Timothy Hurley
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Mariners advised to slow down as whale season peaks
Marine wildlife officials are urging boaters to watch their speed when cruising in Hawaiian waters following a second vessel strike of a humpback whale this season. → Read More
First-ever conference prepares Department of Education staff for safety crisis
What would you do if an armed man with malicious intent walked onto your school campus? → Read More
Climate change tops the Pacific Islands Conference of Leaders
Pacific Islands leaders emerged from a three-day conference in Honolulu on Wednesday with climate change once again dominating the topics of discussion. → Read More
Public meetings for TMT environmental review to begin
The first public meetings in a campaign that seeks to breathe new life into the stalled Thirty Meter Telescope begin this week on Hawaii island. → Read More
University of Hawaii telescope a step closer to being removed from Mauna Kea
The University of Hawaii Hoku Kea telescope is one step closer to being decommissioned following the publishing of final environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact documents. → Read More
Endangered species’ habitats not protected, group says
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service was put on notice Wednesday that it is being sued for failing to designate and protect critical habitat for 49 endangered species found nowhere else but Hawaii. → Read More
Longtime Office of Hawaiian Affairs trustee Colette Machado dies at 71
Former Office of Hawaiian Affairs Chair Colette Machado of Molokai was remembered Tuesday as a passionate warrior driven to public service and dedicated to the betterment of the Native Hawaiian community. → Read More
Public Utilities Commission rejects Big Isle biomass plant again
The state Public Utilities Commission on Monday placed another roadblock in front of a $520 million biomass plant that would burn trees to generate electricity on Hawaii island. → Read More
University of Hawaii scores $20M for climate research, data science
The University of Hawaii is getting set to turbocharge its climate change research with the power of computers following a $20 million award from the National Science Foundation. → Read More
Below-average hurricane season predicted for Central Pacific region
It appears the Central Pacific will experience another below-average hurricane season, its third in a row. → Read More
Suit alleges agency’s failure to protect Pacific sharks
A lawsuit filed Tuesday accuses the National Marine Fisheries Service of failing to do its job in protecting the threatened Western and Pacific oceanic whitetip shark. → Read More
Campaign to save Hawaiian honeycreepers gets funding boost
A multiagency campaign to save Hawaii’s imperiled honeycreepers got a significant shot in the arm Monday with the announcement of a $14 million influx of federal funds. → Read More
Pilot flew too fast in bad weather before crashing in Kailua
A National Transportation Safety Board investigation into a 2019 tour helicopter crash in a Kailua neighborhood concluded that the pilot flew into stormy weather at a higher-than-recommended speed, an action that led to the aircraft’s failure and fatal plunge from the sky. → Read More
Mauna Kea management bill finds acceptance, opposition
The University of Hawaii on Thursday raised the white flag on its opposition to a bill that seeks to boot it from its role as manager of the Mauna Kea summit and its observatories. → Read More
University of Hawaii students feel safer from harassment, survey says
The results of a University of Hawaii survey indicate students across the 10-campus system feel safer overall from sexual harassment and gender-based violence. → Read More
Hawaii reacts to leaked Supreme Court decision on Roe v. Wade case
Many knew it was coming, but to hear the details of a leaked draft majority U.S. Supreme Court decision that would strike down Roe v. Wade was still shocking to many abortion rights advocates in the islands. → Read More
Kilauea Volcano eruption now in a steady pattern
Following a curious period of stopping, pausing and restarting, Kilauea Volcano has become utterly regular, having now erupted 24 hours a day within Halemaumau Crater for more than a month and a half. → Read More
Bill removing University of Hawaii from Mauna Kea management advances
State House and Senate lawmakers Friday approved a final version of a bill that would create an independent authority to assume management of Mauna Kea from the University of Hawaii following a five-year transition period. → Read More
Lawmakers delay Mauna Kea decision
State House and Senate lawmakers Thursday delayed approval of the Mauna Kea governance bill, saying it continues to be a work in progress. → Read More
Kauai’s record-breaking rainfall caused by supercell thunderstorms
The April 2018 flooding from a massive storm over Kauai caused $180 million in damage, wrecked hundreds of homes and unleashed landslides that cut off the island’s north shore communities for months. → Read More