The state land board granted approval for the permit while a contested case hearing was still pending, violating the rights of the hearing petitioners.

The Native Hawaiian council of the University of Hawaiʻi system has called for a system-wide walkout among all Native Hawaiian-serving programs in protest over the proposed Thirty-Meter Telescope project.

OHA leaders emphasize the need to address unresolved legal matters while the TMT construction moratorium remains in place.

According to police, the male refused to leave the roadway and “continuously” ran away and evaded officers as they approached him.