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HONOLULU, HI – The Hawai‘i State Department of Health (DOH), Hawaiʻi Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program will host free lead testing at the Earth Day Cleanup Festival on Saturday, April ...
Read More DOH News Release – Free lead testing station at Waimānalo Beach Park for Earth Day Cleanup Festival

HONOLULU – Sheriffs arrested 33-year-old Jordan Mineshima Jr. after he brought a firearm and drug paraphernalia to a First Circuit Court building. At about 9 a.m., Mineshima approached the entrance ...
Read More PSD NEWS RELEASE – Sheriffs arrest man with firearm at entrance to Oahu Circuit Court building.

HONOLULU —The Hawai‘i State Energy Office and its partners have submitted a full application to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Clean Hydrogen Hub programs.   The Hawai‘i Pacific Hydrogen Hub (H2Hub) ...
Read More HSEO News Release: INTEGRATED HAWAI‘I PACIFIC HYDROGEN HUB COMPLETES FULL APPLICATION FOR FEDERAL FUNDING

HONOLULU, HI – The Hawai‘i State Department of Health (DOH), Department of Education (DOE), and University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (UHM), Curriculum Research & Development Group recently released high school ...
Read More DOH News Release: New findings spotlight health and well-being of Hawai‘i students

HONOLULU, HI – Attorney General Lopez today joined a multistate coalition to challenge the decision issued by a district court judge in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District ...
Read More 2023-16 ATTORNEY GENERAL LOPEZ FIGHTS BACK AGAINST DECISION TO BLOCK MEDICATION ABORTION ACCESS

(HONOLULU) – The DLNR Personnel Office is seeking applications for 89-day appointments to fill various Office Assistant III vacancies across DLNR divisions statewide. These temporary, entry-level positions offer a unique ...
Read More DLNR NEWS RELEASE – APPLICANTS SOUGHT FOR VARIOUS 89-DAY OFFICE ASSISTANT POSITIONS,

HONOLULU – The Department of Taxation (“Department”) reminds residents and nonresidents that the Hawaiʻi state individual income tax return is due Thursday, April 20, 2023, and the deadline for the ...
Read More DOTAX Press Release: Reminders as Tax Deadlines Near

(HONOLULU) – Rapid ʻŌhiʻa Death (ROD), a disease caused by fungal pathogens that impacts native ʻōhiʻa trees, was recently detected for the first time in the Waiʻanae mountain range on ...
Read More DLNR NEWS RELEASE – RAPID ʻŌHIʻA DEATH DETECTED FOR FIRST TIME IN WAIʻANAE MOUNTAINS

HONOLULU, HI  ̶  The Department of Health (DOH) is investigating a case of confirmed measles in an unvaccinated O‘ahu resident returning from international travel. DOH has been able to identify ...
Read More News Release: Department of Health announces measles infection identified in O‘ahu international traveler

HONOLULU – Travelers attending the Merrie Monarch Festival this week are being reminded that quarantine restrictions remain on the transport of ʻōhiʻa from Hawai`i Island due to the fungal plant ...
Read More DOA News release on Ohia quarantine reminder for Merrie Monarch travelers