The Department of Human Resources Development (DHRD) has released state employee vaccination numbers and found that as of Aug. 16, 87.6% of the state’s approximately 14,000 employees are fully vaccinated. …

The Pūpūkea Marine Life Conservation District (MLCD) on O‘ahu’s North Shore has expanded to include the Kapo‘o tide pools, also known as the Old Quarry tide pools.  When the Pūpūkea …

The State of Hawaii has partnered with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in a Hawaii Silver Jackets Interagency Collaboration Team under the State’s Hawaii Ocean Resources Management Plan (ORMP). …

A 60-year-old Georgia man, visiting Ka‘anapali, said he “was very sorry” for lifting a sea turtle out of the water by its shell, last week. He told DLNR Division of …

Medicare is the federal health insurance program to help pay for healthcare services for kupuna 65 years and older as well as those with disabilities or end-stage renal disease. The …

The state Department of Labor & Industrial Relations (DLIR) today announced it will not open statewide offices as planned on September 7, 2021 due to the significant increase in COVID-19 …

Senate President Ronald D. Kouchi (Senate District 8 – Kauaʻi and Niʻihau) and Representative James Kunane Tokioka (House District 15 – Wailua Homesteads, Hanamaulu, Līhuʻe, Puhi, Old Koloa Town, Omao) …

The Hawai‘i State Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism (DBEDT) today announced that the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for July was 7.3 percent compared to 7.7 percent in June. …

Fall-related injuries and fatalities among Hawai‘i seniors are reaching troubling numbers. Every year in Hawai‘i on average 128 seniors die, 2,010 are hospitalized, and 9,950 are treated in emergency departments …

China Walls, Spitting Cave, and other geological features along the East O‘ahu coastline, stretching from Maunalua Bay to the Hālona Blow Hole, have long attracted cliff jumpers.   Dramatic video …

The Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) and IES Downstream, LLC (IES) reached a settlement of alleged violations of the state’s hazardous waste laws involving IES’ management of wastes at its …

More than 500 experienced healthcare professionals from out of state will be deployed to 19 hospitals statewide in the coming weeks with funds from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). …