David Y. Ige

LIHUE – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) is pleased to announce that emergency repairs to the section of Kuhio Highway (Route 560) between Waikoko and Wainiha damaged in the historic April 2018 flood are nearing completion. Since the large-scale emergency repair project began, HDOT and its contractors completed twenty-two major tasks including the stabilization ...
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HONOLULU – On April 29, 2019, Carroll K. Ung Restaurants Group, Inc., Fatboy’s Keeaumoku, LLC, Fatboy’s Koko Marina, LLC, Fatboy’s Kailua, LLC, Fatboy’s Pali Golf Course, LLC, Fatboy’s Ala Wai Inc., Fatboy’s Group Inc., Madison Street Investments, LLC, and Blue Tulip Hospitality Group, Inc., pleaded guilty in the First Circuit Court to nine separate criminal ...
Read More DOTAX PRESS RELEASE: Nine Oahu Businesses Pleaded Guilty to Tax Violations

Link to photos HONOLULU – Former Gov. George Ariyoshi received one of the state’s highest honors today when he was inducted into the Hawai‘i State Aloha Order of Merit. Ariyoshi was Hawai‘i’s third governor, and the country’s first governor of Japanese ancestry. He began his political career serving in both the House of Representatives and ...
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What: Monthly Siren Test for May 2019 Who: Hawaii Emergency Management Agency When: Wednesday, May 1, 2019 HONOLULU — The monthly test of the Statewide Outdoor Warning Siren System, coordinated with the test of the Live Audio Broadcast segment of the Emergency Alert System, is scheduled for Wednesday, May 1, 2019 at 11:45 a.m. During ...
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HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) alerts the public of anticipated increased activity on Nimitz Highway/Ala Moana Boulevard near Pier 2 (vicinity of Punchbowl/South Streets) as the Ovation of the Seas makes its first visit to Honolulu Harbor. The Ovation of the Seas will be the largest cruise vessel to make a call ...
Read More HDOT News Release: Royal Caribbean Cruise Line Ship, the Ovation of the Seas, to dock at Honolulu Harbor

(Honolulu, Hawai‘i, April 25, 2019) – In an effort to continue to address Hawai‘i’s growing physician shortage, one of the state’s largest health care systems today announced the launch of the Hawai‘i Pacific Health Medical Student Scholarship Fund.  The announcement was made jointly today by Raymond P. Vara, president and chief executive officer of Hawai‘i ...
Read More News Release: Hawai‘i Pacific Health Medical Student Scholarship Fund Announced; Total Commitment Now Stands at .5 Million for 10 Students

(Honolulu)-The DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife (DOFAW) has scheduled an open meeting to discuss the recently issued draft of its Tantalus-Round Top Drive Corridor Management Plan (“Draft TRTD-CMP”). The Draft TRTD-CMP identifies management issues in the area and recommends actions that should be undertaken to maintain and enhance the corridor. This plan has been ...
Read More DLNR News Release-DLNR To Host Community Meeting On the Draft Tantalus-Round Top Drive Corridor Management Plan, April 26, 2019

WHAT:    Induction of Governor George Ryoichi Ariyoshi into the Aloha Order of Merit Established in 1993 by the Hawai‘i State Legislature, the Aloha Order of Merit is one of the State of Hawaiʻi’s highest honors in recognition of individuals who have provided extraordinary service and brought great honor to Hawaiʻi nei. The Hawai‘i House of ...
Read More OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR – Media Advisory – Induction of Governor George Ariyoshi into the Aloha Order of Merit