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Office of the Governor Press Releases

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) reminds drivers both lanes of the Honolulu bound direction of the Likelike Highway will be closed nightly from 9 pm – 4 ...
Read More HDOT NEWS RELEASE: Wilson Tunnel Honolulu bound lane closures begin Tuesday night, Kaneohe bound lane closures begin Oct. 24

(HONOLULU) – William “Kai” Bishop Kaihe’ekai Maioho, has been chosen as the new Curator of the Royal Mausoleum at Mauna ‘Ala on Oahu.  He starts October 21, 2015. He will ...
Read More DLNR NEWS RELEASE: Royal Mausoleum Curator picked

(HONOLULU) – The world’s foremost authority on shark/human interactions has confirmed that a surfer was bitten by an eel off Waikiki last Saturday night. The Department of Land and Natural ...
Read More DLNR NEWS RELEASE: Eel confirmed as animal that bit Waikiki surfer

HONOLULU — The National Weather Service (NWS) briefed Hawaii Emergency Management Agency (HI-EMA), local emergency management and civil defense agencies, and federal and state partners this morning about Hurricane Olaf, ...
Read More HI-EMA NEWS RELEASE: Hurricane Olaf expected to produce high surf on state’s east-facing shores

Remarks of Governor David Ige as prepared August 24, 2015 at the Hawai‘i Convention Center Aloha and welcome to the Hawaiian Islands. The overnight storms bring the topic of resilience top ...
Read More Governor Ige’s Remarks at the Asia Pacific Resilience Innovation Summits & Expo

HONOLULU – The popularity of manta ray viewing sites at Makako Bay (Garden Eel Cove) along the coastline fronting the Sheraton Keauhou Bay on the Big Island’s Kona coast has ...
Read More DLNR NEWS RELEASE: Big Island manta ray viewing subject of proposed new rules

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) has received the parts and materials needed to complete the emergency repairs inside the Wilson Tunnel on the Likelike Highway. Repair work ...
Read More HDOT NEWS RELEASE: Wilson Tunnel Honolulu bound lane closures to begin Tuesday night

HONOLULU – Attorney General Doug Chin announced today that Claus Z. Hansen, owner of Affordable Casket and Moanalua Mortuary, pleaded guilty to 7 counts of felony theft in state circuit ...
Read More AG NEWS RELEASE: Mortuary owner guilty of theft

HONOLULU – The Hawaii State Department of Health (DOH) Sanitation Branch has issued a red “closed” placard to Blue Water Shrimp and Seafood Market located at Ala Moana Shopping Center, ...
Read More DOH NEWS RELEASE: Hawaii Department of Health issues red “closed” placard to Blue Water Shrimp and Seafood Market for food safety violations

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) is pleased to announce the H-1 Freeway Pearl City Viaduct improvements project is nearing completion as all deck widening has been completed. ...
Read More HDOT NEWS RELEASE: HDOT update on the Pearl City viaduct widening improvements project