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Ian Lind: A Judge’s Findings Leave TMT Opponents Few Options
The decision to let the Thirty Meter Telescope move forward closely tracks reasoning in an earlier case involving a Maui telescope.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2015
Telescope Opponent Wants Free Access To Transcripts From State Land Board
Anaina Hou group isn’t satisfied with an offer from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to provide access to the documents.
Department of Land and Natural Resources
Woman Cited For Graffiti On Rocks At Mauna Kea
Thirty Meter Telescope opponents condemned the vandalism as desecration.
Twitter/Leslie E. Shirkey Jr.
Rare Thundersnow Hits Hawaii’s Tallest Volcano
It doesn’t get much more epic than this.
Courtesy TMT International Observatory
The Stage Is Set For Tuesday’s Thirty Meter Telescope Hearing
Hearing officer Riki May Amano, a retired judge, will have her hands full keeping order in this forum.
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State Investigating Placement Of Human Remains At TMT Site
The Department of Land and Natural Resources acknowledged the probe in response to a public records request but won’t say more
Cory Lum/Civil Beat
Harry Kim Wins Big Island Mayor Race
Former managing director Wally Lau finished a distant second.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2015
TMT ‘Seeking Alternatives’ To Hawaii
Hawaii is still an option for the Thirty Meter Telescope project, but other locations are being sought.
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Judge Seeks ‘Fresh’ Start, But Acrimony Over TMT Resurfaces
Native Hawaiians flood a pre-hearing conference Monday as lawyers argue about what’s ahead for a June 17 contested-case hearing.
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The State Must Be Held Accountable On TMT Process
Protests opposing construction of the telescope on Mauna Kea got lots of attention in 2015. But if the project falls apart, state officials will bear the blame.