OUR OPINION - Honolulu Star-Bulletin

THE ISSUE: A report shows a marked improvement in water quality at Hawaii’s beaches.

 
Because unusually bad weather caused much of Hawaii’s near-shore ocean pollution in 2006, an improvement in the following year was almost a sure thing. A new report showing a 36 percent decline in beach closings and advisories for the [...]

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As I reported yesterday evening, the Native Hawaiian Legal Corp. was unable to secure a temporary restraining order to halt construction of Joe Brescia’s house atop some 30 burials at Naue.
However, the NHLC also has filed a motion for a preliminary injunction on behalf of Jeff Chandler, a fisherman whose family goes way back in [...]

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Now that the dust has started to settle after the end of another legislative session, the public can once again be reassured that our representatives put aside the public interest in favor of directives given to them by big business, and the large land owners in the state.
A key bill that illustrates this point was [...]

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Food industry officials say the Hawaii Superferry should resume its runs to Kauai. 
They say the shutdown of Aloha Airlines cargo services underscores the need for the ferry alternative to ship goods to and from the Garden Island. 
Love Bakery President Mike Walters says his shipment of bakery goods to Kauai had to go from Oahu via [...]

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Rugged and waterproof cameras are great, but they’ve got a lot of improving to do in general design before they’ll be good in the outdoors. I mean, someone just keep me from losing these things.
The first waterproof camera I used was a Pentax W10 in 2006, one of the first simple cams that didn’t need [...]

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A quasi-judicial hearing over a Kilauea property owner’s plan to build an upscale house on environmentally sensitive coastal land started with an all-day session yesterday at the Mo‘ikeha Building.
County Planning Commission Chair Steven Weinstein presided over the contested case, expected to resume April 1, acting as a judge while attorneys questioned witnesses ranging from building [...]

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