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Friday, January 3, 2020 |
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Electric Rates Going Down: HECO, PGV Agree to Dump 'Avoided Cost' Scam
By News Release @ 12:37 PM :: 4139 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy, Cost of Living
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...For years PGV had been paid on an 'avoided cost' basis, thus preventing consumers from enjoying the benefit of cheap geothermal energy. This, in turn, makes overpriced wind and solar look good....
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Monday, December 30, 2019 |
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TMT: How We Got Here
By News Release @ 3:51 PM :: 5301 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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...thirteen years of jumping through hoops....
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Saturday, December 28, 2019 |
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Mauna Kea Total: 8,324 Tickets, 78 arrests
By News Release @ 2:37 PM :: 3053 Views :: Hawaii County , Police
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...The combined total of the 18-week long Daniel K. Inouye Highway enhanced traffic enforcement efforts by Hawaiʻi Police Department stood at 8,324 citations issued and 78 persons arrested for 143 offenses....
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Friday, December 27, 2019 |
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Mauna Kea: Will the United States Lose the Universe?
By Selected News Articles @ 10:06 PM :: 5098 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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...Yes. There is more at stake than OHA's money grab....
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Friday, December 27, 2019 |
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Thursday, December 26, 2019 |
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Mauna Kea Protest Shows Need for a Return to Elected County Sheriffs
By Andrew Walden @ 1:10 PM :: 6914 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Hawaii History, OHA, Police
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...Hawaii lost its elected county sheriffs as a result of the Massie case....
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Friday, December 20, 2019 |
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Timeline: Hawaii County Council Abandons TMT--Ige Abandons Mauna Kea—Confusion Reigns
By Andrew Walden @ 1:46 AM :: 5153 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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...Now that the Telescope is off the table. "The police are going to come heavy handed Dec 26 with enforcement and they going to clear all the tents from the highway." The police will only be allowed to do this because it does not settle the telescope issue ....
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Thursday, December 19, 2019 |
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TMT: State and County have not Demonstrated they are able to Provide Safe Access to Mauna Kea
By News Release @ 10:49 PM :: 4642 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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...For us, this dates all the way back to our groundbreaking in October 2014 and subsequent attempts to begin construction in April and June 2015 and in July 2019....
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Thursday, December 19, 2019 |
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VIDEO: Ige pulls state law enforcement from Mauna Kea
By Video @ 4:37 PM :: 4571 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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...on the access road about 30 protesters chanted and danced....
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Monday, December 16, 2019 |
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Friday, December 13, 2019 |
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17 Weeks on Mauna Kea: 8,031 Tickets, 74 Arrests
By News Release @ 1:05 PM :: 3079 Views :: Hawaii County , Police
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...The combined total of the 17-week long Daniel K. Inouye Highway enhanced traffic enforcement efforts by Hawaii Police Department stands at 8013 citations issued and 74 persons arrested for 135 offenses....
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Wednesday, December 11, 2019 |
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VIDEO: Mauna Kea Defining Sacred
By Video @ 10:13 PM :: 6258 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA, Religion
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Navigator/Captain/Educator Kaelpa Baybayan
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Attorney/Educator/Cultural Practitioner Kimo Stone
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Former Trustee of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Peter Apo
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Tuesday, December 10, 2019 |
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TMT: Time to Reassess Viability of Hawaii Telescope Project
By News Release @ 4:47 PM :: 6377 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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...after more than a decade of working with the community and a multimillion dollar investment into Hawaii's economy, TMT must now reassess the viability of building a telescope in Hawaii....
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Friday, December 6, 2019 |
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This Week on Mauna Kea: 436 Tickets, 2 Arrests
By News Release @ 9:53 AM :: 3343 Views :: Hawaii County , Police
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...The combined total of the 16-week long Daniel K. Inouye Highway enhanced traffic enforcement efforts by the Hawaiʻi Police Department stands at 7677 citations issued and 71 persons arrested for 132 offenses....
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Saturday, November 30, 2019 |
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Another Week on Mauna Kea: 329 Tickets, 3 Arrests
By News Release @ 5:58 PM :: 3474 Views :: Hawaii County , Police
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...The combined total of the 15-week long Daniel K. Inouye Highway enhanced traffic enforcement efforts by the Hawaiʻi Police Department stands at 7,241 citations issued and 69 persons arrested for 130 offenses....
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Thursday, November 21, 2019 |
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Tuesday, November 19, 2019 |
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US Supreme Court Decision Takes 90% of Mauna Kea from DLNR
By Tom Lodge @ 12:52 AM :: 8181 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment, Second Amendment
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...As the sheep disappeared, the grasses, vines, and human-tall weeds were encouraged to overcome the mountain....
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Friday, November 15, 2019 |
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DLNR: Mauna Kea Protesters Trampling Endangered Plants
By News Release @ 4:43 PM :: 6030 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment, Greenmail, Law Enforcement, OHA
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...In addition to the alleged cutting of these vines, DOCARE officers found evidence that other rare plants have been trampled, either inadvertently or intentionally....
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Friday, November 15, 2019 |
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Mauna Kea: 312 Tickets and One 100 mph police chase
By News Release @ 2:02 AM :: 3555 Views :: Hawaii County , Police
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...The subsequent police pursuit extended 20 miles with the Dodge pickup reaching speeds of 100 mph and at times driving down the center of both lanes of travel....
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Tuesday, November 12, 2019 |
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Mauna Kea Administrative Rules: Hot Potato Heading for Ige's Desk
By News Release @ 9:22 PM :: 5276 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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...The rules now advance through the remainder of the administrative rules process to Gov. David Ige for final approval....
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Friday, November 8, 2019 |
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12 Weeks on Mauna Kea: 6,237 Tickets, 60 Arrests
By News Release @ 2:25 AM :: 3299 Views :: Hawaii County , Police
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...stepped-up traffic enforcement efforts on Daniel K. Inouye Highway began on August 15....
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Friday, November 1, 2019 |
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Full Text: BoR Releases Proposed Maunakea Admin Rules
By News Release @ 2:40 AM :: 4970 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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...public testimony will be heard by the BoR at UH Hilo Wednesday November 6, 2019....
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Thursday, October 24, 2019 |
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Mauna Kea Week 10: 428 Tickets, 4 Arrests
By News Release @ 4:09 PM :: 3701 Views :: Hawaii County , Police
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...The combined total for 10-weeks: 5,461 citations issued and 51 persons arrested for 84 offenses....
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Friday, October 18, 2019 |
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NELHA Economic Impact Estimated
By UHERO @ 4:16 AM :: 84974 Views :: Hawaii County , Tax Credits
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... NELHA Host Park generates over $100M annually ....
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Thursday, October 17, 2019 |
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Nine Weeks on the Mauna: 48 Arrests, 5,033 Tickets
By News Release @ 6:34 PM :: 3176 Views :: Hawaii County , Police
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...The combined total of the 9-week long Daniel K. Inouye Highway enhanced traffic enforcement efforts by Hawaiʻi Police Department stands at 5033 citations issued and 48 persons arrested for 80 offenses....
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Wednesday, October 16, 2019 |
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UH Regents Plan: Lets Close Down Some Perfectly Good Telescopes
By News Release @ 6:42 PM :: 5096 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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...Obviously this is a negotiating position. OHA is demanding decommissioning but wants rent money. UH offers decommissioning but no money. Now they have to trade to settle....
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Wednesday, October 16, 2019 |
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First 'Ohana Zone' Homeless Shelter opens in Hilo
By News Release @ 1:22 PM :: 3418 Views :: Hawaii County , Homelessness
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...There are 25 emergency shelter beds available in the initial phase. At full operation, the shelter will provide 50 emergency shelter beds for single men....
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Friday, October 11, 2019 |
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Mauna Kea Speedtrap: Total 4,632 Tickets, 46 Arrests
By News Release @ 10:49 AM :: 3390 Views :: Hawaii County , Police
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...The combined total of the 8-week long Daniel K. Inouye Highway enhanced traffic enforcement efforts by Hawaii Police Department stands at 4,632 citations issued and 46 persons arrested for 74 offenses....
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Wednesday, October 9, 2019 |
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UH Regents to Discuss Maunakea Rules at UH Hilo
By News Release @ 1:21 AM :: 4858 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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...The location of the University of Hawaiʻi Board of Regents decision-making meeting on the proposed administrative rules for UH managed lands on Maunakea, scheduled for November 6, has been moved to the UH Hilo campus....
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Wednesday, October 2, 2019 |
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Nowhere to Hide: Hawaii County Forced to Stop Pretending to 'Recycle' Paper, Plastic
By News Release @ 2:53 AM :: 4260 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment
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...As of October 16, 2019, paper and plastics will not be accepted because there are no longer any 3rd world countries willing to let us throw this stuff in their landfills....
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Monday, September 30, 2019 |
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Mauna Kea: Harry Kim Presents Fluffy Booklet Full of Cash Offers
By Andrew Walden @ 10:05 PM :: 6846 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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...Will Kim’s book of cash offers be enough to pull the institutional support out from under the telescope protesters camp?....
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Friday, September 27, 2019 |
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Tents, Trash, and Toilets: OHA Funds Make Mauna Kea Protests Possible
By Andrew Walden @ 5:13 AM :: 9364 Views :: Hawaii County , Ethics, Greenmail, Higher Education, Law Enforcement, OHA
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...Perhaps of interest to the Attorney General, the OHA-funded contracts illegally place the rented equipment on land belonging to DHHL, DLNR, and HDoT....
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Thursday, September 26, 2019 |
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Mauna Kea Traffic Enforcement: 717 tickets, 4 Arrests
By News Release @ 7:03 PM :: 3587 Views :: Hawaii County , Police
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...Police assigned to be in place for the TMT protestor blockade and encampment on Mauna Kea access road continued the stepped-up traffic enforcement efforts on Daniel K. Inouye Highway....
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Wednesday, September 25, 2019 |
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Lawsuit Strips TMT of Canary Islands Permit
By Andrew Walden @ 9:42 PM :: 9761 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment, Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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...If the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) is not built in Hawaii, it can just go to the Canary Islands, right? Wrong....
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Friday, September 20, 2019 |
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Mauna Kea: Theft Suspect Arrested at Protesters Camp
By News Release @ 5:09 PM :: 6906 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA, Police
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...The theft offense had been previously reported to police occurring two days prior in Kalapana. The suspect was found in the same tent where six Department of Transportation (DOT) plastic barricades had been located on (August 30). ...
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Wednesday, September 18, 2019 |
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Tuesday, September 17, 2019 |
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Ige: Finding a way forward on Mauna Kea, TMT
By News Release @ 10:54 PM :: 5028 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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...I want to work with protest leaders and others to come to a reasonable resolution that ensures safety and respects the law....
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Monday, September 16, 2019 |
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OHA Trustees to Visit Anti-Telescope Protest Site
By News Release @ 10:31 PM :: 3203 Views :: Hawaii County , OHA
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...site visit set for 3 p.m., Thu., Sept. 19....
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Sunday, September 15, 2019 |
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Video: Anti-Telescope Activists go to Hawaii County Building, Threaten to 'Arrest' County Officials
By Andrew Walden @ 8:28 PM :: 161644 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, Law Enforcement, OHA, Police
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...The videos show anti-telescope activists in black tactical vests labelled “HKPO” September 10, 2019 at the Hawaii County Building in Hilo....
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Saturday, September 14, 2019 |
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Loyal? Retired Hawaii County Police Lieutenant Supports Telescope Protesters
By Video @ 2:30 AM :: 4490 Views :: Hawaii County , Police
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...Really obvious question: Are police on the Big Island willing to enforce the law against sovereignty activists?....
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Thursday, September 12, 2019 |
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Mauna Kea: Ige Hits Back on Flag Tactics
By News Release @ 6:45 PM :: 5968 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA, Police
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...designed to produce an unnecessary reaction....
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Thursday, September 12, 2019 |
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DLNR: Protesters Rip Out Last Examples of Endangered Plants
By News Release @ 4:53 PM :: 6357 Views :: Hawaii County , Environment, Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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...“The destruction of the ʻānunu vine is particularly disturbing, since there may be only five populations of this species still in existence.”....
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Thursday, September 12, 2019 |
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Mauna Kea: 2,237 Tickets, 24 Arrests
By News Release @ 4:43 PM :: 3313 Views :: Hawaii County , Police
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... The combined total of the 4-week long Daniel K. Inouye Highway enhanced traffic enforcement efforts by the Hawaiʻi Police Department ....
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Friday, September 6, 2019 |
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DHHL vs OHA on Teardown of Protesters Sacred Shack
By News Release @ 8:05 PM :: 6734 Views :: Hawaii County , DHHL, Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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...Removal efforts were conducted by Hawai’i Department of Transportation (HDOT) personnel, at the request of DHHL....
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Friday, September 6, 2019 |
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UPDATE: Police Demolish 3rd Illegal Structure on 'Sacred' Mauna Kea
By News Release @ 4:12 PM :: 8613 Views :: Hawaii County , DHHL, Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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..."We got a library being built, we got kanakas getting established on their national lands."....
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Thursday, September 5, 2019 |
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Mauna Kea: 1,806 citations, 19 arrests
By News Release @ 9:39 PM :: 3483 Views :: Hawaii County , Police
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...The combined total of the 3-week long Daniel K. Inouye Highway enhanced traffic enforcement efforts by Hawaii Police Department stands at 1806 citations issued and 19 persons arrested for 34 offenses. ...
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Thursday, September 5, 2019 |
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Sen Lorraine Inouye: "We are complicit if we don’t do something.”
By News Release @ 8:45 PM :: 5573 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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...what if protesters show up in your community blocking a road because they don’t think they like a certain business or activity? What’s to say they won’t decide to block an airport, harbor or other economic lifeline in your community?....
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Wednesday, September 4, 2019 |
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Tattered Flags
By Joni Kamiya @ 10:38 PM :: 5668 Views :: Hawaii County , Greenmail, Higher Education, OHA
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... It has been about 6 weeks since this debacle started ....
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