Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020
Army Secretary Wants Deal On Hawaiʻi Training Lands By End Of 2025
Gov. Josh Green raised the possibility that the feds could take state land if Hawaiʻi doesn’t find ways to compromise.
Ku‘u Kauanoe/Civil Beat/2022
Hawaiʻi County Council Wants ‘Desecration’ To End At Military Training Area
Its resolution also asks the state to reject any land lease renewal unless there is a “comprehensive cleanup” of the site.
Polihale/Wikimedia Commons
Navy Hopes Native Hawaiian Outreach Will Help Keep Kauaʻi Missile Base Land
Comments on a draft report from the Navy and NASA are due Aug. 7.
Spc. Abreanna Goodrich/U.S. Army via AP/2023
Army Wants Faster Movement On Deal For Hawaiʻi Live-Fire Training Lands
The Army secretary said he asked Gov. Josh Green’s office for a list within the next few weeks of things the military can do to help the community.
Investigator: Vocal Red Hill Whistleblower Faced Pushback For Speaking Out
One of the military’s loudest critics amid the Red Hill fuel contamination fiasco said her boss tried to keep her quiet.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020
Hawaiʻi Needs New Tech To Clean Up Old Bombs
Magnetic detection can only go so far in an island chain made of volcanic rock. Experts say other methods could be a game-changer.
U.S. Navy photo
Kirstin Downey: A Navy Plan To Develop Barbers Point Will Erase History
Historians are hoping to keep the military from destroying historic buildings and other artifacts from the World War II battle site.
Courtesy of the U.S. Navy Pacific Fleet
Congressional Delegation Wants Answers On Navy’s Plans For Kaʻula Bombing
The Navy has simply said it doesn’t expect any significant impacts, but the draft report doesn’t go into much detail.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021
Army Proposes Downsizing Its Training Grounds On Oʻahu
Leased lands the military proposes turning back over to the state have mostly been used for aviation training.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020
Is The Military In For A Wake-Up Call As Hawaiʻi Leases Near End?
The state’s rejection of the U.S. Army’s environmental assessment of impacts of its training may foreshadow the future, one some Native Hawaiians say won’t be smooth sailing.