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(HONOLULU) – Due to hazardous conditions and impassable roads and trails caused by this week’s heavy rains and strong winds, the DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife (DOFAW) has closed ...
Read More DLNR News Release – HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS PROMPT CLOSURE OF FOREST RESERVE ON MAUI

HONOLULU, HI- Hawai‘i Army Guard (HIARNG) helicopters flew both aero-medical evacuations and patient air transports since Monday. Two HIARNG medical evacuation crews, along with Hawaii Life Flight/Global Medical Response civilian ...
Read More Media Release: Hawai‘i Army National Guard helicopters supports state with emergency flights

HONOLULU – The Hawai‘i Department of Health encourages people to celebrate the holidays safely by taking simple steps to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and other respiratory illnesses. Get a ...
Read More DOH News Release: Celebrate a COVID-19 free holiday by taking simple safety precautions

(Kapolei, Oʻahu) – The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) has announced the awarding of 23 grants to 14 recipients who will each receive a portion of $8,500,000 of funding ...
Read More DHHL Media Release: DHHL Community Development Program Awards Twenty-Three Grants

(Kapolei, Oʻahu) – The Hawaiian Homes Commission (HHC) approved the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands’ (DHHL) update of the Anahola Regional Plan at its December 2022 regular meeting. Within the ...
Read More Media Release: Commission Approves DHHL 2022 Anahola Regional Plan Update

(HONOLULU) – The Waikīkī-Diamond Head Shoreline Fisheries Management Area (SFMA), O‘ahu, will be closed to fishing for one year, from Jan. 1 through Dec. 31, 2023. The SFMA encompasses the nearshore ...
Read More DLNR News Release – WAIKῙKῙ-DIAMOND HEAD SHORELINE FISHERIES MANAGEMENT AREA TO CLOSE FOR FISHING FOR ONE YEAR

(HONOLULU) – As one of the best-attended First Day Hike events in the country, the trek to the Makapu‘u Overlook for the first sunrise of 2023 is back. 2012, was ...
Read More DLNR News Release-Hawai’i First Day Hike Returns After Two-Year Hiatus

HONOLULU, HI – Governor Josh Green, M.D. submits the Executive Budget for Fiscal Biennium to the Legislature and announces the release of nearly $50 million in grants to non-profit communities.  The ...
Read More Governor Green Releases Grants to Non-Profits, Submits Executive Budget with Focus on Healthcare. Homelessness, and Education

(Waimea, Hawaiʻi Island) – The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) and the Waimea Hawaiian Homesteaders’ Association (WHHA) have published a final Environmental Assessment (EA) with a Finding of No ...
Read More DHHL Media Release: Final EA Published for Kīpuka o ke Ola Clinic Relocation

(Kapolei, Oʻahu) – The Hawaiian Homes Commission (HHC) adopted Resolution No. 305 honoring Chair William J. Ailā, Jr.’s service to the beneficiary community in his capacity as Chairperson of the ...
Read More Media Release: Hawaiian Homes Commission Recognizes Chair William J. Ailā, Jr.