The Hawaii Department of Health has closed down the L &L Drive Inn in Captain Cook, Hawaii, with a red placard due to multiple violations. According to DOH, the red placard was issued Friday due to an ...

A resolution asking the Census to re-designate Captain Cook as Ka‘awaloa has crossed over to the state Senate. Introduced by Rep. Jeanne Kapela (D-Naalehu, Ocean View, Captain Cook, and Kailua-Kona) ...

A residence in Captain Cook was fully engulfed in flames Tuesday afternoon, but the fire was extinguished with no injuries; ...

Hawaiʻi Island police have launched an investigation into a structure fire that happened on Tuesday afternoon in the Captain Cook area.

State lawmakers are weighing a resolution seeking to change the name of Captain Cook on Hawaii island back to Kaawaloa. The U.S. Census Bureau renamed the census-designated place in the 1920s because ...

Police are investigating a structure fire that occurred Tuesday afternoon in Captain Cook. At 3:18 p.m., Kona patrol officers responded to a report of a structure fire in the 87-400 block of Kaohe ...

The Captain Cook Monument is a 27-foot obelisk that was erected in 1874 to memorialize where Cook died. He was killed in 1779 after a fight broke out between the Hawaiians and Westerners. The monument ...

A resolution asking the Census to re-designate Captain Cook as Ka‘awaloa was shelved this legislative session. Introduced by Rep. Jeanne Kapela (D-Naalehu, Ocean View, Captain Cook, and Kailua-Kona) ...

“I never before met with the natives of any place so much astonished, as these people were, upon entering a ship,” wrote Captain James Cook upon first landing in what he called the Sandwich ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The town of Captain Cook on Hawaii Island got its name when the Captain Cook Sugar Company opened a post office there in the early 1900′s. But some feel it is an honor for a ...