Nichelle Crawford (left) gives her daughter, Kia Crawford, her multiple sclerosis seizure prevention injection at their home in Lynnwood on May 9. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)
Kira Day laughs as she walks down the aisle to a kazoo version of “Here Comes the Bride” during her Halloween wedding at the Snohomish Community Food Bank on Oct. 27 in Snohomish. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)
Triple B Foundation for Pet Therapy president Brian Hohstadt walks Streaker to the entrance of the Special Offenders Unit in the Monroe Correctional Complex on Oct. 30 in Monroe. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)
Seen through a door window, Marshawna Green smells a flower as she waits for the Sequoia High School graduation ceremony to begin at Everett Civic Auditorium on June 14 in Everett. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)
Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson is sacked by Chargers defensive lineman Melvin Ingram III at CenturyLink Field in Seattle on Nov. 4. Chargers won 25-17. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)
In a large area reserved for setting off fireworks, a trio of young enthusiasts watch a shower of sparks as darkness falls at Boom City. (Dan Bates / The Herald)
Verlot Corridor Manager Erica Keene laughs as Richard Bake, tech support for Snohomish County, talks to a 911 operator after installing the new pay phone at the Forest Service Building on Oct. 9 in Verlot. The installation by Snohomish County puts a permanent payphone in the town of Verlot, a valuable public safety asset in an area with little cellphone service. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)
A Vietnamese man brings up a flounder July 18 on the fishing pier adjacent to the Mukilteo ferry dock. (Dan Bates / The Herald)
Sounders’ midfielder Henry Wingo (left) vies for the ball with Los Angeles’ defender Joo Moutinho on the Xbox Pitch at CenturyLink Field on March 4 in Seattle. Los Angeles FC won 1-0. (Kevin Clark / The Daily Herald)
Emily Kennedy watches the scenery around her during a hot air balloon trip over Snohomish Valley on Sunday, June 24, in Snohomish. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)
Tiffani Zagorski and Jonathan Guerreiro perform a lift during their free dance program at the 2018 Skate America competition at Angel of the Winds Arena in Everett. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)
Sultan’s Luke Weaver celebrates his win for weight class 120 in the 30th Annual Mat Classic on Feb. 17 at the Tacoma Dome in Tacoma. (Kevin Clark / The Daily Herald)
Snohomish County Detective Dave Fontenot is hugged by friends and family of Monique Patenaude as Snohomish County chief criminal deputy prosecutor Craig Matheson talks with parents of Patrick Shunn after the quilty verdicts in the trial of John Reed at the Snohomish County Courthouse on Wednesday, May 30, in Everett. Reed was convicted in the murders of Monique Patenaude and Patrick Shunn. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)
Everett Fire Department firefighters watch as water is sprayed on the Judd & Black appliance store at 3001 Hewitt Ave on Sept. 21, in Everett. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)
Aquasox’s Cash Gladfelter looks for the call after tagging Volcano’s Medrona Robinson out at third base on July 15 at Everett Memorial Stadium. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)
Friday at Wee Fit, Hunter Standley, 6, enjoys a longer than usual moment relaxing, and that is the idea. It is called a pod swing and is soft and comfortable, as well as acting as a shield against bright light. Hunter, who has autism, is with his mom, Breanna Standley, 25, and his grandmother, Barbara Bambrick, 63. They are from Tulalip. (Dan Bates / The Herald)
Mountain bike riders Mike McGuire, left, Keith Goodnight and Frank Rentko ride by horse riders Janet Berko and Catherine Collins, right, on a trail at Lord Hill Park on Saturday, June 16, in Snohomish. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)
Two friends hug each other as they explore the Axis Mundi art installation at the Summer Meltdown on Thursday, Aug. 2, in Darrington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)
Sounders’ midfielder Magnus Wolff Eikrem attempts a shot March 4 with Los Angeles’ goalkeeper Tyler Miller diving in on the Xbox Pitch at CenturyLink Field in Seattle. Los Angeles FC won 1-0. (Kevin Clark / The Daily Herald)
With the heavy door opened and bright morning sunlight splashing in off the granite entry, caretaker Shane Willis sweeps Rucker tomb, likely unaware of his own reflection on glass panels that protect creamation urns along the sides of the tomb. (Dan Bates / Herald Photographer)
Riders seem to mimc the sign on The Zillerator as they enjoy a ride on the last day of the Evergreen State Fair on Monday, Sept. 3, in Monroe. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)
Jackson Hiatt walks through the corn field dressed in a dinosaur costume during the annual Community Harvest and Hustle at Ebey Island on Sept. 7, in Everett. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)
Mark Meinhadt listens as Snohomish County Sheriffs explains the complaints against his property as a nuisance July 11. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)
Woldesemait Teklehaymanot (right), a leader of Debre Selam Kidus Michael Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church in Edmonds, and Henoke Hadera pause during their daily walk along the Interurban Trail in Lynnwood. (Dan Bates / The Herald)
Seattle Seahawks’ Rashemm Green, right, celebrates after sacking and stepping over Green Bay Packers’ Aaron Rodgers as the Hawks beat the Green Bay Packers 27-24 at Century Link Field on Thursday, Nov. 15, in Seattle. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)
Bill Wojciechowski, a member of the Sky Valley Stock & Antique Tractor Club, looks out over the rubble of the barn that caught fire early Saturday morning at the Sky Valley Stock and Antique Tractor Show grounds on Saturday, Aug. 11, in Monroe. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)
Isaiah Owens, a 4-year employee of Walmart, volunteered to wear a cape as part of the back-to-school season and continued the accessory after the promotion was over. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)
In Susannah Hall McAllister’s Everett Figure Skating Club class, students Maddie Grace Moore, 10 (left) and Logan Stephenson, 10, hold hands and skate in circles. (Dan Bates / The Herald)
152 Hayden Long, Granite Falls, fr., gray pullover with W on back, black pants, purple/white shoes lifts up and takes down 126 Wyatt Springer, Cavalero, 8th as they work out at Lake Stevens High School’s wrestling room on Tuesday, June 5, in Lake Stevens. They will be representing Team Washington on the Cadet National Dual team that will compete for a national championship in Spokane in mid-June. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)
Lake Stevens’ Ian Hanson hugs Isaiah Harris after winning the Class 4A state state semifinal game against Woodinville on Saturday, Nov. 24 at Pop Keeney Stadium in Bothell. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)
Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson is sacked by Chargers defensive lineman Melvin Ingram III on Nov. 4 at CenturyLink Field in Seattle. The Chargers won 25-17. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)
Silver Lake Video Owner, Perry Irvine, 67, takes pride in a number of charcoal airbrushed stars mounted in his store along with this bigger-than-life wall airbrush mural of Yoda. He says he had them done by a talented artist named Jim Noonan. (Dan Bates / The Herald)
Lynnwood firefighter/paramedic Dani DeVos reacts as she as she teaches staff of Edmonds School District how to administer Narcan via a intranasal device during ACT Training at Edmonds-Woodway High School on Friday, Aug. 10, in Edmonds. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)
Kat Flows of Vuelta La Luna circus troupe hula hoops outside of their tent during Kla Ha Ya Days on Saturday, July 21, in Snohomish. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)
Iyanla Pennington, junior, help lead Jackson High to it’s first state title and has committed to Coastal Carolina University. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)
Darren Howe, 9, sits in a comfy chair reading Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone while his cousin, Naven Collins, 7, (center) stands delighting in a Elephant and Piggie book, which is from the same collection that Mya Illingworth, 6, (back middle) is looking through in Kelsey’s reading Korner at Sunnycrest Elementary School Wednesday. With the addition of “Kelsey’s Korner,” featuring the kind of books she encouraged her kids to read, the school now has two places that honor Kelsey Osborne, a much loved teacher who died in June. (Dan Bates / The Herald)
The Marysville-Pilchuck offense huddles before the snap during the game on Oct. 5, in Marysville. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)
Capassio Cherry, senior at Edmonds-Woodway, finished the season with more than 2,000 yards, 25 touchdowns and is The Herald’s Offensive Player of the Year. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)
Charlene and Dale Reiner talk about the days when, as friends since childhood, he went off to the military, and she went off to college—then, what happened several years later when coincidence brought them both home to Monroe on the same day. (Dan Bates / The Herald)
Program Coordinator Eric Wollan dares Paula Darrow, right, to eat the whipped cream off her Italian soda like a shark during a group trip from the Everett Senior Center to Contos Pizza & Pasta on Monday, Sept. 17, in Lake Stevens. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)
A member of the Stirrin’ Dust Drill Team practices in the outdoor arena before the start of the Pro-West Rodeo at the Evergreen State Fair on Sept. 1, in Monroe. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)
Janine Shaffer (center) is comforted by a loved on during the sentencing of her attacker, John Kuljis, Friday afternoon at the Snohomish County Courthouse in Everett on May 11. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)
Students returning from winter break found dozens of bullet holes in the windows of Marysville’s Pinewood Elementary School. Cmdr. Mark Thomas of the Marysville Police Department said the damage was done between 11:55 p.m. New Year’s Eve and 12:20 a.m. on New Year’s Day, when people would have been lighting off fireworks. (Photo Courtesy Marysville Police Department.)
Artist Steve Jensen with his mother’s shroud over her boat in his exhibit “Voyager” at the Schack Art Center on Wednesday, Sept. 26, in Everett. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)
Seahawks’ Russel Wilson raises his arms to pump the crowd up before the game against the Dallas Cowboys on Sept. 23, in Seattle. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)
Everett’s Shania Holland (right) stiff arms Portland’s Jessica Gerdes in the home opening game at Goddard Stadium in Everett on April 28. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)
Seated onstage near her son Dennis Barry, 72, who took over playing the drums for her, longtime Bob’s Swing Band singer Betty Purvis, 97, belts out great dance songs for the crowd. They came to dance and help celebrate Betty’s birthday at Normanna Lodge in Everett. (Dan Bates / The Herald)
Audrey Parrish, 6, stands in the crowd at the Summer Meltdown decked out in glow stick glasses and lights on Thursday, Aug. 4, in Darrington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)
Mark Ellinger works to create unique texture and color on a float. (Dan Bates / The Herald)
Lake Steven’s Sara Johnson (14) holds back celebrating teammates so Emma Fortney (3) can touch home plate after hitting a 2-run homer to beat undefeated Jackson 3-1 on Tuesday, May 1, in Lake Stevens. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)
A young Silvertips’ fan looks up at the jumbotron before the game against the Spokane Chiefs on Sunday, Nov. 18, in Everett. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)
The B-52 is towed along Hwy 525 from Paine Field to Boeing Field early Sunday morning on June 3. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)
From his wheel chair, Isaiah Kobernik, 4, looks up happily as his parents, Gerad and Anastassia Kobernik and Snohomish County Sheriff Ty Trenary lean over him after his dad pinned a shiny new Sheriff badge on his shirt after it was presented to him by Sheriff Trenary at the Snohomish County Courthouse, Tuesday. Isaiah has Spinal Muscular Atrophy, which affects the motor nerve cells in the spinal chord. (Dan Bates / The Herald)
Jacksonճ Case Matters center, holds up the trophy with celebrating teammates after Jackson beat Cascade 3-0 to take the 4A district championship at Everett Memorial Stadium on Thursday, May 10, in Everett. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)
First responders work to free a driver of a two-car accident on the 7100 block of Evergreen Way Wednesday afternoon in Everett on Sept. 26. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)
In the St. Mary of the Valley parish hall, people take a moment to touch, or even kiss the lovely wooden casket of sister Barbara Geib following Thursday’s funeral Mass at the Monroe Church. (Dan Bates / The Herald)
LaTonage Kelly, top, hugs the mother of victim Mohamed Adan after Anthony Hernandez-Cano is sentenced to life behind bars without the possibilty of parole, for the tortures and murders of two young men, at the Snohomish County Courthouse on Tuesday, Oct. 23, in Everett. Adan and Kelly’s son Ezekiel were both killed by Hernandez-Cano in July. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)
Triple B Foundation for Pet Therapy president Brian Hohstadt walks Streaker to the entrance of the Special Offenders Unit in the Monroe Correctional Complex on Tuesday, Oct. 30, in Monroe. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)
Randy De Jong and his little piece of Iowa in Snohomish. He has dwarf panda cows and Nigerian goats. (Kevin Clark / The Daily Herald)
Retired house painter Rod Shafer cruises through a north Everett neighborhood on his chopper-style bicycle with his closest companion Sally, 27, sitting on the handlebars enjoying the sights. Yep, she’s a parrot and they’re best friends. (Dan Bates / The Herald)
Capt. Mike Davis, the new commanding officer of Naval Station Everett, speaks to the crowd as his son Liam Davis, 3, plays with giant teddy bear during the Change of Command Ceremony on Friday, June 22, in Everett. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)
It was a busy year, and we are glad to have staff photojournalists to document the big changes and intimate moments that mattered.
