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HONOLULU — Hawaiʻi Supreme Court Chief Justice Mark E. Recktenwald has been notified by the State of Hawaiʻi Elections Commission of the need to appoint an individual to the Commission ...
Read More Hawaii State Judiciary News Release — Applicants Sought for Hawaiʻi Elections Commission

(Maalaea, Maui) – A dozen or more times each season, humpback whales while on their principal breeding and calving grounds within the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary (sanctuary) ...
Read More DLNR News Release-State & Federal Responders Practice Whale Disentanglement

HONOLULU — The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs’ (DCCA) Insurance Division is reminding Hawaiʻi residents that it is not too late to sign up for health insurance through the ...
Read More DCCA News RELEASE: Hawaiʻi Residents Reminded to Review Health Insurance Coverage

HONOLULU – Low levels of perfluorohexanoic acid (PFHxA) were recently detected in water samples collected at the Waipahu Wells II Granular Activated Carbon (GAC) Treatment Facility, which is part of ...
Read More DOH News Release: Low levels of PFAS detected in Waipahu Wells II

(HONOLULU) – Next Monday (Jan. 9) is Climate Action Day in Hawai‘I and will mark the beginning of Hawai‘i Climate Week. The Hawai‘i Climate Change Mitigation and Adaption Commission (Commission) ...
Read More DLNR News Release: CLIMATE ACTION DAY TO ADVANCE A CLIMATE READY HAWAIʻI

HONOLULU — Kīlauea volcano erupted Thursday afternoon, following a brief period of increased seismic activity, but the lava remained confined to the Halemaʻumaʻu crater in its summit caldera, within Hawai‘i Volcanoes ...
Read More NEWS RELEASE: KĪLAUEA VOLCANO HAS ERUPTED; INITIAL LAVA FLOW IS CONFINED TO SUMMIT CALDERA THERE IS NO CURRENT THREAT TO COMMUNITIES

HONOLULU – The state Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA) and the state Boards and Commissions released a summary of disciplinary actions through the month of December 2022 taken ...
Read More News RELEASE: DCCA Disciplinary Actions Through December 2022

(HONOLULU) – DLNR is seeking comments on a proposal to protect nearly 100 unencumbered State land parcels across Hawai’i as part of the State Forest Reserves, Natural Area Reserves, and ...
Read More DLNR News Release – Input Sought on Addition of Nearly 100 Land Parcels to Reserve Systems and Rule Changes

HONOLULU — The state Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs’ (DCCA) Business Registration Division (BREG) reminds businesses to file their annual business reports.  The annual report filing period is related ...
Read More DCCA News RELEASE: First Quarter Hawaiʻi Annual Business Reports Due