Ari Smith, 14, cheers in agreement with one of the speakers during Snohomish County Indivisible’s senator office rally at the Snohomish County Campus on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025, in Everett, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Thousands gather to watch fireworks over Lake Ballinger from Nile Shrine Golf Course and Lake Ballinger Park on Thursday, July 3, 2025, in Mountlake Terrace, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

PAWS Wildlife Naturalist Anthony Denice releases a rehabilitated male bald eagle at Lake Ballinger on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025, in Mountlake Terrace, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Forest Practices Chair Kathy Johnson walks through vegetation growing along a CERCLA road in the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest on Thursday, July 10, 2025, in Granite Falls, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Josh Thiel, left, places a nail into a dust pan while Rey Wall continues digging in a sectioned-off piece of land at Japanese Gulch on Wednesday, July 23, 2025, in Everett, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Student Azhura Brown, 5, hugs teacher Anzhelika Huliar on Wednesday, June 25, 2025, in Everett, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Water from the Snohomish River surrounds a residence along the west side of Lowell Snohomish River Road on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025, in Snohomish, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Melody Schneider holds a sign protesting pay cuts to teachers as an Edmonds School District bus passes by during an Edmonds College faculty union rally as part of a national day of action outside of the Lynnwood Event Center on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, in Lynnwood, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

JJ Sobchuk, 14, left, and Owen Barton, 14, jump while doing a run through during a group lesson at the Music Circle on Dec. 1, 2025, in Everett, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Archbishop Murphy’s Tayden Olson holds up the 2A state championship trophy to the Archbishop Murphy student section at Husky Stadium on Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025, in Seattle, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)