Dawn breaks over Mauna Kea on Thursday. (Adam Atwood/Community contributor)

A lilikoi blossoms in an otherworldly shape. (Jean Trueman/Community contributor)

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park is open once more! The Holei sea arch is still as gorgeous and impressive as ever. (Reiko Sekine/Community contributor)

A sunlit sky in Waikoloa Village on Wednesday. (Victoria McKinney/Community contributor)

Photos by Fern Gavelek, community contributor

A huge and glorious rainbow decks the sky above the Kamani Trees subdivision on Thursday. (Laurie Sigel/Community contributor)

New EMT course offered for HCC fire science program

Nene birds enjoy snacks, water and coconut water as they socialize with human visitors to Hupuna State Park on Tuesday. (Priscilla McLaughlin/Community contributor)

Bank of Hawaii Foundation donates to Habitat Relief Fund

Pat Knox plants butterfly-attracting flowers, among them the crown flowers below, which Monarchs love. Here, a Monarch has newly emerged from its chrysalis, which is still at left. (Dan Knox/Community contributor)

Kona Hospital Auxiliary awards $12,000 in nursing scholarships

Sea urchins decorate the bottom of Honaunau Bay on the morning of Aug. 31. At left, a black spiny urchin, and at right, a pencil urchin. (Terri Olsem/Community Contributor)

In Kealakekua Bay in March, a black triggerfish, also known as a black durgon, shows some colors other than its eponymous shade to indicate it is excited or agitated. (Donna Goodale/Community Contributor)

HLTA donates to Oahu nonprofits