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HONOLULU — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the State of Hawaiʻi Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Forestry and Wildlife released a draft environmental assessment for ...
Read More Joint DLNR/USFWS Release-Draft Environmental Assessment for Mosquito Suppression on Kauai, June 23, 2023

HONOLULU, HI – The Hawaiʻi State Department of Health (DOH) conditionally approved the Joint Task Force-Red Hill (JTF-RH) defueling plan, setting the framework to begin defueling about 104 million gallons ...
Read More DOH News Release – Department of Health conditionally approves Red Hill defueling plan

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 May 2023 taken ...
Read More RELEASE: DCCA DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS (THROUGH MAY 2023)

(HONOLULU) – Granted, they had assistance from the drivers of 10 vehicles, who moved thousands of rare, threatened, and endangered Hawaiian snails from their home in Kailua to new digs ...
Read More DLNR News Release-Rare Hawaiian Land Snails Reach Top Speed of 50 MPH, June 22, 2023

HONOLULU, HI – The Hawai‘i State Department of Health (DOH) Food and Drug Branch is warning residents of a voluntary recall by Sunrise Growers Inc., of specific frozen fruit products ...
Read More News Release -Department of Health warns of frozen fruit products due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination

KAILUA-KONA, HI – Governor Josh Green, M.D., signed 13 bills at a ceremony at Kealakehe Clinic in the Hawaiʻi Island Community Health Center, to support various aspects of health care ...
Read More Office of the Governor – News Release – Gov. Green Signs Bills to Increase Access to Health Care and Wellness

HONOLULU, HI –Governor Josh Green, M.D., today signed several bills that will expand access to affordable housing and provide much-needed assistance to families and individuals who might be at risk ...
Read More Office of the Governor – News Release – Gov. Green Signs Bills to Increase Affordable Housing, Reduce Homelessness

HONOLULU — Don Aweau, who helped provide support on Kaua‘i after Hurricane Iniki in 1992, has joined the Hawai‘i Emergency Management Agency (HI-EMA) as its Executive Officer, Administrator James Barros ...
Read More HIEMA NEWS RELEASE: Don Aweau Named Executive Officer of Hawai‘i Emergency Management Agency; Former XO to Lead Port Task Force

HONOLULU, HI – The Hawaiʻi Department of the Attorney General released its annual report today detailing statewide and county firearm registration statistics for calendar year 2022. A total of 21,881 ...
Read More 2023-27 DEPARTMENT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL RELEASES ANNUAL FIREARM REGISTRATION STATISTICS

HONOLULU, HI – In light of recent events surrounding the tragic incident involving Richianna DeGuzman, the young woman who was brought to Queen’s after being shot, Governor Green has granted ...
Read More Office of the Governor- News Release – Gov. Green Grants Special Permission for Grieving Family to Hold Vigil on State Property Across the Street from The Queen’s Medical Center