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HONOLULU — Based on the Hurricane Guillermo coordination call today between Hawaii Emergency Management Agency (HI-EMA), National Weather Service, and federal, state, and local emergency management defense partners, HI-EMA offers ...
Read More SCD NEWS RELEASE: Guillermo Continues to Weaken; Continue to Prepare

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Posted on Aug 1, 2015 in Proclamations

HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) Highways Division advises the public that work on the Kamehameha Highway Repair and Repaint Karsten Thot Bridge project will start Monday, Aug. ...
Read More HDOT News Release: Kamehameha Highway Repair and Repaint Karsten Thot Bridge Project Begins, Invests .9 Million in Improvements

HONOLULU— Oahu residents are advised to prepare a 7-day Disaster Supply Kit. Although Hurricane Guillermo may weaken before the system approaches the Hawaiian Islands next week, strong winds, heavy rains ...
Read More DEM NEWS RELEASE: Honolulu Department of Emergency Management advises residents to prepare a 7-day Disaster Supply Kit and be informed in advance of Guillermo

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

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