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Another ‘Truce’ After A Day Of Arrests On Mauna Kea Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Another ‘Truce’ After A Day Of Arrests On Mauna Kea

UPDATED: After 33 kupuna and one caregiver were removed and cited, police in riot gear descended on the scene of the TMT protest. But they later backed off.

Trisha Kehaulani Watson: Mauna Kea Is Our Modern-Day Kahoolawe Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Trisha Kehaulani Watson: Mauna Kea Is Our Modern-Day Kahoolawe

Today, no one questions the wisdom of the effort to end the use of the island as a bombing range. In the future, we’ll feel the same about the TMT protesters.

All Observatory Staffers Evacuated As TMT Protest Continues Cory Lum/Civil Beat

All Observatory Staffers Evacuated As TMT Protest Continues

UPDATED: As hundreds of telescope opponents gather for a second day at the base of Mauna Kea, others descend on the office of Gov. David Ige.

Late Standoff Shows How Tenuous A 1st-Day ‘Truce’ Was On Mauna Kea Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Late Standoff Shows How Tenuous A 1st-Day ‘Truce’ Was On Mauna Kea

Updated: No one was arrested Monday as hundreds of people protested construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope.

No Arrests And No Construction Convoy After A Day Of Protests Cory Lum/Civil Beat

No Arrests And No Construction Convoy After A Day Of Protests

UPDATED: Some Native Hawaiians think construction of a new telescope will desecrate a sacred site that already holds 13 other telescopes.

Changing Habits Yields Health Benefits At MA’O Farms In Waianae Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Changing Habits Yields Health Benefits At MA’O Farms In Waianae

Early data from a UH study shows interns at the farm lowered their diabetes risk by altering eating habits and lifestyles —聽 with a ripple effect of health benefits for friends and families.

Anxiety, Rumors And Prayers Before TMT Construction Begins On Mauna Kea Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2019

Anxiety, Rumors And Prayers Before TMT Construction Begins On Mauna Kea

Officials are committed to escorting construction vehicles for the Thirty Meter Telescope up the mountain this week.

Neal Milner: Reach An Accord In The TMT Dispute? Forget About It Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Neal Milner: Reach An Accord In The TMT Dispute? Forget About It

Like many Native Hawaiian controversies of the past, this is a problem that must be managed but cannot be resolved.

Ige: Thirty Meter Telescope Construction Will Start Next Week Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Ige: Thirty Meter Telescope Construction Will Start Next Week

UPDATED: Opponents are still trying to stop the observatory from being built on Mauna Kea and the state is bracing for protests.

Where Native Hawaiian And Other Pacific Islander Communities Are Growing Anthony Quintano/Civil Beat/2017

Where Native Hawaiian And Other Pacific Islander Communities Are Growing

In 2018 there were more Pacific Islanders, including Native Hawaiians, living in Los Angeles County than Maui and Kauai counties combined.