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Video: Josh Green marks first 100 days as Hawai‘i’s ninth governor

Since taking office Dec. 5, 2022, not only has Gov. Josh Green diagnosed problems, he’s already prescribed and suggested solutions to treat many of Hawai‘i’s issues, including homelessness, affordability and climate change, as well as addressing government transparency and housing, among others. 

Wreckage, flight crew recovered from Hawai‘i Life Flight in deep waters between Maui, Big Island

The twin-engine, turbine-powered airplane crashed into the Maui Channel late on the night of Dec. 15 off the coast of Kaupo, Maui.

Green extends emergency proclamation in response to Hawai‘i Life Flight accident

The governor extended the disaster emergency relief period through Jan. 6, 2023.

Hawaiʻi Life Flight releases names of 2 of the 3 crew members in apparent helicopter crash

This morning, Hawaii Life Flight posted on its social media the names of two of the three crew members who went missing after their medical transport aircraft apparently crashed on Dec. 15 in waters off the ʻAlenuihāhā Channel between Maui and the Big Island.

Hawaiʻi Life Flight, community mourn loss of fallen crew members during Big Island vigil

At Old Kona Airport Beach Park, a flight nurse, a paramedic and a pilot were mourned during a sunset vigil.

Hawai‘i Army Guard flies helicopters to support Hawaii Life Flight

Governor Josh Green, M.D. authorized the emergency use of the Hawai‘i Army Guard [HIARNG] helicopters — and the select crews — to temporarily support Hawaii Life Flight after one of its aircraft and crew went missing Thursday in the ʻAlenuihāhā Channel between Maui and the Big Island.

Search for missing Hawai‘i Life Flight aircraft ends

The U.S. Coast Guard on Sunday suspended the active search for the missing aircrew, nearly two days after the flight departed from Kahului, Maui, headed for the Waimea-Kohala Airport on the Big Island.

Coast Guard searching for missing medical transport aircraft in ʻAlenuihāhā Channel

According to the U.S. Coast Guard, the missing aircraft is a Hawai’i Life Flight King Air twin-engine propeller plane that had three crew members aboard.

New Air Ambulance Dedicated at Kona Community Hospital

The twin-engined helicopter is owned by Hawaii Life Flight, an air-ambulance service based in Honolulu, for exclusive use at the Kona facility.

Hard Landing of Medivac Chopper in Kona Injures One

The FAA said the AS350 helicopter registered to a Utah-based company received substantial damage in the incident.