Alan Downer News Today

Alan Downer, the administrator with the state Historic Preservation Division, the agency responsible for investigating possible burial disturbances, said there was no need to continue with a formal investigation after speaking with onsite archaeological monitor Nancy McMahon.

The 145-year-old Falls of Clyde, which has been docked for years at Honolulu Harbor, has been delisted from the Hawaii Register of Historic Places.

Long-awaited repairs to one of the ground-level reflecting pools at the state Capitol are coming to a close after decades of leaking it caused in the chamber level — just in time for the next legislative session.

As it eagerly awaits the opening of more fire-damaged zones in Lahaina, the Lahaina Restoration Foundation is making plans to shore up portions of the 1830s Bal

LĀHAINĀ — A team from the state Department of Land & Natural Resources’ State Historic Preservation Division (SHPD), joined by the Lead Environmental Advi

“I’m really pleased. From the first photographs I saw it looked like everything was gone and that’s not the case. There are important historic buildings here that I think can be repaired,” said State Historic Preservation Division Administrator Dr. Alan Downer.

The Lahaina fire caused widespread destruction of houses, businesses, schools, and more. But a team of preservationists believes that there is still hope for rehabilitating burned historic structures.

The team found that many of the stone or masonry commercial buildings on Front Street likely can be restored to the condition they were in before the disaster.

Question: Who specifically will be on the committee fast-tracking housing projects by order of the governor?

A lifelong problem with an elemental feature of the state Capitol — reflecting pools symbolizing the ocean surrounding Hawaii — may be cured by permanently drying up the chronic watery mess.