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(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.

 (HILO) – Four times, over the past nine years, Gene Tamashiro of Hilo has been cited or arrested for leading the planting of a so-called “Kanaka Garden” in the middle ...
Read More DLNR News Release-Kanaka Garden Planting Leads to Arrest at Wailoa River State Recreation Area

HILO, Hawaii – National Adoption Day took on a local flavor as 16 Hawaii island keiki joined their “Forever Families” after their adoptions and guardianships were finalized by the Third ...
Read More Hawaii State Judiciary News Release — All in the Ohana for These Forever Families

HONOLULU — The Hawai‘i Emergency Management Agency (HI-EMA) is asking members of the public to help us build a safer Hawai‘i. The agency is holding a virtual workshop via Zoom ...
Read More NEWS RELEASE: Hawai‘i Emergency Management Agency Seeks Public Input for New State Hazard Mitigation Plan

HONOLULU – Trace levels of the chemical Perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) were recently detected in water samples collected at the Kipapa Acres C.P.R. water system. PFOS levels detected at KA are ...
Read More DOH News Release: Low levels of PFOS detected in Kipapa Acres water system

(WAIKOLOA, HAWAI‘I) – Fire managers from around the country got an up-close, post-fire tour of the Māna Road fire area on Thursday. They gathered on Hawai‘i Island this week for ...
Read More DLNR News Release-Mana Road Fire Tour Provides Teaching & Learning Moments, Dec. 17, 2022

HONOLULU, HI – Gov. Josh Green, M.D. and Director of Health Elizabeth “Libby” A. Char, M.D. have issued the following statement in response to the missing Hawai‘i Life Flight aircraft:  ...
Read More GOVERNOR JOSH GREEN, M.D. ISSUES EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION IN RESPONSE TO HAWAI‘I LIFE FLIGHT ACCIDENT

(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