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Swath of Hawaii Island rife with old munitions prompts push for special construction protocols

The WWII-era Waikoloa Maneuver Area covers 100,000 acres and is now home to nearly 20,000 people.

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Despite decades-long cleanup, threat of unexploded ordnance on Hawaii Island remains high

Over the years, munitions have been discovered in neighborhoods, hidden on pastureland, and even in the garden at Waimea Middle School.

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Native Hawaiians Say They Can t Get Home Loans in This Area — ProPublica

The federal government backed home loans for some residents in the Waikoloa Maneuver Area, but Native Hawaiians say they haven’t been able to obtain financing in the same area over safety concerns.

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US Army Corps Of Engineers Fails To Cleanup Former Navy Live Fire Zone

by Rob Perez, (Honolulu Star-Advertiser & ProPublica) For the better part of two years, Liliu Ross had lived in a one-room tin-roofed shack in the rural outer reaches of Hawaii’s.

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The Military Pledged to Remove Unexploded Bombs From This Island Native Hawaiians Are Still Waiting

The Waikoloa Maneuver Area is a 185,000-acre site that was used by the U.S. military for live-fire training in the 1940s.

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