HONOLULU, HI – Gov. Josh Green, M.D. has ordered that the United States flag and the Hawaiʻi state flag be flown at half-staff at the Hawaiʻi State Capitol and at ...
Read More Office of the Governor – News Release: Governor Green Issues Flag Order in Honor of Late Princess Abigail Kawānanakoa
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(HONOLULU) – As DLNR Chair Suzanne Case prepared to lead her last meeting as Chair of the State Board of Land and Natural Resources (BLNR), she was surprised when much ...
Read More DLNR News Release-Outgoing Chair Case Honored by Hawaii State Senate, Dec. 9, 2022
HONOLULU — First Circuit District Judge Darolyn Lendio Heim passed away on Thursday, the Hawaii State Judiciary announced. “We are devastated by the loss of Judge Lendio Heim. She was ...
Read More Hawaii State Judiciary News Release — Statement of Chief Justice Mark Recktenwald on the Passing of District Judge Darolyn Lendio Heim
Honolulu, HI – Governor Josh Green convened his first cabinet meeting yesterday at the Hawai‘i State Capitol to discuss immediate priorities and start tackling the state’s most pressing issues, including ...
Read More GOVERNOR GREEN CONVENES INAUGURAL CABINET MEETING Work Begins on the State’s Most Pressing Issues
(HONOLULU) Just before noon today a person placed a call to 911 reporting a possible shark encounter about 50-yards from shore at Keawakapu Point in South Maui. Currently, first responders ...
Read More DLNR News Release-First Responders and Law Enforcement on Scene of Possible Shark Incident, Dec. 8, 2022
(HILO) – Less than 24-hours after the current eruption of Mauna Loa began, Steve Bergfeld, the Hawai‘i Island Branch Chief with the DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife (DOFAW) worried ...
Read More DLNR News Release-Minimal Ecological Impacts Reported from Mauna Loa Eruption
(HILO) – Three men from Kazakhstan were cited on Wednesday after being observed by three different law enforcement agencies, in the closed area of the Mauna Loa Forest Reserve on ...
Read More DLNR News Release-Three Men Cited for Entering Closed Area on Mauna Loa, Dec. 8, 2022
HONOLULU — The Hawaii Department of Labor & Industrial Relations (DLIR) today announced a three-day series of free, virtual workshops to assist job seekers during this dynamic period in the ...
Read More NEWS RELEASE: DLIR Announces Free Virtual Job H.U.B. Summit
LAHAINA, Hawaii – For the first time in three years, the Hawaii Supreme Court resumed in-person oral arguments at a high school for its Courts in the Community program. “We are ...
Read More Hawaii State Judiciary – Hawaii Supreme Court Holds Oral Argument at Lahainaluna High School
HONOLULU — The culinary class made up of three female inmates at the Women’s Community Correctional Center (WCCC) graduated today from the Kapiolani Community College (KCC) Culinary Arts Program. To ...
Read More PSD NEWS RELEASE – WCCC and Kapiolani Community College holds Culinary Arts Program Graduation Luncheon at women’s prison.