Hawaii County

Damage occurred same day a caravan of construction vehicles was turned around by protesters, leading to 11 arrests...

Business cannot operate without laws being enforced. Selective enforcement of laws by State, County and HPD is discriminatory. Citizens place their trust in government that Laws will be enforced equally without the need for political pressure to do so. The result of the faulty law enforcement surrounding Mauna Kea is fostering tension, aggression, racism and business uncertainty. Ambiguity surrounding the rule of law has prompted a poor economic climate....

The ACLU has shared a copy of the settlement agreement in this case with Maui County and Kauai County, both of which have had similar pre-employment medical examination requirements....

...once again, a property owner's federal constitutional claims -- raised in a federal forum -- get decided by a state court....

Hawai‘i County Code should be amended to bring it in line with state law...

"...will instead concentrate on the PUC's pending Power Supply Improvement Plan (PSIP) docket, which is better suited to address transformational planning issues...."

For example, the Aina Koa Pono project....

...Hawaii Supreme Court refined the test for determining when a municipal ordinance or charter provision is preempted by state law....

Thursday, June 18, from noon until 1:30 at Restaurant Kenichi in Hilo....

...Ironman charged athletes, who did not otherwise qualify, $50 to enter lotteries for the chance to compete in the Ironman World Championship....

Using Vog from Kilauea to Estimate the Health Consequences of Particulate and SO2 Pollution....

King Kalākaua was an early and ardent supporter of astronomical observation in Hawaii....

Since 2000, Maunakea has been under stewardship of the Office of Maunakea Management....

Facts learned during the course of the investigation will determine whether the attorney general’s office pursues or recommends criminal charges....

...This 12-part series by entomologist Anthony Shelton is the first comprehensive article about a genetically engineered crop, in this case, GE papaya in Hawaii....

...Mauna Kea: OHA Demands $50M Payoff for Mountain....

...A newly hired legal clerk at the Hawaii County Prosecutor's Office in Hilo can start working without the mandatory urine test, a federal judge ruled Friday....

At 6:10 a.m. Thursday (February 26), Kona Patrol officers responded to a report of a fire at the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Captain Cook....

The next step in the process is to begin contract negotiations with Ormat, with an agreement to be submitted to the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) for approval....

Local, democratic control over the island’s energy infrastructure....

...we've been waiting for the other shoe to drop, and today it did....

This agreement provides NextEra Energy Resources with long-term access rights to PRFT lands to develop renewable energy derived from PRFT's wind resources....

Last month, the Hawaii Supreme Court issued a unanimous opinion which declined to impose a duty of reasonable care on the Hawaii County Planning Department....

...assembling at 8:00 am. Parade starts at 9:00 am....

Planned Parenthood’s Kona Health Center will shut down after Monday, November 10....

...federal disaster aid has been made available to the state of Hawaii....

...covered under a homeowners, renters or business insurance policy, according to the Insurance Information Institute....

Hawaii Army and Air National Guardsmen were called to support Hawaii County Civil Defense....

The flow has advanced approximately 170 yards since 9:00 this morning and presently located approximately 600 yards from the Pahoa Village Road....

...The government bought ice here so no one else could buy the ice....

The TRO prohibits Hawaii County from interfering with Plaintiff Justin Guy’s right to hold a sign (saying “Homeless Please Help”) by the side of the road....

...Obama today signed a Disaster Declaration for Public Assistance. In the meantime, since a Disaster Declaration for Individual Assistance was rejected last month, the state and Hawaii County continue to gather sufficient additional information to justify a successful appeal....

Case to be heard by Judge Mollway on Friday, 9/19/14, 9 a.m....

...for the advancing lava flow in the Wao Kele O Puna area after the flow extended to less than a mile from the edge of the Ka‘ohe Homesteads subdivision....

...UH lacks critical rules but progress has been made on other prior recommendations....

...The rejection of the disaster declaration shows the people of Hawaii that Schatz has no influence where it matters most....

“...it has been determined that the damage from this event was not of such severity and magnitude...."

...Estimation of the sales lost, plus the start-up, the bulldozing costs and growing up to that first year, when they’re ready to harvest again … is about $53 million....

...Thursday at 4:30 p.m. was the statutory deadline for instituting an "election contest" in the Hawaii Supreme Court....

The request seeks Individual Assistance for Hawaii County. Individual Assistance would make additional funding, loans and services available to affected residents....

...lawsuit filed Thursday asks the State Supreme Court to allow any registered voter affected by Tropical Storm Iselle to cast a vote....

...Lawmakers would have to round up 17 Senate and 34 House members willing to do it, and they’d need five days to move any bills through....

...The motion for preliminary injunction asserts that holding the postponed election on Friday is just too soon, essentially because the two precincts are still a mess....

...To ensure unbiased counsel through the remainder of this election, the Office of Elections should not continue to receive legal advice from Mr. Louie....

...This repeated change in the date, location and method of the election; 3 times in 3 days, twice within hours of each other, is a violation of the election laws....