A rodeo clown smiles while watching riders in the Roy Pioneer Rodeo in September.
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Seniors William Carreto and Meridee Hill were announced Homecoming king and queen on Sept. 30.
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The Skookumchuck River crested just short of a record overnight in Bucoda in January of 2022.
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Moss hangs above the Ohanapecosh River as it pours off the Silver Falls in Mount Rainier National Park in June.
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Running back Ray Wright holds up the trophy with other Yelm players after they won the 3A state championship game against Eastside Christian in Puyallup on Dec. 3.
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Nisqually Tribe elders Cleo Frank and Hanford McCloud sing a ceremonial song on May 19 at the tribe’s under construction Elder Center.
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Rainier's Ryan Doidge prepares to leap in the boys pole vault at the Central 2B League Championships on May 13.
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Nita Allen prepares her Morgan quarterhorse Cyrus for the trail on April 24.
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Natural Resources Director for the Nisqually Indian Tribe David Troutt points to locations on a map of the Nisqually River alongside U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Hanford McCloud, U.S. Representative Marilyn Strickland, and Governor Jay Inslee in April.
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Don Bowman and Jan Wigley cut a make-shift ribbon held by Tenino City Council Members Linda Gotovac and Jason Lawton while Tenino Mayor Wayne Fournier looks on during the city's Tenino Railroad Day event in September.
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Washington State Patrol Bomb Squad Commander Clifford Pratt walks with another bomb tech and a Thurston County deputy while working to safely clear a Yelm residence of potentially dangerous materials by means of detonation in the 20000 block of Neat Road Southeast in February.
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Begtam and Mardol participate in a “handfast” ceremony, which is a Viking tradition as old as the culture, at the Norse West Viking Festival on Sept. 11.
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Jerry Sprouffske, the grand marshal of the Rainier Round Up Days event, waves to paradegoers in August.
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A dragonfly lands on a dock at Millersylvania State Park in August.
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Carson Sloan, 4, chows down on a cherry pie at the pie eating competition at the Nisqually Valley Barbecue Rally on July 23.
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Seniors at Yelm High School give a thumbs up before they enter a bus after the annual grad walk through schools on June 15.
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Four Rainier graduates wave and smile on June 10 during a parade that followed their graduation ceremony.
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Graduates smile and lock hands as they touch feet and spin during a ceremony at Beaver Stadium in June.
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The 2B Track and Field State champions from Rainier High School pose for a photo prior to the start of their celebratory parade in June.
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Washington State Patrol Bomb Squad Commander Clifford Pratt walks with another bomb tech and a Thurston County deputy while working to safely clear a Yelm residence of potentially dangerous materials by means of detonation in the 20000 block of Neat Road Southeast in February.
Jared Wenzelburger / For the Nisqually Valley News
Mount Rainier is seen from Cook Road Southeast near Yelm in November beyond pumpkin patches.
Jared Wenzelburger / For the Nisqually Valley News
Visitors smile while posing for a photo in Paradise at Mount Rainier near Ashford.
Jared Wenzelburger / For the Nisqually Valley News
Vehicles are seen parked along the Mossyrock Dam above the Tacoma City Light powerhouse.
Jared Wenzelburger / For the Nisqually Valley News
From left, Tricia Howard, Ellie Barrios, Brittany Frailey, and Liz Yates pose for a photo outside Northwest Grind in Rochester.
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The Tenino Area Chamber of Commerce presents Pizza Mia with its first dollar of net profit on April 4 during a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
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Tulsi Gabbard smiles while addressing attendees at a campaign rally for Joe Kent at Volunteer Park in Bucoda.
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John Bourdon smiles alongside Randy Rawson behind the bar in the Sandstone Distillery Tasting Room in downtown Tenino.
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Teams race down East Seventh Street during the Boo-coda Casket Races.
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