Maunakea

The Hawaiʻi Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the state broke the law when it took control of the Mauna Kea Access Road on the Big Island and turned it into a state highway before the 2019 Thirty Meter Telescope protests.

The National Science Foundation has until September to decide on advancing the Thirty Meter Telescope to the final design stage. The TMT is competing against a telescope project in Chile for limited NSF funding.

The Conversation thought it would be a good time to talk to Big Island author Tom Peek about his new novel, "Mauna Kea: A Novel of Hawaiʻi." It centers on a young vagabond running from America's turmoil who encounters a mysterious domain of deities on the mountain the Native Hawaiians who revere them.

A UH astronomy professor details her work to prepare to study the upcoming solar eclipse; the need for furniture grows as Maui fire survivors move into longer-term housing; a Big Island author talks about using his work experience on Maunakea in his new novel set on the mountain; and a UH Hilo biology professor reflects on being featured in a popular PBS children's show

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.

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.

Former HTA president John De Fries has been tapped to head the Maunakea Stewardship Oversight Authority; New treatments available for some blood cancers

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.

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.

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.