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