Senator-turned-Cabinet-member lays out initiatives for Agriculture Department.
Neighbor Islands
Posted inEconomy, Hawaiʻi, Kauaʻi
Separated By a River, Princeville and Hanalei Tell Two Stories
Income and poverty data show wealth has shifted between adjacent towns on Kauai’s North Shore since 2000.
Posted inBig Island, Environment
Hawaii’s Volcanoes Could be World’s Shallowest
New findings could help scientists more accurately predict when eruptions are going to occur.
Posted inEnvironment, Maui, University of Hawaii
State OKs Maui Solar Telescope, Hawaiian Opponents Feel Burned
Hawaii Land Board approves University of Hawaii’s plan for 100-foot-tall, $175 million telescope atop Haleakala despite major adverse cultural impacts.
Posted inAgriculture, Big Island, Environment
Coffee Quarantine A Go, Chemicals Optional
State board approves rules for contain coffee berry borer after adding provisions for organic farmers.
Posted inAgriculture, Big Island, Environment
I Say ‘Quarantine,’ You Say ‘Protective Measures’
The Hawaii Department of Agriculture took an important step Wednesday in recommending methods to keep the coffee berry borer beetle confined to Kona.
Posted inBig Island, Hawaiʻi, Hawaiʻi Legislature
Will Big Island Gain a House District?
Hawaii County population has outpaced the state, but it was already overrepresented in the Legislature.
Posted inBig Island, Hawaiʻi, Honolulu, Kauaʻi, Maui
Share Your Own Stories of Aloha for Thanksgiving
Thankful to live in Hawaii? As the nation celebrates holiday, we thought it would be a good time to publish stories of aloha from readers.