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HONOLULU – Reoccurring Sheriff impersonator incidents have prompted the Department of Public Safety Sheriff Division to issue additional scam warnings. In recent weeks, several people have had callers, claiming to ...
Read More PSD NEWS RELEASE – Sheriffs Warn Public of Latest Phone Scam

HONOLULU — The monthly test of the all-hazard Statewide Outdoor Warning Siren System is scheduled for Thursday, June 1, 2023 at 11:45 a.m. The siren test will be coordinated with ...
Read More HIEMA NEWS RELEASE: MONTHLY SIREN AND EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM TEST FOR JUNE 2023

HONOLULU, HI – According to preliminary visitor statistics released by the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT), a total of 827,537 visitors arrived in the Hawaiian Islands in ...
Read More DBEDT NEWS RELEASE: APRIL 2023 ARRIVALS REGISTERED THE HIGHEST RECOVERY RATE SINCE THE PANDEMIC

(HONOLULU) – Ropes and monk seal caution signs are being removed from Kaimana Beach, after a Hawaiian monk seal pup has been moved, after weaning over the weekend.    A ...
Read More DLNR News Release-Kaimana Beach to Fully Reopen After Monk Seal Relocation

(KAILUA-KONA, HAWAI‘I ISLAND) – The Founders Regatta hosted by the Keauhou Canoe Club was placed on temporary hold today, after the discovery of course markers on the coral reef which ...
Read More DLNR News Release-Hawai’i Island Canoe Regatta Permitted to Continue After Reef Damage Assessment

(HONOLULU) –  Eighteen people were cited Saturday night for being in a closed area, in violation of Ka‘ena Point State Park closure hours. Five others were cited for not having ...
Read More DLNR NEWS RELEASE-Dozens of Citations Issued During Ka’ena Point State Park Closing Hours

HONOLULU – Department of Public Safety (PSD) and Department of Law Enforcement (DLE) officials, family members and friends today gathered at the State Capitol Auditorium in Honolulu to witness the ...
Read More PSD NEWS RELEASE – Thirteen new sheriffs graduate from law enforcement academy.

HONOLULU, HI – Governor Josh Green, M.D. hosted a blessing today for the first kauhale site built under his Administration. The medical respite kauhale, named Pūlama Ola, is housed in ...
Read More Office of the Governor – News Release – Blessing at Pūlama Ola Medical Respite Kauhale

LĪHUʻE, HI – The Department of Health (DOH) Kaua‘i District Health Office will conduct a Community Assessment for Public Health Emergency Response (CASPER) survey to assess the emergency preparedness level ...
Read More DOH News Release – Kaua‘i District Health Office to conduct CASPER survey

HONOLULU, HI – Attorney General Anne Lopez, the Hawai‘i Department of the Attorney General’s Missing Child Center – Hawai‘i (MCCH) and Hawai‘i Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force are ...
Read More 2023-24 ATTORNEY GENERAL LOPEZ ANNOUNCES WINNER OF HAWAIʻI MISSING CHILDREN’S DAY POSTER CONSTEST