The Hawaiʻi Emergency Management Agency monthly test of the statewide outdoor siren warning system is scheduled for Monday, Aug. 1, 2016, at 11:45 a.m.

These new sirens are part of the Statewide Siren Modernization Project. Residents nearby may hear the siren sound six to eight times for 30-second to one-minute intervals during the identified time-frame.

SB23 SD1 HD1 would appropriate funds out of the EMS Special Fund to establish a 24-hour, 7-day-a-week, emergency medical response vehicle unit at Maʻalaea on Maui.

  UPDATE:  12:49 P.M. 10/20/09  Following an air surveillance by helicopter conducted at noon today that showed no sightings of sharks in the area, County ocean safety officers and DLNR officials re-opened the shoreline waters from Kamaole 1 Beach Park to Waiohuli Road. The area was closed yesterday and this morning following a shark attack... Read more »

The U.S. Coast Guard rescued a free diver from shores off Lanai yesterday.  52-year-old Bruno Ambay had been reported missing Monday morning by friends who had been free diving with him about four miles off Manele Bay.  Ambay was spotted swimming along a rocky shoreline area about two hours later, and was hoisted by helicopter... Read more »