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UH Ready to Move Quickly on Ige’s Mauna Kea Proposals Cory Lum/Civil Beat

UH Ready to Move Quickly on Ige’s Mauna Kea Proposals

UPDATED: UH President David Lassner and UH Hilo Chancellor Donald Straney said they are prepared to “stop talking, start doing.”

Gov. Ige Does Right by the Mountain Paul Bica/Flickr

Gov. Ige Does Right by the Mountain

The Hawaii governor says the state has failed Mauna Kea and calls for major changes to management of its summit. Kanaka Maoli culture, it turns out, matters.

Ige Supports Construction of TMT, Asks UH to Better Manage Mauna Kea Hawaii State Governor's Office

Ige Supports Construction of TMT, Asks UH to Better Manage Mauna Kea

UPDATE: University of Hawaii President David Lassner agrees stewardship of the mountain can be improved.

Native Hawaiian Artists Inspire, Ignite Social Change Brad Goda Photography

Native Hawaiian Artists Inspire, Ignite Social Change

A debut class of Native Hawaiian artist fellows has much to offer by way of helping Hawaii to craft unique solutions to the myriad competing challenges it faces today.

Peter Apo: The Last Telescope Courtesy TMT International Observatory

Peter Apo: The Last Telescope

I am convinced we will find a way to link arms in the name of humanity and share one of the greatest endeavors in the history of the world.

Spiritual Healing: A ‘More Hawaiian’ Way to Deal With Delinquent Kids Jessica Terrell / Civil Beat

Spiritual Healing: A ‘More Hawaiian’ Way to Deal With Delinquent Kids

Honolulu is piloting a program for troubled youths that focuses on trauma in their lives. Can it make a dent in the state鈥檚 high rate of arrests for minor crimes?

Let Native Hawaiians Take the Lead on Issues Such as TMT Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Let Native Hawaiians Take the Lead on Issues Such as TMT

Writer grew up on Oahu, but contends that there are times when he and the rest of the islands’ residents should defer to Native Hawaiians.

OHA Board Rescinds Support for Thirty Meter Telescope Cory Lum/Civil Beat

OHA Board Rescinds Support for Thirty Meter Telescope

But the trustees decline to go on record as opposing the $1.4 billion project.

Ian Lind: Dangerous Intersection of Social Policy and ‘Sacred’ Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Ian Lind: Dangerous Intersection of Social Policy and ‘Sacred’

It’s easy to get the impression native Hawaiian issues weren’t thoroughly considered when the Thirty Meter Telescope was approved. They were.

Does the Thirty Meter Telescope Pose Environmental Risks? Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2015

Does the Thirty Meter Telescope Pose Environmental Risks?

Supporters, opponents of what will be the biggest observatory on Mauna Kea disagree over the value of assurances in the environmental impact statement.