Governor Josh Green, M.D.

(KAHULUI, MAUI) – Following a nine-month closure, for slope stabilization work, one of the most popular parks in the DLNR Division of State Parks (DSP) system is scheduled to reopen ...
Read More DLNR News Release-Iao Valley State Monument Reopens May 1

LAHAINA, HI – The Hawai‘i Department of Health’s Food Safety Branch approved Cheeseburger in Paradise at 811 Front St. to reopen to the public today. A green “pass” placard was ...
Read More News Release: Hawai‘i Department of Health gives Cheeseburger in Paradise in Lahaina permission to reopen

HONOLULU, HI – Today, Judge Thomas O. Rice of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington issued an order reiteratingthat his injunction protecting access to mifepristone in ...
Read More 2023-17 ATTORNEY GENERAL LOPEZ – FULL PROTECTIONS FOR MIFEPRISTONE ACCESS REMAIN INTACT IN 18 STATES, INCLUDING HAWAIʻI

(HONOLULU) – Next week, the Hawai‘i Symphony Orchestra will host special performances for students weaving together music, art, science, and storytelling. “Symphony of the Hawai‘i Forests” is a collaboration including ...
Read More DLNR in the News – SYMPHONY OF THE HAWAIʻI FORESTS

(HONOLULU) – Typically, a field trip to see how kāhuli (native land snails) are protected from extinction requires access to a secure lab, hours of hiking to mountain-top forests, and ...
Read More DLNR NEWS RELEASE – STUDENTS INVITED TO VIRTUAL FIELD TRIP OF SNAIL EXTINCTION PREVENTION LAB

WAILUKU, HI– The Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) Food Safety Branch issued a red placard closing Cheeseburger In Paradise during a complaint inspection about lack of hot water on April ...
Read More DOH News Release: Hawai’i Department of Health issues red placard to Cheeseburger In Paradise

 (HONOLULU) – Six, pyramid-shaped coral colonies are now growing on the rock a few feet below the surface at Hanauma Bay. The corals were grown at the DLNR Division of ...
Read More DLNR News Release-Large-Scale Coral Restoration Effort at Hanauma Bay

(WAIKOLOA, HAWAI‘I) – The DLNR has directed the removal of cat-feeding stations located at a Hawai’i Island shopping center, following complaints that the endangered Hawai‘i state bird, the nēnē (Hawaiian ...
Read More DLNR News Release-NĒNĒ FEEDING AT HAWAI‘I ISLAND SHOPPING CENTER TO END

HONOLULU, HI – The Hawai‘i State Department of Health (DOH), Hawaiʻi Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program will host free lead testing at the Earth Day Cleanup Festival on Saturday, April ...
Read More DOH News Release – Free lead testing station at Waimānalo Beach Park for Earth Day Cleanup Festival

HONOLULU – Sheriffs arrested 33-year-old Jordan Mineshima Jr. after he brought a firearm and drug paraphernalia to a First Circuit Court building. At about 9 a.m., Mineshima approached the entrance ...
Read More PSD NEWS RELEASE – Sheriffs arrest man with firearm at entrance to Oahu Circuit Court building.