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(LĀNAʻI) – Four men, all with Maui addresses, were cited on Friday by DLNR Division of Conservation and Resources officers for prohibited entry into the Moku Naio Islet Seabird Sanctuary ...
Read More DLNR News Release-Fisherman Cited for Illegal Entry onto State Seabird Sanctuary,

HONOLULU, HI – A $2 million settlement has been reached in a lawsuit brought by six women who were the victims of sexual assault and sexual harassment by former Adult ...
Read More 2023-22 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT REACHED IN LAWSUIT CONCERNING SEXUAL ASSAULT AND HARASSMENT AT WOMEN’S COMMUNITY CORRECTIONAL CENTER

HONOLULU, HI – Attorney General Anne Lopez has announced that Kalikoʻonālani D. Fernandes will be the next Solicitor General for the State of Hawaiʻi.   The Solicitor General leads the ...
Read More 2023-21 ATTORNEY GENERAL LOPEZ NAMES KALIKO’ONALANI D. FERNANDES THE NEW SOLICITOR GENERAL OF HAWAI

(HONOLULU) – The Hawaiʻi Climate Commission, in collaboration with the City and County of Honolulu and Hawai‘i County, are hosting a pair of Climate Community Fairs this month and in ...
Read More DLNR News Release – INAUGURAL CLIMATE COMMUNITY FAIRS ON O‘AHU AND HAWAI‘I ISLAND

HONOLULU, HI –The federal Public Health Emergency (PHE) for COVID-19, declared under Section 319 of the Public Health Service Act, will expire at the end of the day on May ...
Read More DOH News Release: Federal Public Health Emergency (PHE) for COVID-19 ends on May 11, 2023

HONOLULU — The Hawai‘i Emergency Management Agency (HI-EMA) will be testing new or upgraded warning sirens on Friday at four locations on Hawai‘i island. The tests will sound various alert ...
Read More NEWS RELEASE: What’s That Sound? Hawai‘i Emergency Management Agency to Test Four New or Updated Sirens on Big Island this Friday

HONOLULU – Chemicals known as PFAS (perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances) have been detected for the first time in water samples collected at Ka‘amilo Wells Pumping Station, which is part of ...
Read More DOH News Release: PFAS Detected in Kaʻamilo Wells Pumping Station

(HONOLULU) – Community members from keiki to kūpuna gather to mālama ʻāina, learn the practice of carving wood bowls, and bond together as ‘Ohana. The final workshop called “Carving Out Our ...
Read More DLNR News Release – FORESTRY PROGRAM EMPHASIZES STEWARDSHIP, ART, ‘OHANA

HONOLULU, HI  ̶  Governor Josh Green, M.D., celebrated the arrival of the first units for Hawai‘i’s first medical respite kauhale, or village,steps away from the State Capitol, his home, the ...
Read More Office of the Governor – News Release – First Medical Respite Kauhale Units Arrive

HONOLULU – Sheriff Division Special Operations Section and Patrol Deputies are on the scene of a barricade situation in Kaneohe on Anoi Road. They are actively working to negotiate a ...
Read More PSD NEWS RELEASE – Sheriffs negotiating barricade situation – Kaneohe area