Mauna Kea is considered sacred to Native Hawaiians. It also happens to be ideal for space observatories. Now, a long running fight over the mountain's future may be coming to an end.

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs said it has pulled two longstanding lawsuits surrounding the management of Mauna Kea.

The summits of Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa are now also targets of the strong high pressure ridge north of the state causing the ...

The University of Hawaii-owned UKIRT telescope will be decommissioned once all the necessary paperwork is completed.

With protectors of Mauna Kea wanting telescope construction stopped and TMT officials determined to proceed, there's a deadlock. TMT officials have been working on a Plan B, or an alternate site ...

The federal government's decision not to fund the Thirty Meter Telescope played a role. But questions remain about where the ...

HILO (HawaiiNewsNow) - The telescope that has been on top of Mauna Kea for nearly 50 years will be removed. On Friday, ...

The U.S. military wants to continue live-fire training at Pohakuloa, a high-altitude plateau on Hawaii’s Big Island. Native ...

The announcement came after the National Science Foundation withdrew financial support for the Thirty Meter Telescope project ...

The summit of Mauna Kea—a dormant volcano on Hawaii's Big Island—has an elevation of about 13,800 feet above sea level, making it the highest point on the Hawaiian archipelago.