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Office of the Governor Press Releases

(HILO) – 19 officers from the DLNR Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement (DOCARE), with support from four Hawaii Police Department officers and a ranger with the Office of Mauna ...
Read More DLNR NEWS RELEASE: DOCARE officers dismantle and confiscate Mauna Kea protest tent

HONOLULU — As a mark of respect for the late former State Senator Duke Takeshi Kawasaki, Gov. David Ige has ordered that the flags of the United States and State ...
Read More GOVERNOR’S OFFICE NEWS RELEASE: Flags to fly at half-staff in honor of former State Senator Duke Takeshi Kawasaki

HILO – Hawaii extended furlough inmate Race Bolner was arrested by Hawaii Police yesterday afternoon in Kona.  He will be returned to the Hawaii Community Correctional Center. Bolner failed to ...
Read More PSD NEWS RELEASE: Missing Hawaii Island extended furlough inmate captured

HONOLULU — Hawaii Emergency Management Agency (HI-EMA), formerly known as State Civil Defense, together with Kauai County Civil Defense Agency will conduct siren testing from Tuesday, Sept. 22 through Thursday, ...
Read More HI-EMA NEWS RELEASE: Siren testing on Kauai September 22-24

The Dept. of Land and Natural Resources reached an understanding with protesters on Mauna Kea to remove a large tent across from the Mauna Kea Visitors Center.  Yesterday officers from ...
Read More DLNR NEWS RELEASE: Statement from DLNR regarding understanding with Mauna Kea protestors

HONOLULU – The U.S. Small Business Administration has recognized three Hawai‘i  start-up accelerators from three islands as among the nation’s most innovative. Each receives a $50,000 cash prize as winners ...
Read More GOVERNOR’S OFFICE NEWS RELEASE: Hawaii start up accelerators receive national recognition

(LEHUA ISLAND) – “100% success,” is how a researcher with Island Conservation describes this week’s non-lethal bait experiment on this small island, 17 miles west of Kauai, just off the ...
Read More DLNR NEWS RELEASE: Non-toxic predator bait experiment considered a success

HONOLULU – Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs Director Catherine Awakuni Colόn was recently selected as an Omidyar Fellow. The Omidyar Fellows program is an intensive, 15-month program originated by ...
Read More DCCA NEWS RELEASE: Commerce, Consumer Affairs Director Catherine Awakuni Colόn selected as Omidyar Fellow

HONOLULU — The Hawaii State Department of Labor & Industrial Relations (DLIR) today announced that the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for August was 3.5 percent, down from 3.7 percent in ...
Read More DLIR NEWS RELEASE: Hawaii’s unemployment rate drops to 3.5 percent in August

HONOLULU – Committed to keeping Hawaii’s keiki safe when on our roadways, the Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT), four county police departments, and child passenger safety advocates will participate in ...
Read More DOT NEWS RELEASE: National child passenger safety week begins free statewide child safety seat checks