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Funding for the Thirty Meter Telescope may be in jeopardy following a decision by the National Science Foundation board to place a $1.6 billion budget cap on giant telescope projects.
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John De Fries, the former president and CEO of the Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority, was chosen from a pool of nine candidates as the new executive director of the Maunakea Stewardship and Oversight Authority. He will help guide a critical transition period as the authority takes over the management of Maunakea from the University of Hawaiʻi. HPR's Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi has more.
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Former HTA president John De Fries has been tapped to head the Maunakea Stewardship Oversight Authority; New treatments available for some blood cancers
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Hawaiʻi lawmakers have advanced a bill that would allow the Maunakea Stewardship and Oversight Authority an exemption to the open meetings, or Sunshine Law, during its transition period.
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A new community-based stewardship authority created to better manage Maunakea is being challenged in court by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. As HPR’s Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi reports, OHA filed a suit last week that alleges the board is unconstitutional and that some of its members have conflicts of interest.
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The Office of Hawaiian Affairs is suing over the new Maunakea stewardship authority, alleging the board is unconstitutional and that some of its members have conflicts of interest.
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Caltech has already removed the Leighton Telescope out of its observatory and off the mountain. Work will resume in the spring, weather permitting.
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Keck Observatory on Hawaiʻi Island recently named Rich Matsuda as its next director. The self-proclaimed local boy spoke with The Conversation's Russell Subiono about dispelling the science versus culture mindset and building relationships with the community.
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Maunakea, especially its summit, is sacred to Native Hawaiians as it contains ceremonial platforms, ancestral burial sites and an alpine lake believed to possess healing powers. But over the last 50 years, the summit has been used by astronomers to study the skies.
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The permit allowing the construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope on Maunakea is under review by the Board of Land and Natural Resources. At issue is whether the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo met a condition that required TMT construction to begin within two years of the permit being granted. HPR’s Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi has more.