(Kapolei, Oʻahu) – The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) has announced the awarding of 23 grants to 14 recipients who will each receive a portion of $8,500,000 of funding ...
Read More DHHL Media Release: DHHL Community Development Program Awards Twenty-Three Grants
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(Kapolei, Oʻahu) – The Hawaiian Homes Commission (HHC) approved the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands’ (DHHL) update of the Anahola Regional Plan at its December 2022 regular meeting. Within the ...
Read More Media Release: Commission Approves DHHL 2022 Anahola Regional Plan Update
(HONOLULU) – The Waikīkī-Diamond Head Shoreline Fisheries Management Area (SFMA), O‘ahu, will be closed to fishing for one year, from Jan. 1 through Dec. 31, 2023. The SFMA encompasses the nearshore ...
Read More DLNR News Release – WAIKῙKῙ-DIAMOND HEAD SHORELINE FISHERIES MANAGEMENT AREA TO CLOSE FOR FISHING FOR ONE YEAR
(HONOLULU) – As one of the best-attended First Day Hike events in the country, the trek to the Makapu‘u Overlook for the first sunrise of 2023 is back. 2012, was ...
Read More DLNR News Release-Hawai’i First Day Hike Returns After Two-Year Hiatus
HONOLULU, HI – Governor Josh Green, M.D. submits the Executive Budget for Fiscal Biennium to the Legislature and announces the release of nearly $50 million in grants to non-profit communities. The ...
Read More Governor Green Releases Grants to Non-Profits, Submits Executive Budget with Focus on Healthcare. Homelessness, and Education
(Waimea, Hawaiʻi Island) – The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) and the Waimea Hawaiian Homesteaders’ Association (WHHA) have published a final Environmental Assessment (EA) with a Finding of No ...
Read More DHHL Media Release: Final EA Published for Kīpuka o ke Ola Clinic Relocation
(Kapolei, Oʻahu) – The Hawaiian Homes Commission (HHC) adopted Resolution No. 305 honoring Chair William J. Ailā, Jr.’s service to the beneficiary community in his capacity as Chairperson of the ...
Read More Media Release: Hawaiian Homes Commission Recognizes Chair William J. Ailā, Jr.
(HILO) – Four times, over the past nine years, Gene Tamashiro of Hilo has been cited or arrested for leading the planting of a so-called “Kanaka Garden” in the middle ...
Read More DLNR News Release-Kanaka Garden Planting Leads to Arrest at Wailoa River State Recreation Area
HILO, Hawaii – National Adoption Day took on a local flavor as 16 Hawaii island keiki joined their “Forever Families” after their adoptions and guardianships were finalized by the Third ...
Read More Hawaii State Judiciary News Release — All in the Ohana for These Forever Families
HONOLULU — The Hawai‘i Emergency Management Agency (HI-EMA) is asking members of the public to help us build a safer Hawai‘i. The agency is holding a virtual workshop via Zoom ...
Read More NEWS RELEASE: Hawai‘i Emergency Management Agency Seeks Public Input for New State Hazard Mitigation Plan