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HONOLULU – As a writer, Hawai‘i Island’s Amy Bircher found you don’t need a snow-covered landscape to create a successful Christmas movie for television. Her screenplay “Rebuilding a Dream Christmas” ...
Read More DBEDT News Release: CHRISTMAS MOVIE WRITTEN BY CREATIVE LAB HAWAII SCREENWRITING FELLOW PREMIERES ON LIFETIME TELEVISION NETWORK DECEMBER 23RD

HONOLULU – COVID-19 testing is continuously being conducted in the state prisons and jails as well as in the contracted Saguaro Correctional Center in Eloy, AZ. The latest testing updates received ...
Read More PSD News Release: DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY COVID-19 UPDATE

HONOLULU – The Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) wishes everyone a joyous holiday season and reminds everyone to celebrate safely. “Please, if you are eligible for a COVID-19 booster shot, ...
Read More DOH News Release: Safe holiday celebrations

HONOLULU – The Department of Public Safety Sheriff Division reports one (1) employee assigned to the Sheriff Division Airport Section confirmed a positive test result. Notification was made to the ...
Read More PSD News Release: DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY COVID-19 UPDATE

(HONOLULU) – A monk seal, known as L11, died of an intentional gunshot wound to the head on Moloka‘i on Sept. 19th. A postmortem analysis determined that the young female ...
Read More DLNR News Release: STATE AND FEDERAL AUTHORITIES SEEK INFORMATION ON MONK SEAL SHOT AND KILLED ON MOLOKA‘I

(HONOLULU) – Due to a technical error in notification of its meeting, the State Commission on Water Resource Management (CWRM) is postponing the meeting scheduled for tomorrow (Dec. 21, 2021). ...
Read More DLNR News Release: COMMISSION ON WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT MEETING POSTPONED

Honolulu – Hawai‘i Chief Energy Officer, Scott Glenn, issued the following statement in response to the announcement earlier today formalizing the federal government’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions standards for passenger cars ...
Read More DBEDT News Release: STATEMENT FROM CHIEF ENERGY OFFICER SCOTT GLENN

(Lānaʻi City) – The DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife (DOFAW) announce that online applications for a combination 2022 Lānaʻi Axis Deer and Mouflon Sheep hunting season will be available ...
Read More DLNR News Release: 2022 LĀNAʻI AXIS DEER AND MOUFLON SHEEP COMBINATION HUNTING SEASON ANNOUNCEMENT

HONOLULU – The Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) has detected additional COVID-19 cases of the Omicron variant bringing the statewide total of Omicron cases to 50. Forty-nine of the 50 ...
Read More DOH News Release: Additional Omicron cases found in Hawai‘i

Link to News Conference Slides Link to Photos Link to Video HONOLULU – Gov. David Ige unveiled his Executive Supplemental Budget for 2021-23, requesting that the Hawaiʻi State Legislature continues ...
Read More Office of the Governor News Release: Governor Ige’s budget calls for increased funding for pandemic response, critical services