HONOLULU – At approximately 1 p.m. Deputy Sheriffs located and arrested missing extended furlough inmate Dyson Kepano in the Kona area. He is being transported to the Hawaii Community Correctional ...
Read More DPS NEWS RELEASE: UPDATE: Missing extended furlough inmate captured in Kona by State Sheriffs
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HONOLULU — Hawaii Emergency Management Agency (formerly State Civil Defense) continues to work with emergency management and civil defense partners to monitor Hurricane Guillermo, which was 1425 miles east-southeast of ...
Read More SCD NEWS RELEASE: Prepare for Hurricane Season, Possibility of Guillermo Affecting Islands
HONOLULU – Attorney General Douglas Chin announced today that Honolulu Police Officer Siave Seti, 29, has been charged with Assault in the Third Degree, a misdemeanor offense punishable by up ...
Read More AG PRESS RELEASE: Honolulu police officer charged with assault
“The emergency rules were enacted to ensure public safety and access after the road was blocked by boulders. The state has made sure people are aware of and understand the ...
Read More Statement from Governor David Ige regarding Mauna Kea
Early Friday morning, July 31, 2015, officers from the DLNR Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement arrested seven men, camping in the restricted area on Mauna Kea on Hawaii Island. ...
Read More DLNR NEWS RELEASE: Law Enforcement Actions Under Mauna Kea Emergency Rule Begin
HONOLULU — The Hawaii Emergency Management Agency (formerly State Civil Defense) monthly test of the statewide outdoor siren warning system, coordinated with the test of the live audio broadcast segment ...
Read More SCD NEWS RELEASE: August 3, 2015 siren and emergency alert system test
HONOLULU – Extended furlough inmates Dyson Kepano and Donald Soares failed to report to a Kona extended furlough house for their scheduled check-in yesterday evening. Hawaii Police were notified. Inmates ...
Read More DPS NEWS RELEASE: Two Big Island extended furlough inmates fail to check in at Kona furlough house
KAHULUI – The Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation (DOBOR) will implement a new parking plan in the Maalaea Small Boat Harbor beginning ...
Read More DLNR NEWS RELEASE: Parking fees to take effect August 3 at Maalaea small boat harbor
HONOLULU – First Lady Dawn Ige today honored Aloha Petroleum as the first retail business in Hawaii to adopt the Department of Health’s Choose Healthy Now project. Choose Healthy Now ...
Read More NEWS RELEASE: First Lady Dawn Ige recognizes Aloha Petroleum for promoting healthy snacks and beverages
Event: First Lady Dawn Ige will recognize Aloha Petroleum as the first retail business in Hawaii to adopt the Department of Health’s Choose Healthy Now! Program at its Aloha Island ...
Read More DOH MEDIA ADVISORY: Department of Health Partners with Aloha Petroleum to Promote Healthy Snacks and Beverages at Aloha Island Mart locations in Kahala and Waialae