(HONOLUA BAY, MAUI) – A yacht, fast aground just outside the Honolua-Mokulē’ia Marine Life Conservation District, was pulled off the nearshore rocks around 1 p.m. today. The salvage ship, Kahi, operated by Visionary ...
Read More DLNR News Release-Luxury Yacht Freed from Maui Reef, March 5, 2023
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(HONOLUA BAY, MAUI) – The salvage ship, Kahi, operated by Visionary Marine LLC and a tractor tug, the Mary Catherine operated by Sause Brothers Inc., both of Honolulu are stationed just outside the Honolua-Mokulē’ia ...
Read More DLNR News Release-Nakoa Salvage Update, March 5, 2023
(HONOLULU) – Weather and ocean conditions allowing, salvage efforts to free the grounded yacht Nakoa from the near-shore reef on the edge of Honalua Bay will resume sometime this weekend. ...
Read More DLNR News Release-Salvage of Grounded Luxury Yacht Set to Resume this Weekend
HONOLULU, HI – The Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) and Windward Community College (WCC) yesterday recognized eleven graduates of the “Mental Health Technician Certificate Program,” which was designed to expand ...
Read More DOH News Release: Department of Health and Windward Community College honor graduates of the “Mental Health Technician Certificate Program”
(HONOLULU) – Heavy seas, pounding rain, and gusty winds are making it unsafe for salvage crews to return to Honolua Bay on Maui to make another attempt at freeing a ...
Read More DLNR News Release-Nakoa Salvage Delayed by Dangerous Weather and Sea Conditions,
HONOLULU – The Hawaiʻi Department of Public Safety-Narcotics Enforcement Division (NED) executed a search warrant in furtherance of a criminal investigation at the Cannabis Cove kiosk located at 5 Dukes ...
Read More PSD NEWS RELEASE – Narcotics Enforcement Division executes search warrant at Cannabis Cove kiosk in Waikiki
HONOLULU – According to preliminary visitor statistics released by the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT), a total of 791,781 visitors arrived in the Hawaiian Islands in January ...
Read More DBEDT NEWS RELEASE: VISITOR INDUSTRY CONTINUED RECOVERY IN JANUARY 2023
HONOLULU, HI – The Hawai‘i State Department of Health (DOH) is alerting residents to a voluntary recall of enoki mushrooms sold in Hawai‘i, produced by Taiwan-based Changhua County Mushrooms Productions ...
Read More DOH News Release: Recalled enoki mushrooms sold in Hawai‘i associated with potential Listeria contamination
(HONOLUA BAY, MAUI) – The salvage ship, Kahi, operated by Visionary Marine LLC of Honolulu, was successful in moving the 120-ton luxury yacht Nakoa, 10 to 20 feet further from shore late Sunday ...
Read More DLNR News Release-Further Attempts to Free Super Yacht from Maui Reef Set for Late Today
HONOLULU — The monthly test of the all-hazard Statewide Outdoor Warning Siren System is scheduled for Wednesday, Mar. 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 MARCH 2023