Runoff Killing Coral, Urchins, More Off Kohala Coast

State officials are investigating who's responsible for Big Island runoff that killed coral, urchins, mollusks and other marine life off the Kohala Coast. The debris - which includes corrugated roofing, hand-cut trees and green waste - is more than a foot deep in some places and extends for a three-mile stretch from Honokoa Gulch to Pohakuloa Gulch. "It's a mess," said William Walsh, an aquatic biologist for the state Department of Land and Natural Resources Division of Aquatic Resources...