Mauna Kea

Should UH Still Manage The Mauna Kea Summit? ©Sin Ok -stock.adobe.com

Should UH Still Manage The Mauna Kea Summit?

A Senate bill seeks to quell controversies on the mountain by removing the University of Hawaii as the manager.

Mauna Kea Deserves New Management Twitter/Leslie E. Shirkey Jr.

Mauna Kea Deserves New Management

The University of Hawaii has failed to demonstrate any ability or willingness to be a proper land manager.

OHA Sues State, UH Over ‘Longstanding Mismanagement’ Of Mauna Kea ©Sin Ok -stock.adobe.com

OHA Sues State, UH Over ‘Longstanding Mismanagement’ Of Mauna Kea

Updated: The legal action follows a ruling allowing the Thirty Meter Telescope project to go forward on a mountain considered deeply sacred by many Native Hawaiians. 

TMT Permit Decision Appealed To Hawaii Supreme Court Thirty Meter Telescope

TMT Permit Decision Appealed To Hawaii Supreme Court

Construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope atop Mauna Kea was approved by the BLNR in September.

Telescope Project Still Faces Fight From Hawaiian Opponents Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Telescope Project Still Faces Fight From Hawaiian Opponents

Protesters were able to delay construction atop Mauna Kea two years ago. They’ll likely try to do so again.

Hawaii Land Board Grants Permit To Build Thirty Meter Telescope Courtesy TMT International Observatory

Hawaii Land Board Grants Permit To Build Thirty Meter Telescope

UPDATED: Plans for the $1.4 billion telescope have caused bitter divisions, with some Native Hawaiians saying it will desecrate Mauna Kea.

Ian Lind: A Judge’s Findings Leave TMT Opponents Few Options Cory Lum/Civil Beat

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.

Telescope Opponent Wants Free Access To Transcripts From State Land Board 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.

Woman Cited For Graffiti On Rocks At Mauna Kea Department of Land and Natural Resources

Woman Cited For Graffiti On Rocks At Mauna Kea

Thirty Meter Telescope opponents condemned the vandalism as desecration.