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| Kilauea River Clean Up Project Funding in Jeopardy |
Despite $4 Million in Federal Funding and a State Plan in Place, River Devastated by 2006 Ka Loko Dam Breach Hasn't Been Dredged; Landowners Want Action, Not Threats from State
By Malia Zimmerman, 9/1/2009 4:28:07 AM |
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| Settlement Reached in Ka Loko Dam Breach Civil Cases, Court Documents Show |
| By Malia Zimmerman, 8/4/2009 6:07:48 PM |
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| Pflueger Dealerships Accused of Unethical and Unlawful Behavior |
Lawsuit filed by former employee says senior management along with sales staff manipulated and falsified client credit applications and coached clients on how to cover up the activity
By Malia Zimmerman, 7/15/2009 12:28:52 PM |
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| Pflueger’s Kauai Estate on the Market |
| By Malia Zimmerman, 5/29/2009 3:02:02 PM |
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| Kauai Judge Denies Jimmy Pflueger's Attempt to Postpone Wrongful Death Case Related to the 2006 Breach of His Ka Loko Dam |
| By Malia Zimmerman, 5/6/2009 6:49:59 PM |
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| Jimmy Pflueger's Legal Defense Team Challenges State Attorney General's Actions in Criminal Manslaughter Case |
More Court Drama Expected from Pflueger's Attorneys Leading Up to August Criminal Trial
By Malia Zimmerman , 4/22/2009 1:30:31 PM |
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| Jimmy Pflueger's Manslaughter Trial Delayed Until August 2009 |
| By Malia Zimmerman, 3/7/2009 10:37:18 AM |
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| Political Tittle-tattle: News and Entertainment from Hawaii’s Political Arena – February 25, 2009 |
Drama in Hawaii Kai; Senate Judiciary Committee Members Run Marathon, Breaks All Time Consecutive Hearing Record; City Circus
By Hawaii Reporter, 2/25/2009 11:21:52 AM |
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| Jimmy Pflueger Pleads ‘Not Guilty’ in Kauai Manslaughter Case |
Retired Auto Dealer's Trial Set for June 15, 2009
By Malia Zimmerman, 1/6/2009 10:12:57 AM |
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| Jimmy Pflueger: Kind Man Who is Respectful of All Human Beings and the Environment |
Criticism of him hurts me deeply
By Richard Thorpe, 12/8/2008 8:04:50 AM |
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| Jimmy Pflueger Indicted for Manslaughter for Ka Loko Deaths |
| By Malia Zimmerman, 11/24/2008 11:46:23 AM |
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| Pflueger Indicted on Manslaughter Charges |
| By Malia Zimmerman, 11/21/2008 12:17:39 PM |
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| After Court Challenge, Kauai Judge Gives Ok to Attorney General to Head Ka Loko Dam Breach Criminal Grand Jury |
| By Malia Zimmerman, 11/19/2008 10:50:38 AM |
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| Tensions Brew in Criminal Investigation Into Ka Loko Dam Breach |
Lawyer for James Pflueger, the Dam Owner, Calls for Hawaii Attorney General to Recuse Himself from Grand Jury Proceedings Set to Resume Next Week
By Malia Zimmerman, 11/13/2008 11:09:56 AM |
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| Polluted Bay, Breached Dam, Crashing Boulders - Will More Lives Be Lost Because No One is Taking Action? |
| By Malia ZImmerman, 8/22/2008 12:36:25 PM |
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| Despite Fatal Dam Breach, Pflueger Still Refuses to Let State Land Department Inspect Ka Loko Dam |
Case Before Land Board Goes to Contested Hearing
By Malia Zimmerman, 4/25/2008 8:33:51 PM |
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| After the Flood |
| By Glenn Silber and Malia Zimmerman, 3/14/2008 6:32:50 AM |
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| Political Tittle-tattle: News and Entertainment from Hawaii’s Political Arena - Dec. 21, 2007 |
Former American Savings Bank Assistant Manager Arraigned in Court; Pflueger Turns to YouTube to Declare His Innocence of Dam Breach and Pilaa Pollution; Who Really is Behind Stopping a Private Hospital from Being Built in Maui County? Tune In To a New Television Show; ConCon Could Shift Balance of Power in Hawaii; Superferry, National Guard Clean Up Storm Damage On Valley Isle; Did Hawaii’s Cows and Chickens Unionize?
By Malia Zimmerman, 12/21/2007 1:36:14 PM |
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| EPA Announces Hawaii Environmental Enforcement Accomplishments for 2007 Water Pollution Related Cases |
City & County of Honolulu, James H. Pflueger, Hamakua Energy Partners, Del Monte Fresh Produce Co., RHS Lee, Safeway and Mauna Loa Macadamia Nut Corp., - all Cited
By Dean Higuchi, 11/15/2007 11:13:02 AM |
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| State Land Department Plans to Cut Off Water to More Than 20 Farms in Kilauea |
Ka Loko Reservoir Owner James Pflueger Demands that the State Shut Down Kilauea Irrigation System, Which Distributes Water to 200 Acres of Kilauea Farm Land; Farmers are Furious Saying They Will Be Put Out of Business; State, Already Siding with Pflueger, in Part Because of an Insurance Issue, to Hold Hearing on Friday at 9 a.m.
By Malia Zimmerman, 9/27/2007 3:11:00 PM |
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| Kauai Attorney Recognized for Taking on 'Goliath' in Pilaa Pollution Case |
The Washington-DC-based Public Justice Foundation Says Teresa Tico is Outstanding in Her Field
By Malia Zimmerman, 7/20/2007 9:11:44 AM |
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| Pflueger Loses Appeal to Hawaii Supreme Court Over Jurisdiction for Ka Loko Dam Trial |
Case Goes to Kauai, High Court Says
By Malia Zimmerman, 7/17/2007 12:44:26 PM |
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| EPA, DOJ Announce Revised Deadlines for Pflueger Property Restoration Work |
| By Dean Higuchi, 6/27/2007 3:38:10 PM |
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| Pflueger Can’t Stop Change of Venue in Ka Loko Dam Civil Case |
| By Malia Zimmerman, 6/7/2007 3:23:31 PM |
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| Hawaii Reporter Stands Out for Coverage of Ka Loko Dam Stories |
| By Bruce Fehring, 5/29/2007 1:57:58 PM |
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| First Amendment Under Attack in Pflueger's Ka Loko Dam Case |
| By Hawaii Reporter Staff, 5/10/2007 10:42:50 PM |
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| Ka Loko Dam Breach Disaster Has Many Similarities to Johnstown Flood |
'Those Who Cannot Learn From History Are Doomed to Repeat It'
By Jane Dahm, Sonia Thosar, Keenan Herman and Maddie Stevens, 5/4/2007 1:08:42 PM |
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| EarthJustice Was Agressive in Pursuing Case Against James Pflueger for Pilaa Pollution |
| By David Henkin, 4/26/2007 10:19:11 AM |
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| Criminal Convictions in Pilaa Pollution Case - Just the Beginning of This Kauai Drama |
PART 2 of a 3-Part Series
By Malia Zimmerman, 4/25/2007 12:58:04 PM |
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| Devastation at Pilaa |
Civil Cases Related to the 2001 Environmental Disaster Nearly Resolved, PART 1 of a 3-Part Series
By Malia Zimmerman, 4/25/2007 12:57:55 PM |
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| Pilaa Disaster: A Precursor to a Much Larger Catastrophe, The March 14, 2006, Ka Loko Dam Breach |
PART 3 of a 3-Part Series
By Malia Zimmerman, 4/25/2007 12:57:44 PM |
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| Boomerang! |
Have Senators Planning to Vote Against Land and Natural Resources Director Peter Young Today Forgotten the Backlash from the 1999 Bronster Vote?
By Malia Zimmerman, 4/24/2007 10:13:37 AM |
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| Land Department Subject of Passionate Criticism Over the Years, But Changes for the Better Are Being Made |
| By Peter Young, 4/18/2007 8:54:59 AM |
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| From Tragedy Springs Hope |
Victims of March 14, 2006, Ka Loko Dam Breach Direct Pain Into Passion
By Malia Zimmerman, 3/14/2007 1:39:23 AM |
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| Godbey Report: Roadmap to Prevent Kauai's Ka Loko Dam Breach Disaster From Ever Happening Again |
Key Witnesses Speak Out for the First Time; Dam's Owner James Pflueger Goes on the Record with Hawaii Reporter; Kauai County Mystery Unsolved; Government on the Hot Seat; Families Still Wait for Justice
By Malia Zimmerman, 1/22/2007 12:51:15 AM |
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| Kauai Mayor, Administrator, Stopped Investigation Into Illegal Grading at Ka Loko |
Excerpt from the January 9, 2007 Report of the Independent Civil Investigation
By Robert Godbey, 1/10/2007 1:29:28 AM |
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| EPA, Hawaii's Health Department, Seek Additional $135,000 from Pflueger for Failing to Start Required Work at Pila'a Property |
| By Dean Higuchi, 11/28/2006 10:39:36 AM |
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| EPA Seeks $23,500 in Penalties from Pflueger for Failing to Comply with Settlement Order |
Landowner Also Paying Additional Fine Instead of Doing SEP Work
By Dean Higuchi, 11/21/2006 12:02:55 PM |
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| EPA Announces Hawaii Environmental Enforcement Accomplishments for 2006 |
James Pflueger Fined $7.5 Million; State DOT Fined $1 Million and Forced to Pay $60 Million to Address Clean Water Act
By Dean Higuchi, 11/15/2006 10:00:36 PM |
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| Attorneys Amend Complaint to Target State, Kauai County, Over Ka Loko Dam Breach |
Change in Strategy is Only to Keep Trial on Kauai, Says Lawyer for the Families of Victims Who Died in March 14 Disaster
By Malia Zimmerman, 9/5/2006 5:38:08 PM |
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| Lawsuits Fly Over Destruction Brought by Ka Loko Dam Breach |
Bette Midler Among 40 Property Owners to File Suit Against Dam Owner James Pflueger Over March 14 Breach; Pflueger Fights Back Filing a Lawsuit of His Own Against the State and the Dam’s Maintenance Company
By Malia Zimmerman, 8/10/2006 9:17:41 AM |
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| Documents Show Spillway Existed at Ka Loko Dam, but Owner Says He Has No Knowledge of the Safety Feature |
| By Malia Zimmerman, 7/19/2006 9:52:49 AM |
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| Political Tittle-tattle: News and Entertainment from Hawaii's Political Arena - July 7, 2006 |
Who's Your Daddy Now? Unions Use Political Muscle to Arm Wrestle Democrats into Special Session; State Attorney General Selects Special Investigator for Dam Disaster; Time Out for Good Deeds; Lap Dancing Investigators for Hire
By Malia Zimmerman, 7/7/2006 4:29:34 PM |
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| Lawsuit Filed on Behalf of Those Killed in the Ka Loko Dam Breach |
Families Mourn the Loss of Loved Ones; People of Kauai Struggle to Pick Up the Pieces After the March 14 Disaster; No Government Agency Has Stepped Forward to Clean Up Miles of Rotting and Toxic Debris
By Malia Zimmerman, 6/30/2006 3:48:22 PM |
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| Political Tittle-tattle: News and Entertainment from Hawaii's Political Arena - June 28, 2006 |
Victims of Ka Loko Dam Break to File Lawsuit This Week; Gov. Lingle to Sen. Clayton Hee: Payback is a Bitch; From Diamond Head to Waimanalo, Residents Storm Hawaii Kai Board Meeting to Protest Plans to Develop Ka Iwi Coast Line
By Malia Zimmerman, 6/28/2006 2:24:12 PM |
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| Kauai Community Members Pay Tribute to Victims of Ka Loko Dam Breach, But Still Wait for Justice |
Family and Friends Say Closure Cannot Come Without Answers to Why the Dam Breached March 14 and Who is Responsible; Investigators Close in on Alleged Dam Alteration as Witnesses Step Forward to Tell What They Know About Dam Owner; A Walk to Ka Loko Dam Shows What Appears to Be Concrete Slabs
By Malia Zimmerman, 5/22/2006 10:41:22 PM |
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| Family in Center of Kauai's Ka Loko Dam Breach Faces Extensive Legal Battles |
| By Malia Zimmerman, 5/5/2006 6:46:31 PM |
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| Two State Agencies Broaden Investigation into Ka Loko Dam Breach |
Kilauea Irrigation Company Being Questioned in Connection with Criminal Investigation by Attorney General and Regulatory Investigation by Public Utilities Commission
By Malia Zimmerman, 4/18/2006 12:22:01 AM |
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| Kauai Family Says Cries for Help Were Ignored |
Hope Kallai Says if County and State Had Paid Attention to the Wave that Came Before the March 14 Ka Loko Dam Breach, Lives May Have Been Saved
By Malia Zimmerman, 4/13/2006 6:10:06 PM |
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| Life Cut Short by Dam Tragedy |
'Watery Wall of Death' Wipes Out Dreams, Future of Kauai Families; Kauai Residents Deal with Death, Destruction Brought on by Ka Loko Dam Breach; New Ka Loko Dam Breach Action Alliance Calls for Independent Investigation
By Malia Zimmerman, 4/9/2006 5:45:58 PM |
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| Landowner of Breached Dam Did Not Grant Access to State Dam Inspectors, State Records Show |
State Investigators: Tips are Pouring In; Government Assistance for Kauai's People on Its Way
By Malia Zimmerman, 3/22/2006 1:08:00 PM |
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| Dealing with the Gruesome Aftermath of Tuesday's Dam Break |
Kauai Residents Subpoened by Investigators Looking into Why Dam Burst, One Witness Says Dam Was Altered in 1998 and He Told the State; EPA Says Pflueger’s Past Violations Not Tied to Kaloko Dam Break; How Objective Can State Be in Investigation of Itself?; State Watching Other Reservoirs Ready to Blow; Coast Guard Continues Search for Missing; Mail Ok, but Email, Phones, Still Down on Kauai; Highway Open but Repairs Set to Take Two to Four Months
By Malia Zimmerman, 3/17/2006 1:27:58 AM |
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| 'Tsunami' from the Mountain Crashes Through Kauai Town |
Wall of Water Races Through Kilauea, Kauai, After a Private Dam Breaks; One Person Dead, Up to Seven People Missing; State Officials Mum on Who Owns Private Dam, but Residents Name Controversial Auto Dealer Mogul as Property Owner
By Malia Zimmerman, 3/15/2006 12:33:53 AM |
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