HAWAII PROTESTERS PRESS ON TO STOP TELESCOPE, FACE ARREST
Thousands of protesters joined a swelling effort Wednesday to stop construction of a telescope they have long tried to keep off a mountain considered sacred to some Native Hawaiians, blocking a road to Hawaii’s highest peak and prompting the arrest of a group of elderly demonstrators.
Hawaii County Managing Director Wil Okabe said about 2,000 people packed the base of Mauna Kea after the
