State Sen. Donovan Dela Cruz and a state agency are aggressively moving ahead with development plans for Central Oahu’s Whitmore Village.

A residential development is on hold while a developer devises a plan for the iwi — 12 years after the state warned the city of their possible presence.

The company will soon depart its landmark namesake building to make way for developer offices and model condos.

Members of an advisory task force are already criticizing the planning department’s regulations for not going far enough.

After Kalapana was devastated in the 1980s, the state laid out a new subdivision complete with utilities. But only now are a few people moving in.

Kauai County had already cracked down on hundreds of remote visitor rentals. The flood might have doomed many more.

South Shore Christian Fellowship is racking up daily fines for operating in an agricultural area.

Kauai has historically allowed development along rivers and in coastal areas vulnerable to flooding.

But critics question a proposal that would subsidize rents as high as $3,000 for a one-bedroom unit.

After more than a decade of planning, construction could begin this month on a commercial center — or it might not.