On the Big Island of Hawaii, where the waves roll into Kealakekua Bay, a white obelisk 27 feet tall looms over the shoreline. It's a tribute to the great circumnavigator Captain James Cook. It stands ...

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 ...

BIG ISLAND (KITV4) -- Captain Cook is a town on the Big Island south of Kona with a population of about 3,400 people. But for Shane Akoni Nelson, he knows it as his ancestral home Ka'awaloa, which ...

May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, a time dedicated to honoring the histories, cultures, and contributions of Pacific Islander and Asian communities. It is also a moment to ...

Australian maritime experts said Thursday they believed they've found the wreck of one of the most important ships in the history of the South Pacific after it was scuttled in the U.S. more than 200 ...

SYDNEY, Australia — Australian maritime experts said Thursday that they believe they’ve found the wreck of one of the most important ships in the history of the South Pacific, which sank off the East ...