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HONOLULU – The Hawaiʻi Department of Health (DOH) and community members are raising awareness of victims of traffic fatalities to mark World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims on ...
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(Waimea) – Established 23-years-ago, Waimea Nature Park is the go-to place for family fun. Operated and maintained by the Waimea Branch of The Outdoor Circle the park was a tangled ...
Read More DLNR News Release – LARGEST COLLECTION OF ʻŌHIʻA LEHUA IN HAWAI‘I LIVES ON IN WAIMEA

(HONOLULU) The South Kawaihae Small Boat Harbor (SBH) on Hawaiʻi Island will be undergoing renovations beginning November 21. Site Engineering, Inc. has been contracted by the DLNR Division of Boating ...
Read More DLNR News Release – SOUTH KAWAIHAE SMALL BOAT HARBOR IMPROVEMENT PROJECT

HONOLULU — The application deadline is Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022 for U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Economic Injury Disaster Loans related to drought conditions in Hawai‘i, Kalawao and Maui counties. ...
Read More HIEMA NEWS RELEASE: Just 3 Weeks left to Apply for Small Business Administration Working Capital Loans for Drought

Kaʻū, Hawaiʻi – Hawai‘i’s first lady Dawn Amano-Ige, together with state and non-profit partners, has expanded the ʻOhana Readers program to the Kaʻū area Hawaiʻi island. This program is now ...
Read More Governor’s Office – News Release – First Lady Dawn Amano-Ige expands ʻOhana Readers early literacy program to Hawaiʻi island

HONOLULU – Gov. David Ige signed a fifth emergency proclamation today extending Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) emergency allotment benefits through January 16, 2023. The program is backed by federal ...
Read More Governor’s Office – News Release – Governor Ige extends emergency SNAP benefits through the holidays to address food insecurity

(HONOLULU)  – On Tuesday, the State Commission on Water Resource Management (Water Commission or CWRM) amended interim instream flow standards (IIFS) for twelve streams and tributaries in the Huelo region ...
Read More DLNR News Release-Twelve More Streams in East Maui Gain Interim Instream Flow Standards

(Nāpali Coast State Wilderness Park) – On Tuesday, feral goats outnumbered campers at Kalalau Beach in this iconic, world-famous wilderness park. As winter nears, the number of permitted campers’ declines, ...
Read More DLNR News Release-Decade Long Focus on Napali Coast State Wilderness Park Paying Off

HONOLULU – T777, a team composed of students from University Laboratory School and Punahou School, took home first place for the No Code/Low Code Solutions and first place High School ...
Read More ETS News Release: High School Team Takes Home Top Prizes at the Annual Tech Competition

(HONOLULU) – A new animated video highlights the success story of how biocontrol, a process where a carefully selected living organism is used to control an invasive species, helped to ...
Read More DLNR News Release – New Video Highlights how Biocontrol Saved Native Wiliwili Trees