(HONOLULU) – Today, Governor David Ige declared “Imagine a Day Without Water.” It’s part of a national effort to raise awareness about the importance of water in our daily lives ...
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HONOLULU – Gov. David Ige has appointed Colin Yost, an attorney and local business leader, to the Public Utilities Commission to fill the seat being vacated by Commissioner Jennifer “Jennie” ...
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(HONOLULU) – Fishers, divers, surfers, cultural practitioners, kūpuna …everyone interested in marine resources, is invited to attend the Maui kick-off of the Holomua Marine 30X30 community planning process. The DLNR ...
Read More DLNR News Release-Holomua Marine 30X30 Community Planning Process Launches on Maui
HONOLULU — The Hawai‘i State Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism (DBEDT) today announced that the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for September was 3.5 percent, compared to the revised ...
Read More DBEDT NEWS RELEASE: HAWAI‘I’S SEPTEMBER UNEMPLOYMENT RATE AT 3.5 PERCENT
HONOLULU – Gov. David Ige is appointing new leadership at the Department of Accounting and General Services (DAGS) following Curt Otaguro’s departure. “I thank Curt for his dedicated service ...
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HONOLULU – The Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) is partnering with Diagnostic Laboratory Services (DLS) and Clinical Laboratories of Hawaiʻi (CLH) to encourage providers to “reflex” hepatitis C testing, which ...
Read More News Release: DOH partners with local laboratories to expand testing for curable hepatitis C
HONOLULU – The Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) announces the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted emergency use authorization for the COVID-19 booster by Novavax and the Centers for ...
Read More DOH News Release: Novavax COVID-19 boosters available in Hawai‘i
(Kapolei, Oʻahu) – Hawaiian Homes Commission Chair William J. Ailā, Jr. issued the following statement on the U.S. Department of the Interior’s announcement of the development of a formal Native ...
Read More DHHL Media Release: Chair Ailā Statement on DOI Announcement of Consultation Policy
HONOLULU — The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has authorized the release of over $1.5 million to the County of Maui to reimburse the public funds it spent to test ...
Read More NEWS RELEASE: FEMA Approves .5M for COVID-19 Protection Measures by Maui Emergency Management Agency
(LIHU’E) – ‘A‘o (Newell’s Shearwater) are the beneficiaries of a tradition on Kaua‘i. On Monday, students from Island School released two fledgling ‘A‘o, during the annual Ho‘opomaika‘i ‘ia na Manu ...
Read More DLNR News Release-Kaua’i School Children Release Rescued Endangered Shearwaters