WAILUA — From the tops of the protective dust screens installed around the perimeter of the former Coco Palms Resort, the only things that can be seen are the tops of excavators and cranes moving ...

Born in Anahola, John Pakahea “Big John” Kauo (1933-2013) had graduated from Kamehameha Schools and had labored in the Kaua‘i pineapple fields, when one day in 1954, his Aunty Moki Hanohano, the night ...

A group of community leaders on the Hawaiian island of Kauai wants to stop the redevelopment of the decaying Coco Palms Resort in Wailua and turn the 46-acre property into a public park and cultural ...

HONOLULU, Hawaii (AP) — Demolition will soon begin on a resort once favored by Elvis Presley and other Hollywood royalty before it was heavily damaged by a hurricane three decades ago. The Coco Palms ...

LIHUE, Hawaii (AP) — The iconic Coco Palms Resort in Wailua remains a visual blight on Kauai’s busiest corridor two decades after being damaged by Hurricane Iniki, and now efforts to redevelop the ...

Abandoned building from the Coco Palms Resort on Kauai, Hawaii - Renee Lamberjack/Shutterstock A coast lined with cliffs, beaches fringed by reefs, and volcanic caves where songbirds nest are some of ...

The Coco Palms, the Hawaii hotel made famous by its 1961 appearance in Elvis Presley’s film “Blue Hawaii,” had already lost its luster by the time Hurricane Iniki ravaged it in 1992. The hurricane hit ...

HONOLULU (Island News) -- Complaints were heard Friday at the Board of Land and Natural Resources (BLNR) meeting involving the Coco Palms Resort on Kauai. Project plans are moving forward to demolish ...

HONOLULU (Island News) - The controversy remains over whether to rebuild on Kauai what Hurricane Iniki tore through more than thirty years ago- the Coco Palms Resort. State Board of Land and Natural ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — The iconic Coco Palms Hotel on Kauai, which has been an eyesore for more than 30 years, is about to be rebuilt. But some Garden Isle residents and community leaders say they don’t ...