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(WAILUKU) – Collaborative investigations by the Maui Police Department (MPD), and the DLNR Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement (DOCARE), into last week’s disappearance of a 60-year-old Washington State woman ...
Read More DLNR News Release-Parallel Investigations Characterize Maui Shark Incident, Dec. 16, 2022
(HILO) – With the public viewing area, associated with the eruption of Mauna Loa, set to close at midnight, law enforcement officials are stepping up patrols of closed areas. Chief ...
Read More DLNR News Release – STEPPED UP LAW ENFORCEMENT ON MAUNA LOA, Dec. 15, 2022
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 November 2022 taken ...
Read More RELEASE: DCCA Disciplinary Actions Through November 2022
HONOLULU, HI – Governor Josh Green, M.D., First Lady Jaime Green and the Washington Place Foundation will carry on a 164-year tradition by hosting a Christmas Open House at Washington ...
Read More Office of the Governor – News Release: Gov. Green and First Lady Host Traditional Christmas Open House at Washington Place
(HILO) – Two weeks after they were closed due to volcanic activity on Mauna Loa, the DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife (DOFAW) is re-opening the following areas: Kapāpala ...
Read More DLNR News Release-Forest Reserve on Hawai’i Island Re-Opens
HONOLULU, HI – Governor Josh Green, M.D. today announced a second round of nominees to serve as Director and/or Deputy Director and other appointed positions for state departments. With ...
Read More Governor Josh Green, M.D. Announces Seventeen Appointments
HONOLULU – The Hawai‘i State Department of Education (HIDOE) today announced an $18 million partnership with the nonprofit Hawaii 3Rs to improve and replace public school playground equipment across the ...
Read More HIDOE News Release: HIDOE and Hawaii 3Rs to partner in million school playground repair and maintenance initiative
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
(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