Undisclosed operational changes cited for missing October deadline
The release of a draft environmental impact statement on state harbors improvements to accommodate the Hawaii Superferry has been delayed until January because the Superferry has changed its operational plans, state transportation officials said Friday.
The draft EIS was to have been completed by October.
A critic of the Superferry [...]

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Mayoral debate takes on economic, traffic and landfill concerns
Kaua’i mayoral candidates Bernard Carvalho and JoAnn Yukimura hit familiar themes and took some new digs at each other during their half-hour debate at the Hawaii Theater yesterday.
Yukimura, 58, said that she worked on planning, solid waste, energy and economy issues throughout her 1988-94 term as Kaua’i [...]

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Via the Hawaii Reporter - By Hawaii Residents for McCain
Just two years ago, in July 2006, North Korea test fired a long-range missile which was targeted at Hawaii. The Taepodong-2, North Korea’s most advanced missile, has a range of up to 9,300 miles. Hawaii is only about 4,350 miles southwest of North Korea.
Hawaii should never have [...]

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The Superferry’s attempt to start service to Kauai last year was disastrous. The issue polarized residents of the tiny garden isle. 
On Friday, Kauai’s mayoral candidates spoke about the Superferry’s future for the island. 
“We are a state separated by ocean but connected by families, connected by business,” candidate Bernard Carvalho said. “There are a lot of [...]

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Conservationists are expressing mixed reactions to the federal government’s proposal to add 48 species found only on the island of Kauai to the federal endangered species list and also to designate critical habitat for them. While advocates support the ecosystem approach proposed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, some say it was used during [...]

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About 50 people packed a Kaua’i-Ni’ihau Island Burial Council meeting yesterday, urging the advisory body to not allow construction of a house over an ancient Hawaiian graveyard.
After hearing five hours of testimony, the eight-member panel adjourned without making a decision on what to do about a house Joseph Brescia is building on a 15,600-square-foot beachfront [...]

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