Thirty Meter Telescope

Plans to remove the first of five telescopes on Maunakea have been well received, according to those overseeing the decommissioning process. The Caltech Submillimeter Observatory is set to be torn down and the site restored as soon as next summer.

An independent review of the state of astronomy and astrophysics in the U.S. recommends federal funding of a giant telescope in Hawaiʻi. The Hawaii Tribune-Herald reports the Astronomy and Astrophysics Decadal Survey warns it could be “disastrous” for U.S. astronomy if the National Science Foundation does not invest in projects like the Thirty Meter Telescope.

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Some Native Hawaiians are objecting to President Joe Biden’s choice for U.S. attorney in the 50th state, saying Clare Connors treated dozens of elders like criminals when her office prosecuted them for blocking a road while protesting the construction of a telescope in Hawaiʻi.

A group of protesters fighting a giant telescope planned for Maunakea marched to the state university system president's home on Tuesday. The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports the march of about 70 protesters marked 2,400 days since heavy equipment first arrived on Maunakea.

The first telescope to be decommissioned on Maunakea is set to begin removal and site restoration as soon as next summer. But that may not be the end for the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory, whose owners are looking to secure a new home for the telescope in Chile.

A judicial decision from Spain has put a halt on an alternative plan to build a giant telescope in the Canary Islands instead of a preferred site in Hawaiʻi where it faces opposition.

Hawaii County's Mayor talks about the latest COVID case count and the restrictions he's weighing; Contributing editor Neal Milner discusses "The Truth" on The Long View; Honolulu Civil Beat's Kevin Dayton discusses an emerging plan to use hotel room tax to fund rail; the team leader for the newest telescope on Haleakala shares his hopes for the projects' opening; HPR reporter Ku'uwehi Hiraishi gives us an update on what's next for the Thirty Meter Telescope planned for Maunakea.

A judge has found four Native Hawaiian elders arrested in 2019 while protesting a giant telescope planned for Hawaiʻi's highest peak not guilty of obstructing the mountain's access road.

A lawsuit challenging the use of police forces from other islands to respond to protests over a giant telescope planned for Mauna Kea is headed to the Hawaiʻi Supreme Court.