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Mauna Kea Authority Nominees Receive Thumbs Up From Senate Committee Ben Angarone/Civil Beat/2023

Mauna Kea Authority Nominees Receive Thumbs Up From Senate Committee

The hearings heard that Native Hawaiian perspectives have been previously dismissed.

Caltech Plans To Decommission Telescope On Mauna Kea Later This Spring Screenshot: California Institute of Technology

Caltech Plans To Decommission Telescope On Mauna Kea Later This Spring

Goodfellow Bros. will soon begin dismantling the buildings and restoring the site.

New Mauna Kea Authority Tussles With DLNR Over Conservation Lands David Croxford/Civil Beat/2022

New Mauna Kea Authority Tussles With DLNR Over Conservation Lands

A Senate bill would challenge the scope of the authority's jurisdiction over the dormant volcano.

New Mauna Kea Board Asks Legislature To Approve $28M For Transition Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2019

New Mauna Kea Board Asks Legislature To Approve $28M For Transition

The panel is gearing up to assume control of the mountain from the University of Hawaii in 2028, but it's just getting started.
New Mauna Kea Stewards Will Need To Balance Astronomy And Cultural Values Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2019

New Mauna Kea Stewards Will Need To Balance Astronomy And Cultural Values

Some members of the new panel, including former TMT protesters, may find their values challenged now that they have a vote over what happens to Hawaii's tallest mountain.
US Environmental Study Launched For Thirty Meter Telescope AP Photo/Caleb Jones/2015

US Environmental Study Launched For Thirty Meter Telescope

The National Science Foundation also said it plans to host four meetings on the Big Island in August as it decides on whether to fund the project.
Legislature Gives Final Approval To Minimum Wage, Mauna Kea And Teacher Pay Bills Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Legislature Gives Final Approval To Minimum Wage, Mauna Kea And Teacher Pay Bills

Other measures approved Tuesday would settle claims by Hawaiians on the homelands waitlist, and require judges to release some petty, non-violent offenders without bail.
UH To Lose Responsibility For Mauna Kea Under Compromise Bill Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

UH To Lose Responsibility For Mauna Kea Under Compromise Bill

A bill handing stewardship of the Big Island mountain to a new governing agency heads for a final vote.