Governor Josh Green, M.D.

A blessing for the Administration’s first medical respite kauhale was conducted May 26. Named Pūlama Ola – it speaks to a person’s embrace of life, of health, of potential – ...
Read More First Medical Respite Kauhale Prepares to Open

From the beginning when we began our Administration’s work, we outlined the priorities that we would be focusing on. One of these was seeking solutions to support the homeless by ...
Read More Ke Ala Hou, Governor’s Message June 2023

On May 24, approximately 60 volunteers came together to prepare the housing spaces for Pūlama Ola, the first medical respite kauhale built by Governor Green’s Administration. Comprised of 10 livable ...
Read More Community Day Volunteers Ready Pūlama Ola

Everyone Can Prevent Medicare Fraud  More than 10,000 Americans turn 65 every day. In 2021, an estimated $17 million reportedly were lost to online Medicare scams in Hawai‘i. Medicare loses ...
Read More Medicare Fraud Prevention Week is June 5 through June 11

A proclamation made by Governor Green established May as Ha‘aheo, Pride in Public Service Month. On a national level, the Public Employees Roundtable and the Partnership for Public Service sponsor a nationwide Public Service Recognition event ...
Read More May is Pride in Public Service Month – Ha‘aheo

The Network Association of Uniform Manufacturers and Distributors (NAUMD) announced the State of Hawaiʻi Sheriff Division as the winner of the 2023 NAUMD best-dressed public safety award for Police/Sheriffs’ Departments. ...
Read More HAWAIʻI STATE SHERIFFS HONORED WITH PRESTIGIOUS NATIONAL “BEST-DRESSED” LAW ENFORCEMENT AWARD

(KAILUA-KONA, HAWAI‘I ISLAND) – Sixty-pound cinder blocks placed in the ocean for a Hawai‘i Island canoe regatta last weekend caused a range of damage to approximately 50-60 coral colonies in ...
Read More DLNR News Release-Fifty to Sixty Corals Colonies Damaged by Cinder Block Lane Markers

May 21 through 27 was proclaimed “Hurricane Preparedness Week” by Governor Josh Green, M.D. during the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) 2023 Hurricane Forecast News Conference. NOAA’s outlook for ...
Read More Working to Create Awareness Around Preparing for Hurricanes and Other Natural Disasters

HONOLULU, HI – Governor Josh Green, M.D. has named three interim appointees for the University of Hawai‘i System Board of Regents (BOR) from a list of finalists presented to him ...
Read More Office of the Governor – News Release – Gov. Green appoints three to U.H. Board of Regents

  HONOLULU, HI – June 1, 2023 marks the start of the 2023 Central Pacific hurricane season, and the Department of Health (DOH) Public Health Nursing Branch (PHNB) is gearing ...
Read More DOH News Release – Public health nurses to promote disaster preparedness in collaboration with local partners