Mount Everest may be the tallest mountain on Earth, but it's nothing compared to the towering giants scattered across our ...

In a major shift in strategy, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees voted Thursday to withdraw two longstanding ...

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

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

For astronomers, Mauna Kea has always been attractive for its ideal observing conditions. At 13,800 feet (4,200 meters) high, the peak lies above much of the distorting effects of the atmosphere ...

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

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

Mauna Kea Beach Hotel. Brett O'Brien. Multi-generational travel has seen a 40% year over year rise with more and more families experiencing new destinations together. This trend takes family ...

The Mauna Kea site is at the mountain’s peak, where there isn’t this effect. To see how much these differences might affect NOAA’s readings, Mr. Colton, ...

Seeing numerous new faces blocking the access road up Mauna Kea, Mangauil told USA TODAY, takes his breath away. A leader of the movement, he stopped a TMT groundbreaking ceremony in 2014 and ...

The summits of Mauna Kea and nearby Mauna Loa were under a Winter Weather Advisory from Sunday through 6 a.m. Monday. "Additional snow accumulations up to 3 inches, mainly in the morning.