HONOLULU – The Hawaiʻi Department of Health (DOH) announced today that preliminary, unvalidated data from ash sampling it received late Friday night shows very high levels of arsenic in wildfire ...
Read More DOH News Release – Preliminary Kula ash samples show elevated levels of toxic substances
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HONOLULU — The Hawaiʻi Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) are one step closer to protecting forest birds from mosquito-borne diseases in ...
Read More DLNR/U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Joint Release-WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AGENCIES (STATE & FEDERAL) ARE ONE STEP CLOSER TO PROTECTING FOREST BIRDS FROM MOSQUITO-BORNE DISEASES ON KAUA’I
HONOLULU – Governor Josh Green, M.D., today announced that the Hawaiʻi Department of Human Services (DHS), and its partner Maui Economic Opportunity Inc. (MEO), will accept applications beginning Friday, October ...
Read More FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Governor Green Announces Application Date for Maui Relief TANF Program
LAHAINA, Hawaiʻi – Governor Josh Green, M.D., announces another step toward recovery from the devastating Lahaina wildfires with the completion of an emergency access route prior to the reopening of ...
Read More Office of the Governor – News Release – Lahaina School Evacuation Route Ready for Emergency Use
HONOLULU, HI ̶ The Hawai‘i Office of Homeland Security (OHS) is actively monitoring the developing situation in Israel and any local impacts from recent statements made by Hamas. “I want ...
Read More DoD MEDIA RELEASE: Hawai‘i Office of Homeland Security response to Hamas threat
HONOLULU – The Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) has selected Kenneth Luke, MD as the new administrator of the Hawai‘i State Hospital. Dr. Luke begins his appointment on Monday, October ...
Read More News Release – Hawai‘i Department of Health appoints Kenneth Luke as administrator of Hawai‘i State Hospital
(LAHAINA, MAUI) – After receiving a trailer from Maui County to serve as staff space at Māla Wharf, the facility is reopening much sooner than anticipated. The ramp and facilities ...
Read More DLNR News Release – MAUI’S MĀLA WHARF TO REOPEN EARLIER THAN ANTICIPATED
HONOLULU – Results from validated air sampling conducted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Lahaina and Kula in late August are reassuring. The results do not show evidence ...
Read More DOH News Release – Validated EPA air sampling data shows good air quality
(LAHAINA, MAUI) – Experts are encouraging residents across the state to retain valuable trees around their homes, contrary to misinformation circulating in the Maui wildfires’ wake. Healthy, viable trees, especially ...
Read More DLNR News Release-Debunking Tree Cutting Advice Following Maui Wildfires