City Steps In: The state Department of Land and Natural Resources and the Kahala Hotel & Resort recently tried to win authorization from the Board of Land and Natural Resources for the placement and/ or storage of various items — including … Continued
“There’s a Hawaiian word, kapulu,” Jonathan Scheuer noted near the end of a two-day hearing of the state Land Use Commission on the stalled Waikoloa Highlands project. Scheuer, commission chair, continued. “Kapulu, that’s a shame thing to have. This project has … Continued
November 2018
Extracting minerals from the abyssal depths of the ocean has long been an objective of countries around the world. And one of the areas that has been most coveted by countries and mining operations is the Clarion-Clipperton zone, which … Continued
October 2018
In February 1967, officers with the Kahala Hilton Hotel Company signed an agreement with the state that allowed for the hotel’s creation of a public beach and swimming area fronting what is now the Kahala Hotel & Resort in south … Continued
NELHA Tenant Exits: Cellana, the company that wanted to produce biofuel from algae, has abandoned its six-acre facility at the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawai`i Authority (NELHA) in Kona. To get out from under its debt of roughly $280,000 in … Continued
On September 18, the state Commission on Water Resource Management approved groundwater reservations for the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) totaling more than 13 million gallons a day (mgd) and spanning 20 aquifers across the islands of Lana`i, Kaua`i, … Continued
“It’s not that I don’t like ResortTrust. You just got the potato at the end of the game,” Board of Land and Natural Resources member Keone Downing told the company’s representatives on September 14. “One potato, two potato, three potato, … Continued
On September 14, the state Board of Land and Natural Resources approved the purchase of 2,800 acres of conservation and agricultural lands in Wahiawa from Dole Food Company, Inc., for $15 million. The lands are slated for a variety of … Continued