Tyler Tjomsland photos: 2021 as viewed from the road

Modern cameras have shutters that can capture an image as fast as an 1/8000th of a second. Even then, 2021 came and went in a blink.

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Thu., Dec. 30, 2021

Laura Green, top left, wraps her arms around her daughter, Lacey Stoddard, 11, center-right, as they comfort each other with Sarah Ruth, lower right, and Rhyllie Mulnix, left, in red, during a vigil for a 14-month-old toddler who died earlier this week on Tuesday, July 13, 2021, at an apartment complex at 3024 E 30th Ave. in Spokane, Wash.

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Firefighters hose each other off after crews extinguished a fire in the Willowbrook Apartments on Thursday, July 15, 2021, in Spokane Valley, Wash.

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Nurse manager Bailee Walters draws blood from a COVID-19 patient in the ICU on Friday, Sep 17, 2021, at MultiCare Deaconess Hospital in Spokane. A number of proposals in the Legislature this session aim to fix the nursing shortage.

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President Joe Biden heads to the National Interagency Fire Center on Monday, Sep 13, 2021, in Boise, ID. Biden was in Boise for a briefing at the National Interagency Fire Center and to speak with Gov. Brad Little and Boise Mayor Lauren McLean.

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Fair goers walk past a tent covered in political flags at the Spokane County Interstate Fair on Tuesday, Sep 14, 2021, in Spokane, Wash.

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Participants are reflected in the Fort Spokane Visitor Center as they exit an event honoring the lives of those lost at Indian boarding schools on Thursday, Sep 30, 2021, at Fort Spokane near Davenport, Wash. Warren Seyler, a Spokane tribal member who spoke at the event told the crowd that speaking Salish at the Fort Spokane School would get a child beaten and runaways would be locked in prison cells within the building that now houses the Visitor Center.

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A Shadle Park graduate takes his diploma and is silhouetted against a sunny sky and the canopy of the Pavillion during a graduation ceremony held for Shadle Park High School on Saturday, June 12, 2021, at the Pavilion at Riverfront Park in Spokane, Wash.

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Walter Malcom, the lead mechanic for a Global Supertanker speaks about the aircraft's mechanical ability to dump thousands of gallons of water during a wildfire response demonstration hosted by AreoTEC on Tuesday, March 23, 2021, at Grant County International Airport in Moses Lake, Wash. The Global Supertanker is the worlds largest firefighting air tanker with the capability to drop more than 19,000 gallons of fire retardant or water. Washington DNR is hoping to call on the Global Supertanker if needed during the 2021 wildfire season.

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Youngsters show cattle at the North Idaho State Fair on Friday, Aug. 20, 2021, at the Kootenai County Fairgrounds in Coeur d'Alene, ID .

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Lucky P the pig, awaits his kiss from Kathy Fiorillo, the office manager at Finch Elementary School on Friday, February 26, 2021, in Deer Park, Wash. Fiorillo rewarded Finch Elementary School students for completing a math program by kissing the pig.

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“Here’s some death,” says Eric Sparkman, a Shellfish Biologist with the Squaxin Island Tribe’s Natural Resources Department, as he shows a clam that was cooked to death during an abnormal heatwave on Friday, July 9, 2021, at a beach on Hammersley Inlet near Shelton, Wash.

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Chancy Jackson, 63, stands with the Ford Taurus he is currently living in which is also overheating in front of The Patsy Clark Mansion in Brownes Addition on Thursday, July 1, 2021, in Spokane, Wash. Jackson said he's tried to find housing but the wait lists are long. He recently had a Dodge pickup with a slide-in camper stolen that was his go-to shelter.

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Cora Richardson, 7, cools off in the Rotary Fountain at Riverfront Park on Tuesday, June 29, 2021, in downtown Spokane, Wash. Richardson, who visited the fountain with her father Edwin Richardson and her mother Alexandra Richardson, noted that the water was the perfect temperature. According to the National Weather Service, Spokane experienced the hottest day on record Tuesday as as temperatures reached 109 degrees, breaking a previous high of 108 degrees set on August 4th, 1964.

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Jordan MacGregor wades into the Little Spokane River and casts his fly rod as the afternoon sun sets on Monday, June 28, 2021, in Spokane, Wash.

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Justin Laragioni, right, guides his boys, Finn, center, and Banyon, right, wearing blue, through the finer points of doing a cartwheel as the boys' family friend, Guillermo Pio Saucedo, left, mugs for the camera before performing a roll of his own on Thursday, July 15, 2021, at Brick West Brewing in downtown Spokane, Wash. Brick West Brewing is co-owned by Matt Goodwin and developer Jordan Tampien. Tampien also owns the Parkview Apartments building in the background.

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Stacey Higgins, a Designed Instruction teacher comforts Kane Miller, 6, as she helps him work his way through a reading and writing exercise with other special needs students on Friday, Jan. 8, 2021, at at Madison Elementary in Spokane, Wash.

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Lauren, 9, right, whose mother asked that her last name not be used, holds a sign denouncing mask mandates as she joins other children and their parents in protesting Covid-19 regulations on Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021, at the Central Valley School District’s offices in Spokane Valley, Wash.

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The Spokane School Board packs up their computers as they move their School Board meeting to a Zoom call after attendees refused to wear facial coverings on Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2021, at the Spokane Public Schools offices in Spokane, Wash.

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Tamara Knudson project manager for Lake Roosevelt fisheries evaluation program releases what is possibly the second Chinook Salmon alevin found in Tshimakain Creek on Wednesday, March 24, 2021, near Wellpinit, Wash.

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Jaden Baer, a senior at Mead High School, center, leads his friends in tossing their graduation caps for a photo set up by Mead yearbook teacher Makena Eusch during a special graduation ceremony for Baer on Thursday, April 22, 2021, at Union Stadium in Mead, Wash. After Baer was has spent the least year in treatment for terminal brain cancer and was recently diagnosed with a potentially fatal blood clot in his heart, the Mead school district decided to hold an early ceremony for Baer and his closest friends.

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A Model T Ford Club of America member cruises past fields off of North Bruce Road following a tour of Greenbluff on Monday, July 12, 2021, in Greenbluff, Wash.

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Landen Jacobson, 30, runs his hands over his face in the midday sun on Tuesday, June 22, 2021, outside his family's store, Jakes Landing near the Porthill Point of Entry near Porthill, ID. The Jacobson's bought several buildings on the Idaho - Canada border just before the Covid-19 pandemic and have been struggling to stay afloat since.

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The Canadian-US border line is seen as marked on Thursday, June 17, 2021, as it runs along Roosevelt Way in Point Roberts, Wash.

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A mural of the Statue of Liberty welcomes visitors on Tuesday, June 22, 2021, to the border town of Metaline Falls, Wash.

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A Point Roberts mailbox is seen full of uncollected mail on Thursday, June 17, 2021, in Point Roberts, Wash. Many part-time residents of the community have not been able to return for the duration of the Covid 19 pandemic, leaving yard-work and mail to pile up.

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Diane Thomas, 72, left, and her sister Jeanette Meursing, 74, weed-eat an absent neighbor's yard on Thursday, June 17, 2021, in Point Roberts, Wash. Realizing that many part-time residents of the community had not been able to return for the duration of the Covid 19 pandemic, leaving yard-work to pile up the sisters sprang into action, mowing lawns and string trimming yards.

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Diane Thomas, 72, left, and her sister Jeanette Meursing, 74, both laugh with each-other after they finished weed-eating an absent community neighborÕs yard on Thursday, June 17, 2021, in Point Roberts, Wash. Realizing that many part-time residents of the community had not been able to return for the duration of the Covid 19 pandemic, leaving yard-work to pile up the sisters sprang into action, mowing lawns and string trimming yards.

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Karen Balcom, right, mayor of the Washington border town Northport and owner of Rivers Edge 1 Stop is framed in the reflection of an arial photo of Northport as she talks about the difficulties her community has faced due to the Canadian border's closure on Wednesday, June 23, 2021, at City Hall in Northport, Wash.

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Beth Calder stands amid a warehouse full of held packages due to Covid 19 shutting down the US-Canadian border in 2020 on Thursday, June 17, 2021, at Point To Point Parcel in Point Roberts, Wash.

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Sean Ward, right, lowers his sunglasses for a closer look as Tracey Koch, center, a nurse practitioner with the Kootenai Tribal Health Clinic administers a dose of the Covid-19 vaccine to his wife, Lindsay, during a cross-border, pop-up vaccination clinic held between the Kootenai Tribe of Idaho and the Lower Kootenay Band of British Columbia on Monday, June 21, 2021, aboard a school bus stopped at the Porthill Point of Entry north of Bonners Ferry, ID. The event was deliberately held on CanadaÕs National Indigenous Peoples Day and utilized busses to shuttle members of the Lower Kootenay Band of British Columbia and several community members from Creston, British Columbia to the United States, where Kootenai Tribal Health Clinic staff were waiting to board the busses and administer doses of the Covid-19 vaccine.

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A gas station near the Northport -Waneta border crossing sits vacant and overgrown on Wednesday, June 23, 2021, near Northport, Wash.

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Landen Jacobson, 30, shows the low stock of alcohol he has on hand on Tuesday, June 22, 2021 at Jakes Landing near the Porthill Point of Entry near Porthill, ID. The Jacobson's bought several buildings on the Idaho - Canada border just before the Covid-19 pandemic and have been struggling to stay afloat since.

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A passenger heads below deck aboard the Salish Express on Thursday, June 17, 2021, in Point Roberts, Wash. The Salish Express has been offered by the Port of Bellingham as an emergency ferry service from Point Roberts to mainland Whatcom County since August 2020 to help address unique transportation challenges caused by the ongoing closure of the U.S./Canada border to non-essential travel.

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A woman who asked to remain unnamed takes a nap during the two-hour-long ferry ride aboard the Salish Express on Thursday, June 17, 2021, from Bellingham, Wash, to Point Roberts, Wash. The ferry trip affords many beautiful views of the area but for locals it's just another commute.

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Gradyn Comfort, 62, of Houston, TX, speaks to an electrician on his cell phone, as his wife, who asked to remain unidentified, right, snaps a photo as the Salish Express arrives at the Point Roberts Marina on Thursday, June 17, 2021, in Point Roberts, Wash. Comfort said he owns home in Point Roberts, but due to the Covid 19 pandemic and lockdown had been unable to return to it until this trip. Over the course of the phone call the Point Roberts electrician, who was supposed to work on Comforts home, cancelled leaving Comfort to wonder what he and his family would do for electricity during their return home.

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Burgandy Jacobson, 25, sweeps the porch of her family's store during a long wait between customers on Tuesday, June 22, 2021 at Jakes Landing near the Porthill Point of Entry near Porthill, ID. The Jacobson's bought several buildings on the Idaho - Canada border just before the Covid-19 pandemic and have been struggling to stay afloat since.

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Carlton “Bud” Carr Jr. poses for a photo on Monday, Aug. 23, 2021, in the backyard of his home in Concrete, Wash. Carr is holding the file containing his search notes on Rachel Lakoduk, a 28-year-old Moses Lake hiker who went missing on Oct. 17, 2019, while attempting to reach Hidden Lake Lookout - a remote fire lookout in the Mt. Baker - Snoqualmie National Forest. Carr owns and operates 49th Parallel, a private search and rescue group located in Concrete and spent at least 70 days searching for Rachel.

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Kevin Dares holds his head in his hand as Bud Carr draws out the strategy for the days search for missing hiker Rachel Lakoduk on Saturday, Aug. 14, 2021, at 49th Parallel’s basecamp off of Cascade River Road near Marblemount, Wash. Due to a trail closure, the search required a climb straight up - nearly 3,300 vertical feet - over roughly 3 miles to an area near where on a prior search, Rachel Lakoduk’s father, Brad Tripp, - “Brad Dad” as Bud Carr calls him - discovered what he thought could remnants of a campfire made by Rachel. “I’m not sure if I’d normally follow a hunch like this, but Brad Dad knows his girl and I know Brad Dad,” said Carr.

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Bud Carr uses an ice axe as he makes his way up the steep terrain from Cascade River Road toward Hidden Lake Lookout as he searches for missing hiker Rachel Lakoduk on Saturday, Aug. 14, 2021, near Marblemount, Wash.

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Kevin Dares, left, reacts after he found missing hiker Rachel Lakoduk’s sleeping pad and backpack, as Bud Carr radios another 49th Parallel member further down the mountain to send a satellite message to Lakoduk’s father, Brad Tripp, on Saturday, Aug. 14, 2021, near Marblemount, Wash. For Dares, whose girlfriend Sam Sayers went missing while hiking in 2018, finding Lakoduk brought on a wave of emotion. “Why can’t I find Sam?,” he said.

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Bud Carr is overcome with emotion after finding Rachel Lakoduk’s remains on Saturday, Aug. 14, 2021, at 4500 feet near Marblemount, Wash. “I don’t know (what this should feel like), I’ve never found anyone before, and we’ve been looking for Rachel for so long” he said.

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After racing off the mountain to cell phone service and first calling Brad Tripp, Rachel Lakoduk’s father, Bud Carr finds a moment of reprieve in a cigarette as he calls local law enforcement to notify them he found Lakoduk on Saturday, Aug. 14, 2021, near Marblemount, Wash. “I could feel Brad Dad saying ‘Hurry up Bud, where’s my girl?’ so, I ran off the mountain to tell him.” Carr said.

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The day after finding Rachel Lakoduk, Bud Carr, left and Brad Tripp, Rachel’s father, chat with members of King County Search and Rescue, as a SAR team heads up the mountain to recover Rachel’s remains on Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021, off of Cascade River Road near Marblemount, Wash.

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The day after finding Rachel Lakoduk, Bud Carr, left, shows Brad Tripp, Rachel’s father, where he found Rachel’s remains on his GPS on Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021, above the 49th Parallels’ base camp off of Cascade River Road near Marblemount, Wash.

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Nicole Elliott-Knopp embraces her husband Brad Tripp, as he talks to Bud Carr after following the family’s meeting with Skagit County Search and Rescue after they brought Rachel’s Lakoduk’s remains and possessions off the mountain on Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021, in Concrete, Wash.

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The night before finding Rachel Lakoduk, Kevin Dares created an ornate rock and flower sculpture in middle the 49th Parallel basecamp off of Cascade River Road near Marblemount, Wash. The day after the group found Lakoduk, the sculpture had more flowers added, as photographed on Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021, becoming a kind of memorial. Bud Carr jokingly nicknamed, Dares “The Voodoo King,” a nod to Dares’ Louisiana roots.

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Brad Tripp stands in the home he shared with his daughter Rachel Lakoduk on Saturday, Aug. 21, 2021, in Moses Lake, a week after her remains were found. A scenic photo Lakoduk shot hangs on the wall at left. “I’m trying to keep all of her plants alive,” Tripp said. “She loved them.”

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Brad Tripp holds his girlfriend Nicole Elliott-Knopp and looks at a yellow to-do list his daughter, Rachel Lakoduk, planned to complete when she returned from hiking to Hidden Lake Lookout, as they stand in Lakoduk’s bedroom on Saturday, Aug. 21, 2021, at Tripp’s home in Moses Lake, a week after her remains were found. “I don’t come in here very often, it’s just too much,” Tripp said.

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Bud Carr, his son Carlton III “Buddy” Carr and the family dog Sascha stand on the banks of the Skagit River on Monday, Aug. 23, 2021, near their home in in Concrete, Wash. “My father often told me you can only be lost two ways: lost in space, or lost at sea. Any other time, you’re just disoriented,” Bud Carr said.

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Bud Carr holds his four month old daughter Bettie as his oldest child Aria, 11, snuggles up to them while his wife Melissa Carr prepares dinner for the family on Monday, Aug. 23, 2021, at their home in Concrete, Wash.

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Bud Carr takes one last look through his file on Rachel as his son Carlton III “Buddy” Carr looks over a topographical map of the search area, on Monday, Aug. 23, 2021, at their home in Concrete, Wash.

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Trees crown as a wildfire burns on Sunday, July 25, 2021, north of Spokane, Wash. Early reports indicated the fire started off of Hazard Road late Sunday afternoon.

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John Wirth, an incident commander with the Forest Service monitors the Goddard Fire as it burns in the hills behind Pleasant Valley Road early Saturday, July 17, 2021, north of Rice, Wash.

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Mandy Thompson, right, holds her daughter, Macie Gallant’s (7) hand as they pair take water to anyone waiting in their vehicle on West Monroe Road as a wildfire burns in the hills behind the pair’s home on Sunday, July 25, 2021, north of Spokane, Wash. Early reports indicate the fire started off of Hazard Road late Sunday afternoon.

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A feather sits on a charred forest floor following the Chuweah Fire on Sunday, July 18, 2021, outside Nespelem, Wash.

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Karen Bunbury a member of the Shuswap tribe in Canada reacts as she walks through where the home she shared with her long time partner Monty Piatope a member of the Nez Peirce tribe on Monday, Aug. 2, 2021, near Nespelem, Wash. The couple was living in a trailer next to Piatope's childhood home as they worked to renovate it, when the Chuweah Creek Fire burn their home and their trailer.

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Horses search for patches of green grass to graze following the Chuweah Fire on Sunday, July 18, 2021, outside Nespelem, Wash.

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Ralph Moses pats his horse Julio which survived the Chuweah Creek Fire as he and his dog Ginger survey the damage near his home on Friday, July 17, 2021, near Nespelem, Wash.

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Trish Long embraces her dog Bleuboi as she waits in the Nine Mile Falls Rosauers to return the home she was forced to evacuate due to the Ford Corkscrew Fire on Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021, in Nine Mile Falls, Wash.

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Shay Logue, lead forester for the Bureau of Indian Affairs and firefighter surveys the Chuweah Fire’s destruction to one of the forests he helps manage on Sunday, July 18, 2021, outside Nespelem, Wash.

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Crews work to suppress a wildfire as it approaches a home on Sunday, July 25, 2021, north of Spokane, Wash. Early reports indicate the fire started off of Hazard Road late Sunday afternoon.

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A firefighter uses a bulldozer to dig a fire line as crews battle the Ford Corkscrew Fire on Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021, near Tum Tum, Wash.

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Liv Stecker, a public information officer with Northwest Incident Management Team 12 , gives a briefing on the Chuweah Creek FireÕs containment on Friday, July 16, 2021, in Nespelem, Wash.

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A firefighter monitors a fire line on the Cedar Creek fire on Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021, outside Winthrop, Wash.

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Entiat Hotshot Dan Pickard watches as the Cedar Creek wildfire burns on Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021, outside Winthrop, Wash.

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Darlene M. Wilder, a Colville Confederated Tribal elder and survivor of the Chuweah Creek fire, shakes hands with Washington Governor Jay Inslee after he named her “Washingtonian of the Day” during a tour surveying the Chuweah Creek Fire’s damage to the Colville Reservation on Wednesday, July 21, 2021, in Nespelem, Was

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Jordan Pyeatt holds his wife Stacey Pyeatt’s hand on Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021, as they drive to their destroyed log cabin home off of Rail Canyon Road for the first time after it burned on Monday in the Ford-Corkscrew Fire near Tumtum, Wash.

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Jordan Pyeatt holds a shovel after throwing dirt on still-burning hay at his property on Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021, after he returned to his log cabin home off of Rail Canyon Road for the first time after it was destroyed on Monday by the Ford-Corkscrew Fire near Tumtum, Wash.

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Jordan Pyeatt embraces his wife Stacey Pyeatt on Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021, as they return to their log cabin home off of Rail Canyon Road for the first time after it was destroyed on Monday by the Ford-Corkscrew Fire near Tumtum, Wash. Pyeatt built the log cabin with his father when he was a boy and grew up in the home, before he and Stacey Pyeatt bought it from his mother and began raising their two daughters there.

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Water dropped from firefighting aircraft casts a rainbow against a smoldering landscape as crews work to suppress a wildfire on Saturday, July 3, 2021, off of Highway 291 south east of Tum Tum, Wash.

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Jordan Pyeatt takes a ride on his childhood rope swing, swooping over charred ground on Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021, after he returned to his destroyed log cabin home off of Rail Canyon Road for the first time after the home was claimed on Monday by the Ford-Corkscrew Fire near Tumtum, Wash. Pyeatt built the log cabin with his father when he was a boy and grew up in the home, before he and his wife Stacey Pyeatt bought it from his mother and began raising their two daughters there.

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Smoke from several wildfires burning in north eastern Washington shrouds the sun and enhances its color as it sets on Saturday, July 17, 2021, near Omak, Wash.

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Tyler Johnson hoists the Stanley Cup to screaming Chiefs fans on Thursday, July 29, 2021, as he returns to Spokane with the Stanley Cup, which he won as a member of the Tampa Bay Lightning earlier this year, during a celebration event held by the Chiefs at Spokane Memorial Arena in Spokane, Wash.

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Washington State Cougars wide receiver Lincoln Victor (85) dives into the endzone for a touchdown against Oregon State Beavers defensive back Akili Arnold (0) during the second half of college football game on Saturday,Oct 9, 2021, at Martin Stadium in Pullman, Wash. WSU won the game 31-24.

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Eastern Washington Eagles forward Tanner Groves (35) leaps for a rebound against the Southern Utah Thunderbirds during the first half of a college basketball game on Saturday, January 16, 2021, at Reese Court in Cheney, Wash.

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Washington State Cougars head coach Nick Rolovich heads to the field before the start of the first half of a college football game on Saturday, Oct 16, 2021, on Gesa Field in Martin Stadium in Pullman, Wash. WSU won the game 34-31 but Rolovich was fired midway through the season for his failure to comply with Washington State’s vaccine mandate.

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Washington State Cougars defensive back Jaylen Watson (0) takes to the field sporting his number on a gold chain before the first half of a college football game on Saturday, Oct 23, 2021, on Gesa Field in Martin Stadium in Pullman, Wash.

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Oregon State Beavers quarterback Chance Nolan (10) throws as Washington State Cougars defensive end Ron Stone Jr. (10) closes in during the second half of college football game on Saturday,Oct 9, 2021, at Martin Stadium in Pullman, Wash. WSU won the game 31-24.

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Washington State Cougars defensive back Daniel Isom (3) gets a handle on Oregon State Beavers wide receiver Trevon Bradford (8) as defensive back Armani Marsh (8) and defensive end Quinn Roff (20) wrap him up during the second half of college football game on Saturday,Oct 9, 2021, at Martin Stadium in Pullman, Wash. WSU won the game 31-24.

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Washington State Cougars defensive back Armani Marsh (8) runs the ball into the endzone for a touchdown after picking off Washington Huskies freshman quarterback Sam Huard (7) as Huard, right, reacts in the direction of the UW bench during the second half of a college football game on Friday, Nov 26, 2021, at Husky Stadium in Seattle, Wash. WSU won the game 40-13

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Eastern Washington Eagles wide receiver Efton Chism III (89) pulls down a pass for a touchdown against Cal Poly during the first half of a college football game on Saturday, March 27, 2021, at Roos Field in Cheney, Wash.

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Washington State Cougars running back Max Borghi (21) flies through the air after a collision with Washington Huskies defensive back Trent McDuffie (22) and defensive back Brendan Radley-Hiles (44) during the first half of a college football game on Friday, Nov 26, 2021, at Husky Stadium in Seattle, Wash.

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Gonzaga Bulldogs guard Julian Strawther (0) dunks the ball on a play that officials said was a technical foul due to the duration of time Strawther spent hanging from the rim during the second half of a college basketball game on Tuesday, Nov 9, 2021, at McCarthey Athletic Center in Spokane, Wash. Gonzaga won the game 97-63.

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Washington State Cougars wide receiver De'Zhaun Stribling (88) runs the ball in for a touchdown against Stanford Cardinal cornerback Zahran Manley (31) after WSU recovered a fumble late in the first half of a college football game on Saturday, Oct 16, 2021, on Gesa Field in Martin Stadium in Pullman, Wash.

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Montana State Bobcats safety Jeffrey Manning Jr. (5) dances behind the Montana State bench as Montana State defeats EWU during the second half of a college football game on Saturday, Nov 6, 2021, at Roos Field in Cheney, Wash. Montana State won the game 23-20.

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Montana Grizzlies quarterback Camron Humphrey (2) is brought down by Eastern Washington Eagles defensive back Calin Criner (4) as he throws during the second half of a college football game on Saturday, Oct 2, 2021, at Roos Field in Cheney, Wash. EWU won the game 34-28.

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USC Trojans wide receiver Drake London (15) reacts as he stands up after a play where he gained a first down and in the process lost his helmet during the second half where the USC Trojans took control of a college football game against the Washington State Cougars on Saturday, Sep 18, 2021, at Martin Stadium in Pullman, Wash. USC won the game 45-14.

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Washington State Cougars running back Max Borghi (21) celebrates as he runs the ball in for a touchdown during the second half of college football game on Saturday, Sep 4, 2021, at Martin Stadium in Pullman, Wash.

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Eastern Washington Eagles defensive lineman Matthew Brown (90) celebrates after EWU defeated the Montana Grizzlies during the second half of a college football game on Saturday, Oct 2, 2021, at Roos Field in Cheney, Wash. EWU won the game 34-28

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Gonzaga's Truong and Wirth twins mug for the camera with links of cut net and the WCC trophy during a celebration following the second half of a college basketball game against LMU on Saturday, February 27, 2021, at McCarthey Athletic Center in Spokane, Wash.

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WSU fans celebrate as the sun sets during the second half of a college football game on Saturday, Sep 11, 2021, at Martin Stadium in Pullman, Wash. WSU won the game 44-24.

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The All Alaskan Racing Pigs race to the delight of children and adults at the Spokane County Interstate Fair on Tuesday, Sep 14, 2021, in Spokane, Wash.

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Ridgeline sophomore Parker C. center, plays the tuba in the band with classmates as Ridgeline faces off against Lewis and Clark during the first high school football game played at Ridgeline High School on Friday, Sep 3, 2021, in Liberty Lake, Wash.

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Lewis and Clark teacher Dave Jackson floats the Spokane River on Friday, Sep 3, 2021, in Spokane, Wash.

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Marie "Lootie" Leautey, center, hydrates after she finished up her daily marathon with Aric Trantum, left, and Joe Shubring, before arriving at Frank's Diner on Thursday, July 15, 2021, in Spokane, Wash. Leautey is running a marathon a day six days a week until she has covered the globe.

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Washington State Cougars defensive lineman Dallas Hobbs (98) feasts on an apple after WSU defeated UW during the second half of a college football game on Friday, Nov 26, 2021, at Husky Stadium in Seattle, Wash. WSU won the game 40-13

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Edwin Magana, right, trains his son, boxer, Junior Magana, left, on Wednesday, Sep 15, 2021, at the Spokane Boxing Gym in Spokane, Wash. Edwin Magana, is a local barber, who is trying to get his record clean after a stint in California jail during his early years. He's spent the last decade living clean in Washington state, and is helping Junior train as a boxer.

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A Gonzaga fan connects with a KIRO 7 cameraman after Gonzaga lost the 2021 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship to Baylor 86-70 on Monday, April 5, 2021, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Ind.

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Central Valley football's Brandon Thomas works out in his garage gym on Friday, April 23, 2021, in Liberty Lake, Wash. Thomas had his right leg amputated a year ago after being diagnosed with a form of bone cancer and is working his way back to the field.

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Central Valley’s Brandon Thomas poses for a photo before practice on Wednesday, Oct 6, 2021, at Central Valley High School in Spokane Valley, Wash.

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Washington State Cougars running back Max Borghi (21) celebrates after scoring a touchdown against the Arizona Wildcats during the first half of a college football game on Friday, Nov 19, 2021, at Martin Stadium in Pullman, Wash.

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Utah State Aggies wide receiver Kyle Van Leeuwen (9) reacts after the Utah State Aggies scored a touchdown to defeat WSU in the final seconds of the second half of college football game on Saturday, Sep 4, 2021, at Martin Stadium in Pullman, Wash. WSU lost the game 26-23.

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Gonzaga Bulldogs forward Drew Timme (2) embraces his mother Megan Timme after falling to the Alabama Crimson Tide during the second half of a college basketball game on Saturday, Dec 4, 2021, at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, Wash. Alabama won the game 91-82.

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Washington State Cougars offensive lineman Jarrett Kingston (52) hoists receiver Travell Harris (1) in the air after Harris scored a touchdown during the first half of a college football game on Friday, Nov 19, 2021, at Martin Stadium in Pullman, Wash.

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Washington State Cougars running back Max Borghi (21) cradles the Apple Cup and enjoys a victory cigar after WSU defeated the Washington Huskies during the second half of a college football game on Friday, Nov 26, 2021, at Husky Stadium in Seattle, Wash. WSU won the game 40-13

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The Spokane Indians dial in their swings during batting pracitce before facing the Eugene Emeralds on Wednesday, Sep 22, 2021, at Avista Stadium in Spokane, Wash.

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Spokane IndiansÕ outfielder Daniel Montano smiles during a practice before facing the Eugene Emeralds on Wednesday, Sep 22, 2021, at Avista Stadium in Spokane, Wash.

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Lincoln Wayne Dietz, 3, rides into Avista Stadium on his father Cameron DietzÕ shoulders as the the Spokane Indians take on the Eugene Emeralds on Wednesday, Sep 22, 2021, at Avista Stadium in Spokane, Wash.

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Joe Harari, right, gives the thumbs up as he and his pal Stormy WeatherÕs, left, as the sun sets and they head to their seats to watch The Spokane Indians and Eugene Emeralds battle it out on Wednesday, Sep 22, 2021, at Avista Stadium in Spokane, Wash.

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A fan takes his seat as the sun sets and the Spokane Indians take on the Eugene Emeralds on Wednesday, Sep 22, 2021, at Avista Stadium in Spokane, Wash.

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Fans and the Spokane Indians dugout watch as pitcher Chris McMahon throws against the Eugene Emeralds on Wednesday, Sep 22, 2021, at Avista Stadium in Spokane, Wash.

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The Spokane IndiansÕ fans react as the game unfolds between their team and the Eugene Emeralds on Wednesday, Sep 22, 2021, at Avista Stadium in Spokane, Wash.

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While making his rounds between staff members Otto Klein Senior Vice President of the Spokane Indians pauses to watch the action unfold as his team faces the Eugene Emeralds on Wednesday, Sep 22, 2021, at Avista Stadium in Spokane, Wash.

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A face mask, snacks and drinks are some of the necessary accessories for fans to watch the The Spokane Indians take on the Eugene Emeralds on Wednesday, Sep 22, 2021, at Avista Stadium in Spokane, Wash.

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The sun sets as fans wait in line at the Spokane IndiansÕ concession stand on Wednesday, Sep 22, 2021, at Avista Stadium in Spokane, Wash.

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Carrie Lester embraces her husband Scott Defilippis after she won the the women's 2021 Coeur d'Alene Ironman with a time of 8;54:51 on Sunday, June 27, 2021, in Coeur d'Alene, ID.

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Volunteers direct a competitor during the cycling phase of the 2021, Coeur d'Alene Ironman where to go on Sunday, June 27, 2021 in Coeur d'Alene, ID.

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Gina Welc, of Springfield, Ill. wore bunny ears to be more easily found by her friends competing in the 2021 Coeur d'Alene Ironman on Sunday, June 27, 2021 in Coeur d'Alene, ID.

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Sam Long, the eventual men's winner of the 2021 Coeur d'Alene Ironman douses himself in icy water before going on to win the race on Sunday, June 27, 2021, in Coeur d'Alene, ID.

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A female competitor flies through downtown during the 2021, Coeur d'Alene Ironman on Sunday, June 27, 2021 in Coeur d'Alene, ID.

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A Ironman competitor took a moment to rest in the shade of an aid station before getting up and continuing on during the 2021 Coeur d'Alene Ironman on Sunday, June 27, 2021, in Coeur d'Alene, ID.

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A competitor dumps icy water over his head at an aid station during the marathon portion of the 2021 Coeur d'Alene Ironman on Sunday, June 27, 2021, in Coeur d'Alene, ID.

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Ironman competitors rush to hydrate during the 2021 Coeur d'Alene Ironman on Sunday, June 27, 2021, in Coeur d'Alene, ID.

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Sam Long wins the 2021 Coeur d'Alene Ironman with a time of 8:07:40 on Sunday, June 27, 2021, in Coeur d'Alene, ID.

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