We're on Mauna Loa today because our live signal would affect the eleven working telescopes atop Mauna Kea. That's the mountain we visited recently, where a mountain of controversy is brewing that is ...

HONOLULU --A construction permit should be granted for a giant telescope planned for a Hawaii mountain summit that some consider sacred, a hearings officer recommended Wednesday. Retired judge Riki ...

In Hawaii, there’s a unique form of protest now: a native dance, as the video above of demonstrations against an observatory being built on Mount Mauna Kea, the tallest peak in Hawaii, demonstrates.

Demonstrators gather on July 15th to block the road at the base of Hawai’i’s tallest mountain. Since then, thousands of Native Hawai’ians have come together to maintain the blockade. Credit: Caleb ...

Common knowledge tells us that Mount Everest is the world's highest natural point - but one peak in Hawaii trumps it by a country mile. Mount Everest is most definitely the world's tallest mountain ...

HONOLULU (AP) — For more than 50 years, telescopes and the needs of astronomers have dominated the summit of Mauna Kea, a mountain sacred to Native Hawaiians that's also one of the finest places in ...

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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 point in Hawaii. The ...