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(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

HONOLULU – The State of Hawai‘i Department of Business Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT) has been awarded a $3.2 million dollar grant from the Department of Defense, Office of Local ...
Read More NEWS RELEASE: Department of Defense Awards .2 Million to DBEDT

HONOLULU – Governor Josh Green, M.D., has ordered that the United States flag and the Hawai‘i state flag be flown at half-staff at the Hawai‘i State Capitol and at all ...
Read More Office of the Governor – News Release – Governor Green Lowers Flags in Mourning

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH KA ʻOIHANA OLAKINO JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR KE KIA‘ĀINA KENNETH S. FINK, MD, MGA, MPH DIRECTOR KA LUNA HO‘OKELE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 10, 2023                                                                                                       23-121 ...
Read More News Release – Hawai‘i Department of Health approves fourth medical cannabis retail dispensary for Maui Pono Life Sciences

DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES    JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR DAWN CHANG CHAIRPERSON NEWS RELEASE     FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  Oct. 10, 2023 DOCARE OFFICERS CREDITED WITH SAVING WOMAN’S ...
Read More DLNR News Release-DOCARE Officers Credited with Saving Struggling Snorkeler, Oct. 10, 2023

DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES    JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR DAWN CHANG CHAIRPERSON NEWS RELEASE   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  Oct. 10, 2023 THREE DLNR DIVISIONS SET TO IMPLEMENT CIVIL ...
Read More DLNR News Release-Three DLNR Divisions Set to Implement Civil Resource Violation System, Oct. 10, 2023

  DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES   JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR DAWN CHANG CHAIRPERSON NEWS RELEASE   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 9, 2023 STATE WATER DEPUTY RETURNS TO COMMISSION ...
Read More DLNR News Release-Kaleo Manuel Returns to Commission on Water Resource Management, Oct. 9, 2023

      DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES    JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR DAWN CHANG CHAIRPERSON NEWS RELEASE    TWO-MONTH LONG UPCOUNTRY MAUI FIRE WATCH CONTINUES       ...
Read More DLNR News Release-Two Month Long Fire Watch at the Olinda Fire, Oct. 6, 2023