A mountain goat walks down a ridge at sunset near Paradise at Mount Rainier National Park in Ashford on Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023.
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A firefighter battles flames at the end of Eckerson Road in Centralia near Blakeslee Junction as smoke and heat billows from a structure inside a homeless encampment Tuesday, March 28, 2023.
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Trevor Graves, of Napavine, jumps his Ford Ranger at the Southwest Washington Fairgrounds during the “Jump Your Junk” event on Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023. The event was stopped after this jump and Graves was taken to the hospital with injuries after walking from his truck to a paramedic unit on the scene.
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Dayton L. Keyes turns and runs as Detective Sergeant Dave Clary uses pepper-spray while in a foot pursuit through Centralia between South Gold Street and Kresky Ave. on Monday, Oct. 16, 2023.
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Following a May landslide, crews are seen from above as pipes are placed and dirt is moved to create a traversable path along Spirit Lake Highway on Thursday, June 29, 2023.
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Micah Braden embraces an attendee at a protest for Aron Christensen and his dog Buzzo outside the Washington State Capitol Building in Olympia on Sunday, April 23, 2023.
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Visitors use binoculars to spot animals below Mount St. Helens from Johnston Ridge on Thursday, May 11, 2023.
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Wyatt “Nutty” Hill, of Lewis County Fire District 6, pours water for a Dachshund as Lieutenant Matt Foley holds up the dogs head following a residential fire in the 200 block of Southwest 1st Street in Chehalis on Thursday, March 9, 2023.
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William Kulakoski, of Missoula, Montana, competes in the tree topping event during the Morton Loggers Jubilee on Sunday, Aug. 13, 2023.
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Wanda Bowers smiles while petting Butter, known as the “Doty Deer,” in her yard on Thursday, June 15, 2023.
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Doris Bier smiles and poses for a photo as attendees dress like Rosie the Riveter during a Power of the Purse event in the TransAlta Commons at Centralia College on Tuesday, August 1, 2023.
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Randle resident Slim Lundeen shines his flashlight on a porcupine waddling towards the Gifford Pinchot National Forest on Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023.
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Jarron Owen, of Centralia, is thrown from White Buffalo during day two of the rodeo at the Southwest Washington Fairgrounds on Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023.
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Riverside Fire Authority responds to a scene at Visiting Nurses in Centralia after a vehicle crashed through windows, destroying shelves full of items, at the location Thursday, May 25, 2023.
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Embers ignite in the sky illuminating smoke from launching fireworks in Curtis for Independence Day on Tuesday, July 4, 2023.
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An American flag is hoisted off the casket of James Randles, a Civil War Veteran, before being displayed, folded and given to his family during a reburial ceremony in his namesake town on Saturday, July 8, 2023.
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Lewis County and Riverside firefighters work to douse flames as a column of smoke rises from a residence in the 800 block of Centralia College Blvd. on Wednesday, May 24, 2023.
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Ken Wiseman looks in a mirror while holding a pair of scissors to his hair making cuts to raise awareness for Tonja Vlach, a receptionist at I-5 Toyota who is undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer, and an auction the family is holding online to raise funds on Tuesday, May 30, 2023.
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U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds streak across the sky over Tacoma in formation during the JBLM Airshow and Warrior Expo on Sunday, July 16, 2023.
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Coho salmon are measured and subsequently tossed into Gheer Creek near Carlisle Lake by Skookumchuck Hatchery Manager Jesse McMahan as students from the Onalaska School District watch on Thursday, Mar. 30, 2023.
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Seen through a window of shattered glass, Sandrini Construction crews work to fill LeMay shipping containers with debris from the former Papa Pete’s Pizza location on Wednesday, June 28, 2023, in Centralia after a fire destroyed the building in early March.
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Flames and smoke rise from an RV underneath the East 6th Street overpass in Centralia on Friday, Aug. 25, 2023.
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Riders on lawn mowers speed past bails of hay during a race at the Jubilee Arena in Morton on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023.
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Chehalis Fire Department Chief Adam Fulbright, Scott Boettcher of the Chehalis River Basin Flood Authority and former Lewis County Commissioner Ron Averill climb under tables during the Great Washington ShakeOut earthquake safety exercise. The exercise occurred as local emergency management and first responders gathered for the annual Lewis County meeting focused on the upcoming flooding outlook on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023.
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The sun sets through wildfire smoke over Spirit Lake as seen from Windy Ridge near Mount St. Helens on Thursday, July 6, 2023.
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The Veteran, driven by Kylie Wood, takes air at the Southwest Washington Fairgrounds during a Monster Truck Nitro Tour event on Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023.
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Governor Jay Inslee looks on while walking out of a room inside the John A. Cherberg Building in Olympia after answering questions from members of the press on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023.
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Judge James W. Lawler talks to the Williams family as they sign paperwork for adoption at Lewis County Superior Court in Chehalis on Friday, Nov. 17, 2023.
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Riverside Fire Authority, Chehalis Fire, Lewis County Fire District 6 and West Thurston Fire responds to a commercial structure fire at the former Papa Pete's location in Centralia on Sunday, Mar. 5, 2023.
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Law enforcement works to detain an individual in the 1300 block of Windsor Avenue in Centralia on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023.
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Lightning strikes the hills east of Centralia and Chehalis on Monday, May 15, 2023, during a two-day stretch of unpredictable weather in Southwest Washington, including record-breaking 90-degree weather, rain, thunder and an electrical storm.
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A mountain goat looks out over the valley beneath Mount St. Helens near the Johnston Ridge Observatory on Thursday, May 11, 2023.
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Sandhill cranes jump and dance in a mowed-down corn field between Porter and Elma on Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023.
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A barn owl expands its wings and prepares to fly from a barn in Adna on Sunday, March 12, 2023.
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Huskies receiver Rome Odunze (1) makes a catch for a touchdown during the Boeing Apple Cup Series football game in Seattle against the Washington State University Cougars on Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023.
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Julio Rodríguez celebrates a home run as J. P. Crawford smiles and receives high-fives behind him inside the Mariners dugout at T-Mobile Park in Seattle on Monday, Aug. 28, 2023.
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Centralia sophomore Tess McMurry hits a ball out of a sand bunker at Riverside Golf Course in Chehalis on Monday, Mar. 20.
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Mossyrock senior Payton Torrey (5) receives an embrace after defeating the Nighthawks in Chehalis on Saturday, Feb. 25.
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Students build a message out of multiple posters for Tylie Tobin, a 10-year-old with a rare form of cancerous tumor on her brain stem, during a football game in Chehalis on Friday, Oct. 27.
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Dan Keiper, owner of Keiper’s Cards, smiles for a photo with former professional basketball player and coach George Karl in downtown Centralia on Friday, Feb. 24.
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Mariners Hall of Famer Edgar Martínez smiles and waves to visitors at Lucky Eagle Casino during a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Legends Sports Bar on Friday, July 7, 2023.
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Mossyrock’s Hailey Brooks (17) screams toward her dugout as she slides in safe at home during a game against Almira-Coulee-Hartline in Yakima on May 28, 2023.
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Siblings Max and Keira O'Neill embrace after Napavine teammate Maddie Dickinson was resuscitated and brought into an ambulance on the track at Zaepfel Stadium in Yakima on Friday, May 26, 2023.
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Tenino’s Cody Strawn (2) throws a pitch to Rochester’s Hyde Parrish (8) as a rainbow forms over Cheney Stadium, home of the Tacoma Rainiers, on April 1, 2023.
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Morton-White Pass Head Coach Chad Cramer cheers with athletes and fans after defeating the Adna Pirates in the 2B District Championship game at W.F. West High School on Saturday, February 18, 2023.
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Kayla Weed, a W.F. West graduate, smiles as she holds up her 1-year-old daughter Mia inside Combat Sport and Fitness in Enumclaw on Thursday, Mar. 2, 2023, while training for her upcoming fight on March 11, at the Muckleshoot Casino.
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Chihiro Bringman swims at Thorbeckes during the last home swim meet of the season in Centralia on Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023.
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