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(HONOLULU) – Early Friday morning, officers from the DLNR Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement (DOCARE) confiscated more than one-thousand-feet of laynet, and two small boats. 34-year-old, Abraham Estocado of ...
Read More DLNR News Release-Kaneohe Man Cited for Laynet & Boating Violations

HONOLULU – Chief Justice Mark E. Recktenwald today appointed two individuals to fill First Circuit judicial positions, one in the District Family Court and one in the District Court.      ...
Read More Hawaii State Judiciary News Release — Chief Justice Appoints District and District Family Court Judges

HONOLULU – Inmate Lopaka Mahaulu pleaded guilty to two criminal counts including Assault in the Second Degree involving a Corrections Officer and Promotion of Prison Contraband. On September 6, 2021, a ...
Read More PSD NEWS RELEASE – Inmate pleads guilty to assault of a corrections officer and promotion of prison contraband

(Waimea) – This Hawai‘i Island town, on the southern slopes of the Kohala Mountains, has a rich and storied ranching history. Waimea grew up around the sprawling Parker Ranch, one ...
Read More DLNR News Release-The Intrinsic Link Between Forestry & Agriculture in Waimea

HONOLULU – Gov. David Y. Ige has appointed District Judge James S. Kawashima to fill the vacancy on the Circuit Court of the First Circuit (Oʻahu) created by the retirement of ...
Read More Governor’s Office – News Release – Gov. Ige announces appointment to the Circuit Court of the First Circuit

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 August 2022 taken ...
Read More RELEASE: DCCA DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS THROUGH

(HONOLULU) – Nestled at the back of Kalihi Valley, staff and volunteers for Ho’oulu ‘Āina work to harvest locally-grown plants for food and indigenous medicine. Operating under a recently extended ...
Read More DLNR News Release: Ho’oulu Aina Director Receives National Recognition

HONOLULU – Gov. David Ige issued a fourth proclamation, establishing another emergency relief period for the axis deer crisis in Maui County. Despite ongoing efforts, the axis deer population has grown ...
Read More Governor’s Office – News Release – Gov. Ige declares disaster relief period for Maui’s axis deer crisis

(HONOLULU) – The DLNR Engineering Division is partnering with the Department of Agriculture (HDOA) and Hawai‘i State Senator Lorraine Inouye to host a community meeting on the Upolu Well Improvements project ...
Read More DLNR News Release: COMMUNITY MEETING SCHEDULED ON UPOLU WELL IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT IN NORTH KOHALA

HONOLULU – Gov. David Ige signed a fourth emergency proclamation to allow the continuation of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) emergency allotment benefits in line with the federal COVID emergency. ...
Read More Governor’s Office – News Release – Gov. Ige declares fourth emergency relief period to address food insecurity