HONOLULU — Gov. David Ige, Karen Armes, Acting Regional Administrator for FEMA Region IX, and Major General Arthur J. Logan, Director of Emergency Management, signed the 2015 Hawaii Catastrophic Hurricane ...
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Office of the Governor Press Releases
(LIHUE, KAUAI) – The Kalalau Trail in the Na Pali Coast State Wilderness Park is likely the most heavily used hiking trail in Hawaii. An estimated 500,000 visitors and residents ...
Read More DLNR NEWS RELEASE: State and Kauai county release Kalalau trail safety video
KONA – Extended furlough inmate Race Bolner failed to report for his scheduled check-in in Kona this morning. State Sheriffs and Hawaii Police were notified. Inmates in the extended furlough ...
Read More DPS NEWS RELEASE: Big Island extended furlough inmate fails to check in
HONOLULU – Today Judge Karen Nakasone granted an extension allowing the Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) time to study a safe and feasible alternative to removal of the Laniakea barriers. ...
Read More HDOT NEWS RELEASE: Laniakea barriers to remain while all sides work toward a safe solution
HONOLULU – Gov. David Ige today announced the release of more than $40 million for the state’s capital improvements program (CIP) that will be administered by various state departments and ...
Read More NEWS RELEASE: Governor releases more than million for CIP projects across the state
HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) has canceled work on the Pearl City Viaduct widening project that was scheduled for Wednesday, Aug. 5. The decision was made as ...
Read More HDOT NEWS RELEASE: HDOT cancels constructions on H-1 freeway in Aiea and Pearl City Wednesday night
HONOLULU – The state Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA) and the state Boards and Commissions released a summary of disciplinary actions through the month of July 2015 taken ...
Read More DCCA NEWS RELEASE: DCCA disciplinary actions (through July 2015)
(HONOLULU) – Governor David Ige has signed into law, the first ever Community-Based Subsistence Fishing Area (CBSFA) for Haena, Kauai. It was filed today. The result of years of discussions ...
Read More DLNR NEWS RELEASE: Hawai’i’s first community fishing area signed into law by Governor Ige
HONOLULU — Hawaii Emergency Management Agency (formerly State Civil Defense) continues to work with emergency management and civil defense partners to monitor potential impacts of Tropical Storm Guillermo, which was ...
Read More SCD NEWS RELEASE: Track Takes Guillermo Northwest of State, Possibility of Heavy Rainfall Affecting All Islands
HONOLULU – The Hawaii State Department of Health (DOH) is advising residents living in Wahiawa and surrounding areas to take precautions and plan ahead for potential smoke exposure from the ...
Read More DOH NEWS RELEASE: State advises residents downwind of Wahiawa fires to take precautions against smoke