Human shoe tracks on the frosty sidewalk of a Mukilteo bridge over Merrill and Ring Creek on Dec. 11 are pointing south. (Dan Bates / The Herald)

Sisters Reynolds (right) and Faith Bailey (center) admire the creches at the annual nativity festival at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at Smokey Point on Dec. 8. (Ian Terry / The Herald)

Amanda Strong (left) tries on an Angel of the Winds Arena hat as she and Courtney Brown hand out gift bags after the renaming ceremony Dec. 13 in Everett. The new name replaces the Xfinity name. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

Providence Hospital in Everett is seen at sunset Dec. 11. (Kevin Clark / The Daily Herald)

Pedestrians walk past the empty Opus bank building at the corner of Hewitt and Colby on Nov. 21 in Everett. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

Professional dogwalker Michael Silva, owner of Scooby’s Dogwalkin’, walks 15 dogs in downtown Everett on Sept. 21. (Ian Terry / The Herald)

Silvertips right wing Bryce Kindopp receives a pass during a team practice at Angel of the Winds Arena in Everett on Dec. 13. (Ian Terry / The Herald)

Glacier Peak’s Alexyss Newman looks for a shot with Jackson’s Olivia Skibiel defending at Glacier Peak High School in Snohomish on Dec. 15. Glacier Peak won 63-46. (Kevin Clark / The Daily Herald)