Koolau Range News Today

The city says demolition of the more than 3,900 steps leading to the top of the Koolau Range, above Haiku Valley and the H-3 freeway, will begin at the end of April.

The legal battle continued this week to save 4,000 feet of steel steps built on a sheer ridgeline above Kaneohe from a City and County of Honolulu demolition project.

I’m sitting on my lānai (veranda), enjoying the breezes of Waikīkī and listening to the sounds of silence. That’s right, quiet, in Waikīkī. At night.   

The mayor’s office said the city’s timeline to demolish the Haiku Stairs will start soon.

Three National Guardsmen on a morning sightseeing flight were among the first casualties on December 7, 1941

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Even the normally wet windward slopes of the Big Island were especially dry last month, with most sites posting totals at less than 20% of average.

The National Weather Service says below-average rainfall, combined with seasonally warm temperatures, has worsened drought conditions across four counties in Hawaii.

Once again, the debate has flared up over the fate of the spectacular but decaying Stairway to Heaven, aka Haiku Stairs.