This week’s Hawaii Conservation Conference, hosted by the Hawaii Conservation Alliance (HCA) focuses on issues facing both Hawaii and Oceania’s ecosystems and how those issues interact with the region’s unique cultural contexts. The theme of the event–Pacific… [»Read]
Starting next week and continuing through the end of the month, the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary will hold public scoping meetings that allows members of the community to offer feedback on plans to expand the sanctuary’s protection to include… [»Read]
The House committees on Housing and Human Services’ joint informational briefing, held July 15, explored solutions–some more controversial than others–to the issue of chronic homelessness in the state. The hearing appeared to make some headway on a stubborn and complex… [»Read]
It’s been nearly two decades since the city last revised its extensive mapping ofHonolulu’s tsunami evacuation zones. In a federally funded six-year project using new computer mapping technologies to reassess Oahu’s coastal communities, emergency management officials… [»Read]
Last week’s kickoff to a petition campaign against TheBus’ fare hike–which went into effect July 1–not only highlighted the community’s aggravation with cost increases but also brought to the fore some deep discrepancies between the city’s rationale and the perception… [»Read]
The recent merger of Honolulu’s two daily newspapers has seen ramifications surface in all arenas–including, inconspicuously but not surprisingly, that of newspaper delivery. And like speculation about Hawaii’s ensuing news environment–many agree that the lack of… [»Read]
Volunteers meet at Laniakea on the North Shore, Saturday, June 26, as part of Hands Across the Sand, an international protest against nearshore and offshore drilling. More information available at [www.handsacrossthesand.com] [»Read]
On Thursday, representatives from the Kakaako Makai Community Planning Advisory Council (CPAC), the Hawaii Community Development Authority (HCDA), MVE Pacific and other planning consultants invited members of the community to discuss the future development of Kakaako… [»Read]
Thursday’s decision by the Commission on Water Resource Management on allocating the use of water from four Maui streams has some experiencing déjà vu. “This is a replay of the Waiahole case,” said Earthjustice attorney Isaac Moriwake, who represents two community… [»Read]
A sign reading “closed indefinitely” remains on the windows of the Hawaii Women’s Business Center (HWBC), revealing the uncertain and abrupt nature of the organization’s recent shutdown. Effective May 14 of this year, the HWBC was forced to close down for an undetermined… [»Read]
Honolulu’s Ann Wright, the retired Army Colonel and noted anti-war activist, can be seen in an online video being escorted off a ship by Israeli authorities following a violent clash between Israeli authorities and activists attempting to break that country’s three-year-old… [»Read]
The Honolulu City Council has a week to go before its final vote on the fiscal year 2011 operating and long-term capital budgets. The proposed $1.8 billion operating budget represents a more than 1 percent increase over last year’s spending plan, which the administration… [»Read]
The Media Council of Hawaii (MCH) has released a supplemental complaint to the FCC regarding the Raycom merger between KGMB, KHNL and KFVE, marking another development in the ongoing dispute. In light of the FCC’s recent release of documents related to business deals… [»Read]
More than a year since Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann assembled a taskforce to determine the fate of the long-closed Waikiki Natatorium War Memorial, the City is taking steps toward implementing that taskforce’s recommendation to demolish the 83-year-old Beaux Arts swimming… [»Read]
Ann Wright, a Hawaii resident and noted anti-war activist, can be seen in an online video being escorted off a ship by Israeli authorities following a violent clash between Israeli authorities and activists attempting to break that country’s three-year-old blockade… [»Read]
A meeting at Pearl Ridge Elementary on Monday night boasted a large turnout for a conversation about the future of the old Kam Drive-In. Developers want to turn the space into a mixed-use residential, commercial and recreational center, based around three 30-story high-rises… [»Read]
While Governor Linda Lingle has until July to decide whether to sign into law the bills that were sent to her desk at the close of the 2010 Legislative session, she’s already signed at least one bill that local media watchdogs say harms transparency and government accountability…. [»Read]
In Hawaii, water is as sacred a cultural and historical resource as land–and in some ways more so. It’s part of why members of the nonprofit group Maunalua Fishpond Heritage Center are urging Gov. Linda Lingle to sign House Bill 1665, which would prohibit the sale… [»Read]
Dozens of concert-goers were arrested in a police anti-marijuana sting operation at the Kokua Festival on Friday and Saturday nights. One arrestee who asked not to be identified while criticizing police described being taken from the Waikiki Shell to the Downtown station… [»Read]
Flipping through the “equal rights booklet,” which was distributed in the state House on Monday, is not unlike turning the pages of a school almanac. Neat rows of black and white thumbnail portraits portray faces that are young, old, middle aged; smiling and serious;… [»Read]
With just a few days to go before the Legislature officially sweeps their concerns under the rug again, civil unions advocates are trying a new approach in attempting to win passage of House Bill 444, the stalled 2009 bill that would afford LGBT couples and families most… [»Read]
Neil Abercrombie’s gubernatorial campaign hosted an animated discussion at its Ward Warehouse headquarters on Monday night, one that put some of the most contentious questions in Hawaii agriculture on the table. The event was billed as non-partisan exploration of “food… [»Read]
The second-annual Earth Day Green Market, sponsored by Honolulu Weekly, takes place tomorrow on Fort Street Mall, and this year’s event features a diverse mix. Kamehameha Schools will be hosting a sampling of dishes created by local chefs with locally-grown ingredients…. [»Read]
A decision by Circuit Court Judge Kathleen Watanabe has invalidated the state’s current approach to determining the public shoreline. In an order signed April 6, Watanabe found the state had improperly relied upon cultivated vegetation and current, rather than historical,… [»Read]
There are just weeks to go before Oahu voters will receive ballots for the special election to fill the Congressional seat vacated by gubernatorial candidate Neil Abercrombie. The mail-in only election concludes on May 22, which means voters have to make a choice… [»Read]
