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Mauna Kea Ungulate Control

Permits to Receive Carcasses Available Later this month, the DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife (DOFAW) will conduct animal control activities specifically for trapping mouflon/feral sheep hybrids, feral goats, feral sheep, mouflon and mouflon/feral sheep hybrids within in the Mauna Kea Forest Reserve (Unit A), Mauna Kea Ice Age Natural Area Reserve (Unit K), Palila Mitigation Lands, and the Kaohe Game Management Area (Unit G) on Hawai‘i island. Aerial shooting […]

October 8, 2018

Local News

Kohala Mountain Road Lane Closure Oct 8-12

Kohala Mountain RoadLane Closure Monday, October 8 thru Friday, October 128:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Lane closure on Kohala Mountain Road (Route 250) alternating lanes, both directions between mile markers 7.2 and 9.2 on Monday, October 8 through Friday, October 12, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Use alternate routes if possible. If you must use these routes, please be patient and drive carefully when road crews are working. Thank you […]

October 4, 2018

Schools

On The Menu: Ulu Beef Stew

This October, participating public schools statewide will be serving ‘Ulu Beef Stew. The new lunch entrée features locally grown breadfruit, thanks to an ongoing partnership with Hawai‘i ‘Ulu Producers Cooperative (HUPC). Members of the Hawaii Cattlemen’s Council and the Hawaii Beef Industry Council will be providing the locally raised meat in the student lunches on Hawaii Island, Kauai, Molokai and Lanai. HUPC is a farmer-owned and -operated business that was […]

October 4, 2018

Home

Hawaii ranks first in 2018 Digital States Survey

Hawaii is ranked first among fifty states in emerging technologies & innovation, second for work in support of collaboration in national survey.

October 4, 2018

Nature

New Sand Should Stay

Hawai‘i County Mayor Harry Kim on Post-Eruption Pohoiki The letter from Mayor Kim, written in response to concerns of Pāhoa Residents Josh and Laila Rena, stated the following: Dear Josh and Laila Rena, Thank you very much for your letters of Sept. 24, 2018, regarding future planning for Pohoiki in the recovery from the Lower East Rift Zone eruption. I share your love of the beauty of Pohoiki, and I […]

October 4, 2018

Home

Wireless Emergency Alert System Test

October 3, 2018 8:18am, via ABCnews On Wednesday at 8:18 a.m. HST almost all the cell phones in the country will go off in the first nationwide test of a wireless emergency alert system. FEMA officials say they expect the alert to reach 75 percent of wireless-enabled devices, including cell phones and smartwatches. The alert will not interrupt a phone call or an active data session, though FEMA and the […]

October 2, 2018

Vote

Drive Thru Voter Registration

The Office of Elections and County Clerks will conduct drive-through voter registration at various locations statewide. Visit any of these Big Island locations where election officials will be on hand to assist voters in registering from the convenience of their vehicle. Voters who have moved or changed their name since the last election will need to update their registration. Voters may also drop off completed applications to these locations. Hawai‘i […]

October 2, 2018