-
The state Senate is considering nominees, a majority of whom are Native Hawaiian, for the new Mauna Kea Stewardship and Oversight Authority. For over 50 years, astronomy development on the island's highest peak grew to include 13 telescopes with little to no input from Native Hawaiians, according to two state audits. HPR's Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi reports.
-
Gov. David Ige has appointed several people, including some prominent Native Hawaiian activists, to a new board charged with managing Maunakea summit lands underneath some of the world’s most advanced astronomical observatories.
-
The head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Region 9 Office covering the West Coast and the Pacific is on the Big Island, making her first visit to Maunakea. Martha Guzman is also trying to get the word out about new federal money to get people off of cesspool systems.
-
For over 50 years, telescopes have dominated the summit of Maunakea, a place sacred to Native Hawaiians and one of the best places in the world to study the night sky. That’s now changing with a new state law saying Maunakea must be protected for future generations and that science must be balanced with culture and the environment.
-
The physical deconstruction of the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory on Maunakea is set to begin by the end of the summer. Complete removal of the telescope and restoration of the land is expected within a year.
-
Applicants are being sought to serve on the Mauna Kea Stewardship and Oversight Authority. The original deadline was originally set for July 28, but it has been extended to Aug. 8.
-
The National Science Foundation says it will conduct a study to evaluate the environmental effects of building one of the world’s largest optical telescopes on sites selected in Hawaiʻi and Spain's Canary Islands.
-
Gov. David Ige has signed House Bill 2024, which transitions the management of Maunakea from the University of Hawaiʻi to a new authority.
-
The University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Maunakea Rangers have some new safety measures for visitors. Vehicles heading down the mountain will have the temperatures of their brakes checked at the Halepōhaku mid-level facility.
-
The University of Hawaiʻi is submitting an updated Maunakea management plan to the state Board of Land and Natural Resources for final approval. The UH Board of Regents unanimously approved the supplement to UH’s comprehensive management plan last week despite recent action at the Legislature.