David Y. Ige

Setting aside 5,140.645 acres to be under the control and management of the State of Hawai‘i, Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Forestry and Wildlife for addition to the Mauna Kea Forest Reserve, for the purpose of serving as a long-term habitat for the endangered Palila bird. Parcel of land situates at Kalopa, ...
Read More Executive Order 4512, October 17, 2016

Setting aside 6.00 acres to the County of Kaua‘i for cemetery purposes, being that the parcel of land situate at Hanapēpē, Waimea, Kaua‘i, Hawai‘i, and identified as “Addition to Kaua‘i Veterans’ Cemetery”.

UPDATE: The missing firearm was recovered earlier this evening, and Janelle Newcomb was later arrested. HONOLULU – State Sheriffs and Honolulu Police are looking for a woman in connection with the search for a firearm missing from the Oahu Community Correctional Center. At approximately 1 p.m., an Adult Correction’s Officer’s .38 revolver was left unattended in ...
Read More PSD NEWS RELEASE: Sheriffs and Honolulu Police searching for person of interest in connection to a missing handgun from the Oahu Community Correctional Center

  HONOLULU – The Hawaii State Department of Health (DOH) has confirmed an additional case of hepatitis A in an Oahu food service worker. The infected case is an employee at McDonald’s of Kahala, located at 4618 Kilauea Avenue in Honolulu. Affected dates of service are Sept. 20–21, 23–24, 27–29, and Oct. 1, 4–5, 7, ...
Read More DOH NEWS RELEASE: Hepatitis A infection in food service worker at McDonald’s of Kahala

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) notifies Oahu motorists that the Pali Highway will be closed in the Kailua-bound direction between Waokanaka Street and Kamehameha Highway from 7 p.m. on Saturday night, Oct. 22, 2016, through 7 a.m. on Sunday morning, Oct. 23, 2016, for routine tunnel maintenance and cleaning. Electronic message boards ...
Read More HDOT NEWS RELEASE: Pali Highway Kailua-bound closed Saturday night Oct. 22, for tunnel maintenance

HONOLULU — The Hawai‘i State Department of Health (DOH) has issued Notices of Violation and Order against six companies for failure to submit payments and reports required of beverage distributors by the State’s Deposit Beverage Container law. The companies were delinquent for the semi-annual reporting period of Jan. 1 to June 30, 2016 and each ...
Read More DOH NEWS RELEASE: Hawai‘i Department of Health cites companies for HI-5 violations

  HONOLULU – The Department of the Attorney General is again partnering with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and State Narcotics Enforcement Division, Department of Public Safety to coordinate a prescription drug take-back event on Saturday, October 22, 2016, from 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. at various collection points on Kauai, Oahu, Maui, Hilo, and ...
Read More ATG NEWS RELEASE: National Take-Back Initiative- Turn in your unused and/or expired medications on October 22, 2016

Miracle Bird Highlights Extraordinary Recovery Efforts (Kīlauea, Kaua‘i) – At the Nihoku predator-proof enclosure at the Kīlauea Point National Wildlife Refuge, it was designated Newell’s Shearwater (‘A‘o) Chick #8.  On Sunday evening this healthy chick left its manmade burrow and headed out to sea; one of eight young birds that had been translocated to Nihoku ...
Read More DLNR NEWS RELEASE: Rescued Newell’s Shearwater Chick heads to sea

For public land and improvements for the following public purposes: for construction, maintenance, repair, operation and management of public roadway improvements and for ancillary purposes, to be under the control and management of the City and County of Honolulu. Parcel identified as “Kapolei Parkway Extension.”