Surfer Greg Long takes the title in the 25th Annual Quicksilver in Memory of Eddie Aikau surf competition.  Long pulled off a perfect 100 point ride in the final heat on the north shore of Oahu, securing first place and a $55,000 paycheck. The final heat also featured a perfect-point ride by Chilean surfer Ramon... Read more »

The group tasked with selecting a site for the proposed Thirty Meter Telescope selected Mauna Kea on the Big Island of Hawaii, today as its preferred site. Governor Linda Lingle praised the decision by the board of directors of the TMT Observatory Corporation saying, it marks “an extraordinary step forward in the state’s continuing efforts... Read more »

Governor Linda Lingle is meeting with the Chancellor of the University of California, Santa Barbara today to discuss the possibility of locating the planned Thirty-Meter Telescope atop Mauna Kea on the Big Island of Hawaii. The project is a partnership between UCSB, the California Institute of Technology, AURA and an organization of Canadian universities.  Mauna... Read more »