HomeMy WebLinkAbout2018-07-24 National Guard to Discontinue Media Tours after July 29 -- press release FINAL
Wil Okabe
Managing Director
Harry Kim
Mayor
Barbara J. Kossow
Deputy Managing Director
County of Hawai‘i
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July 24, 2018
NEWS RELEASE
Hawai'i National Guard to Discontinue Media Escorts to Eruption Zone on July 29
The Hawai'i National Guard will conduct its last media escort mission to the restricted
zone of the Lower East Rift Zone eruption on Sunday, July 29, according to Deputy
State Public Affairs Officer Major Jeff Hickman.
Due to deployments and other circumstances, the National Guard does not have any
more Public Affairs Officers available to run the media tours, which have been offered
daily to ensure safe media access since May, when the eruption began.
“We are very grateful to the National Guard for providing this service all this time,” said
Mayor Harry Kim. “We understand that the Guard have to fulfill their missions, and we
appreciate the great cooperation we continue to have.”
Future media tours will be conducted on a limited basis by Civil Defense, with details to
be announced.
For further information, please email Kelly Wooten, Volcanic Eruption Information
Specialist at Kelly.wooten@hawaiicounty.gov .
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