Silvertips players Robbie Holmes (left) and Gage Goncalves played a high level of baseball before committing to hockey full-time. Shot at Angels of the Winds Arena on March 7 in Everett. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

With the Olympic mountains in the background, the first passenger flight by Alaska Airlines Flight 2878 departs for Portland on opening day of the Paine Field Terminal on March 4 in Everett. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

Everett’s Markieth Brown Jr. attempts a layup during the game on Jan. 19 in Everett. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Jan Carlson, 79, visits the old Longfellow School during the “heart-bomb.” Carlson attended the school from 1944 through 1949. She remembers doing black-out drills during World War II. (Dan Bates / The Herald)

A pilot begins boarding a plane during the grand opening of Paine Field Airport on March 4 in Everett. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

The Mine Road Trail off Highway 530 near Darrington. (Rikki King / The Herald)

Werner Paddles Vice-President Don McClain poses with paddles on Feb. 22 in Monroe. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

Sierra Ford, 9, reads “Blooming Rainforest,” a book she picked out during the Assistance League of Everett’s book donation event at the Granite Falls Boys & Girls Club on Feb. 28 in Granite Falls. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Edmonds’ Thomas Doyle attempts a layup during NWAC men’s basketball tournament game against Centralia on March 7 in Everett. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

The first flight makes its way under a celebratory water arch send-off during the grand opening of Paine Field Airport on March 4 in Everett. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Herald Super Kid Elijah Beals, a senior at Glacier Peak High School, loves soccer and hopes to be a pastor. (Dan Bates / The Herald)

Jesse Miller and his daughter Roselyn Hunt, 6, browse the banks of the South Fork Stillaguamish River off Jordan Road in Arlington for gems and other precious medals on March 3. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

Everett’s Magnus Jespersen (right) attempts a shot with Olympic’s Calvin Dennis defending at Everett Community College on Feb. 20 in Everett. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

Lorrie Bunney, 57, turned over the keys to the Vintage Cafe restaurant to her daughter, Amber Lang, 38, on Feb. 20. Since the mid-1980s Bunney and her mother, Karen Staniford, had been in charge of the Vintage Cafe, a restaurant and bar at 1510 Hewitt Ave. in Everett. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

Father-and-son travel experts Rick (right) and Andy Steves stand in front of the Rick Steves Europe building on Jan. 10 in Edmonds. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

Doug Hall (left) and Jeff Sadighi own and operate The Independent Beer Bar of Everett. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)