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BLNR Sets Rule That Could Mean TMT Is Back On
After more than 8 hours of public testimony in Honolulu yesterday, the Hawaii State Board of Land and Natural Resources voted 5-2 Friday night to approve the following emergency rule: Prohibited...
View ArticleKnack for Making Jewels? What Are Water Report Rules? Still No Lua At the...
Mayor Alan Arakawa answers some of the most recently asked questions submitted to his office staff. Mayor Arakawa: Q: I was watching morning news and saw some county workers on KHON talking about the...
View ArticleIge Seals Mauna A Wakea Road Deal – for 120 Days
After the Hawai’i Legislature passed an emergency rule governing the road to the Mauna Kea summit, today it became law. At least for 120 days. The legislature announced details of the emergency rule...
View ArticleJobless Numbers Improve Slightly…Or Not
HONOLULU — The Hawaii State Department of Labor & Industrial Relations (DLIR) today announced that the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for June was 4.0 percent, down from 4.1 percent in...
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Telescope Caravan To Try for the Summit Again
Crater Road (Rt. 378) and Haleakalā National Park’s summit road will close to visitor traffic while a slow moving convoy transports extremely wide loads to the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST)...
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Eight Arrested – But Telescope Parts Make It To Summit
It was the third attempt by a group of protesters to halt – or at least delay and disrupt – the scheduled delivery of massive components for the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST). Last night....
View ArticleWatery Eyesore? Hope for Hansen? Whose Fair Is It? Ask The Mayor
Mayor Alan Arakawa answers some of the most recently asked questions submitted to his office staff. Dear Mayor Arakawa, Q: There is a dilapidated Dept. of Water Supply facility near my neighborhood in...
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Eight Arrested Overnight in Renewed TMT Protest
(HILO) – Eight people were arrested early this morning at a protest camp across the road from the Mauna Kea Visitors Center on Hawaii island. MORE ARRESTS – Seven men and one woman were arrested...
View ArticleUnsanitary Lua? ‘Light-Wait for Mopeds? Potholes or Sinkholes? Ask The Mayor
Mayor Alan Arakawa answers some of the most recently asked questions submitted to his office staff. Aloha Mayor, Q: Why are our public restrooms and fountains in such an unhealthy state? I am...
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County Fair Parade Alters Maui Bus Schedule
WAILUKU – Due to the partial closure of Kaahumanu Avenue on Thursday, September 24, to accommodate the Maui Fair Parade, Maui Bus service will be re-routed and specific stops eliminated, the County of...
View ArticleNominations Open for Small Business Awards
Hawaii – The Hawai’i Small Business Administration (SBA) has opened nominations for the prestigious SBA Small Business Awards for 2016. The annual SBA Small Business Awards continue to be the most...
View ArticleDLNR Finds Way to Continue Mauna Kea Enforcement
(HONOLULU) – As a follow up to Friday’s court decision invalidating the emergency rule prohibiting overnight presence along the upper Mauna Kea road corridor, the Department of Land and Natural...
View Article‘Keep Out’ of the Beach? Dust in the Wind? Hoops in the Dark? Ask The Mayor
Mayor Alan Arakawa answers some of the most recently asked questions submitted to his office staff. Submit your own questions about County of Maui programs, services, operations or policies to Mayor...
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