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  (HONOLULU) – Severe drought conditions are now impacting the southern and western coastal areas of Maui. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor weekly reporting, this is the first time ...
Read More DLNR News Release-Recent Wildfires Following Drought Conditions Across Hawai’i

HONOLULU, HI – Hawaiʻi’s second Voluntary Local Review (VLR), presented by Governor Josh Green, M.D., to the United Nations (UN) during the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development July 12, ...
Read More Office of the Governor – News Release – Recap of Governor Green at the U.N. Presenting Hawaiʻi Sustainability Update

HONOLULU, HI – Governor Josh Green, M.D., has enacted 263 of the 274 bills passed during the 2023 legislative session. As of July 12, Governor Green hosted 18  bill signing ...
Read More Office of the Governor – News Release – 263 Bills Signed into Law by Governor Josh Green, M.D.

(LĪHUʻE, KAUA‘I) –  Only five of the native Hawaiian honeycreeper species, ‘akikiki, are left in the wild and chances of saving them are growing increasingly dire by the day. This ...
Read More DLNR News Release-Only Five ‘Akikiki Left and Their Chances of Survival are Slim, July 12, 2023

HONOLULU, HI – Hawai‘i Circuit Court Judge Kevin T. Morikone has granted summary judgment in favor of Kapolei Charter School and its director Wanda Villareal, the Department of Education, and ...
Read More 2023-29 JUDGE SIDES WITH STATE IN LAWSUIT REGARDING ALLEGED “STRIP SEARCH” IN CHARTER SCHOOL

  Lahaina, HI – During a complaint and routine inspection on July 10, 2023, the Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) Maui Food Safety Branch issued a red “Closed” placard at ...
Read More News Release – Department of Health closes Maui Brewing Company in Lahaina due to cockroach and rodent infestation

HONOLULU – The Department of Public Safety (PSD) today announced the appointment of Sanna Muñoz to serve as the Deputy Director for Corrections (DEP-C), effective August 1, 2023.   “Sanna ...
Read More PSD NEWS RELEASE – New Deputy Director for Corrections Appointed

(HONOLULU) – The DLNR Division of State Parks (DSP) is hosting a community meeting to share input regarding Polihale State Park. The input was received by a survey and during ...
Read More DLNR News Release – POLIHALE STATE PARK FOCUS OF UPCOMING COMMUNITY MEETING July 11, 2023

HONOLULU – The Hawaiʻi State Department of Health (DOH) conditionally approved Joint Task Force-Red Hill’s (JTF-RH) operational plan to defuel four fuel-containing surge tanks located at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. ...
Read More News Release – Department of Health conditionally approves defueling of Red Hill surge tanks