Anaina Hou group isn’t satisfied with an offer from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to provide access to the documents.

Hearing officer Riki May Amano, a retired judge, will have her hands full keeping order in this forum.

The Department of Land and Natural Resources acknowledged the probe in response to a public records request but won’t say more

Native Hawaiians flood a pre-hearing conference Monday as lawyers argue about what’s ahead for a June 17 contested-case hearing.

Protests opposing construction of the telescope on Mauna Kea got lots of attention in 2015. But if the project falls apart, state officials will bear the blame.

The legal fight over the proposed Thirty Meter Telescope atop Mauna Kea is not unusual as big telescope projects go.

UPDATED: In order to proceed, project officials must return to the state Board of Land and Natural Resources to seek re-approval.

The high court heard oral arguments in August on claims that there were procedural problems with the state’s approval of the Thirty Meter Telescope.

UPDATED: The Department of Land and Natural Resources says it wants to keep everyone safe, but some First Amendment advocates worry the guidelines go too far.

Support for the telescope on Mauna Kea remains high among other ethnic groups, but a long work stoppage hasn’t cooled Native Hawaiian opposition.