Thirty Meter Telescope Planners Consider Other Sites On Mauna Kea

Gov. Josh Green pledges to help with the permitting process for sites where old telescopes have been decommissioned.

8 Volcano Hikes You Can Actually Do (Safely)

At 8:32 a.m. on May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens erupted with explosive force—the largest volcanic event in U.S. history. A 5.1-magnitude earthquake triggered a massive landslide that tore away the ...
NBC DFW

Snow in Hawaii? Cold air and moisture deliver snow to the state's tallest mountain

Snow fell on Hawaii's tallest peak this week, briefly turning the mountaintop into a winter wonderland. The summit area of Mauna Kea on the Big Island got about 2 inches (5 centimeters) of white ...

State leaders support alternate Mauna Kea sites as option for Thirty Meter Telescope

Gov. Josh Green is pledging to help “promptly ” establish a procedure to permit construction of a controversial telescope atop Mauna Kea on a site previously developed for observatory use. Green ...
Big Island Now

Land of fire and ice: Winter weather forecast at Big Island summits as threat of wildfire ignition remains below

Dry, windy conditions will persist the remainder of today and likely Saturday for much of the Big Island — with the threat of ...
Hawaii News Now

Fence erected to protect bird thought to have disappeared from Mauna Kea in 1950s

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - New safeguards are in place on Mauna Kea to protect an endangered bird once thought to have disappeared from the mountain ecosystem. The uau Hawaiian petrel seabird was ...
The Garden Island

Mauna Kea is sacred to spiritual practitioners and treasured by astronomers

MAUNA KEA, Hawai‘i — Shane Palacat-Nelsen’s voice drops to a reverent tone as he tells the story of the snow goddess Poliahu who Native Hawaiians believe inhabits the summit of Mauna Kea, the highest ...