Media Releases

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 23, 2024 HILO, HAWAIʻI – The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) awarded 68 agricultural lots on Hawaiʻi Island Saturday, November 23, 2024, marking the largest agricultural lot offering by the department since the late-1980s. “Our...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 12, 2024 Federal and state officials celebrate announcement of the expansion of broadband services to underserved households on Hawaiian home lands. HONOLULU – The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) announced it has received a $72...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 16, 2024 Hawaiʻi Wildfire Management Organization, homestead leaders evaluate community risks, develop action plan LAHAINA, MAUI – Kai Pelayo recalls being among the final few homesteaders to evacuate as fast-moving flames encroached upon the Villages of...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 26, 2024 ANAHOLA, KAUAʻI – Dozens of high school students and volunteers removed over 30 abandoned cars from a parcel of Hawaiian homelands in Anahola Thursday as part of a community effort to reduce the risk...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 1, 2024 HONOLULU – In a milestone initiative, Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) Director Kali Watson signed the program’s first in-house building permit for its Yorktown transitional housing project Monday, September 30, 2024. “Monday’s permit...