Jesse Tinsley's favorite photos of 2023

Here is a picture page of Spokesman-Review photographer Jesse Tinsley's favorite photos of 2023.

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Sun., Dec. 17, 2023

Lind Combine Derby drivers Caleb Hannahs, left, and Bryden Laird throw up their hands as their slow-moving vehicles lurch into each other with a screech of metal and revving diesel engins Saturday, June 10, 2023 in Lind, Washington. The longtime annual event, which is a major fundraiser for the town's Lions Club, funds many local charities and causes and included three heats, a final event and several car and truck races in between. Most of the drivers say it's all in fun and for raising money.

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Meghan George, left, who was at the scene of the drive-by shooting at Lucky's Bar in 2022, tearfully talks to shooting victim Nate Beier via a video call in the hallway outside court after shooter Johnathan Love was sentenced Friday, Nov. 3, 2023. Love was sentenced to 17 years in prison in a Spokane courtroom for shooting Beier, a term that was part of his guilty plea agreement. George was just feet away from Beier, an Afghanistan veteran, when he was hit in the head and suffered severe brain injuries. She credits Beier's shouted warning for saving her life. Kim Beier, Nate's mother, center, and family friend Ron Hauenstein watch the exchange.

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Misty Eller, second from left, and other paddlers who came to Newman Lake Saturday, Oct. 21, for the 1st Annual Witches and Warlocks Ride, maneuver around the public boat launch and check out each others' costumes. The event was dreamed up by Eller, who was inspired by a similar event that happens on Lake Havasu in Arizona.

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Current Spokane County Sheriff John Nowels, left, and former sheriff Ozzie Knezovich, right, share a laugh after cutting the ribbon on the new Spokane County Sheriff Regional Training Center Thursday, Oct 19, 2023 on the State Highway 902 on the West Plains of Spokane, Washington. The shooting range, classrooms and equipment will be shared by county law enforcement and the Fairchild Air Force Base police departments.

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Trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, upper left, winds up a solo with the Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023 at the Fox Theater in Spokane. Around him are trumpters Ryan Kisor, second from upper right, trumpeter Kenny Rampton, upper right, trombonistss Vincent Gardner, lower left.

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Vietnam veteran Michael O'Connor, left, chats with Kelly Kiki, president of the group Veterans Community Response, at his rural home off Elk-Chattaroy Road north of Spokane Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023. The VCR group brought volunteers to help clear burned timber around the house, which survived the wildfires in the Elk area, which had surrounded the home.

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Visiting Willard Elementary Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023, Gonzaga Bulldog basketball player Anton Watson accepts high fives from children, who were excited to try and jump to meet his hand, at the end of informal basketball games with the students at the school.

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Eastern Washington RB Justice Jackson, (22) restrained by multiple defenders, muscles the ball across the goal line late in the game against Southeastern Louisiana Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023 at Roos Field at Eastern Washington University in Cheney, Washington, where the Eagles won 40-29.

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Three sets of sisters play on the North Central High School Wolfpack slowpitch softball team. From left, Harmoni Rosehill and Arayah Rosehill; Zoe Nowaski and Abigail Nowaski; Isabella Lowman and Aubrie Lowman. Photographed Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023 at North Central High School.

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Liz and Chris Bovey, who have a rural home on the West Plains near Fairchild Air Force Base, have accumulated historic lighted signs that are displayed around their property, which they've nicknamed the "Bovey Boneyard", shown Friday, Aug. 4, 2023. The Boveys are planning a one-day event to invite up to 200 people out to wander among the signs and relive some memories of old Spokane. Bovey is best known as the artist who makes screenprinted posters of old Spokane businesses and locations.

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Jamie Dimon, center, walks through a line of bank staffers at the Spokane branch of Chase bank Monday, July 30, 2023 at the office on Main Avenue in Spokane, Washington. Dimon, the CEO of JPMorgan Chase, was on tour of the bank's regional offices and was greeted with a pep rally at the Spokane office.

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Passersby watch a young moose as it stays submerged to its neck in the Mirror Pond at Manito Park Sunday, July 16, 2023 in Spokane, Washington. It stayed until the later evening before departing.

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At the home of Kiantha Duncan (center, in white) in Spokane Valley, Spokane mayoral candidate Lisa Brown (far right) listens during introductions before the meal was served Saturday, July 8, 2023 , part of a series of discussions Duncan wants to have with candidates running for local office.

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Sweeper trucks cross the the East Trent Avenue bridge, also called the State Route 290/Trent Avenue bridge, which spans the Spokane River and is set to open Monday, July 10, shown Friday, July 7, 2023. In the background is the Hamilton bridge that connects I-90 to the University District, Gonzaga and East Mission neighborhoods. From the WSDOT press release: The new bridge incorporates several design elements from the old East Trent Bridge that was demolished in 2020-2021. The most prominent feature, the Luten style arch design, has been incorporated into portions of the pedestrian railing of the new bridge along with stamped concrete on the western retaining walls. The previous bridge was built in 1910 and had exceeded its useful lifespan.

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Nine-year-old Henry Toungate sings and plays in the shadow of the Ferguson's Cafe on Garland Avenue Wednesday, June 14, 2023, the third day of Street Music Week fundraiser, where amateur musicians plays during the lunch hour and collect doantions for Second Harvest food bank. Toungate has performed at the annual fundraiser for several years.

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Lind Combine Derby drivers, from left, Cody Bennett, Caleb Hannahs and Tyran Doyle celebrate the end of the main event where Bennett was declared the winner Saturday, June 10, 2023 in Lind, Washington. The longtime annual event, which is a major fundraiser for the town's Lions Club, funds many local charities and causes and included three heats, a final event and several car and truck races in between. Most of the drivers, mostly in their 30s, say the event is all in fun and for raising money.

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The intersection of Spokane Falls Boulevard and Howard Street, just outside Riverfront Park, has been filled with a mix of colored panels that have meaning for people in the LGBT community as a preparation for the Pride Parade next weekend in downtown Spokane, Washington. A group of volunteers pitched in to paint the street Sunday, June 4, 2023.

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Gold Star mother Keirsten Lyons bends down near an military boot with a photo of her son, Sgt. Jacob Michael Hess, a Marine who was killed in 2014 in Afghanistan, at a display set up around the Illuminating Courage memorial outside the Spokane Arena Saturday, May 28, 2023 in Spokane, Washington. Lyons and other volunteers set out rows of boots, with small photos and details of fallen veterans from the post-911 era. The group Washington State Fallen Heroes Project gathered the boots and created the small laminated tags from the full-sized posters that are often carried in parades to honor those killed while in uniform.

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As the new downtown sports arena, right, takes shape and is being prepared by Garco Construction to open in the fall, the street to the south of arean, Dean Avenue, may be renamed to honor another legendary sports fan, Joe Albi. Photographed Tuesday, May 23, 2023.

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Dr. Alvin Chow gives tips to Matthew Huang, 11, about the Tchaikovsky piece "Juin Baccarolle" which Huang had just played at MusicFest, a weeklong music festival focused mainly on classical music Monday, May 15, 2023 at Gonzaga University. Hundreds of young musicians, singers and dancers took part Monday. The highlight of the event is convincing highly skilled and educated adjudicators to participate in the contest, each giving extensive personal feedback to each participant.

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Longtime photographer and filmmaker Don Hamilton points some examples of the classic mid-century modern Jefferson Golden Hour clocks he has collected and refurbished in his tiny home workshop in Spokane, shown Monday, May 8, 2023. The modern clocks were popular as gifts in the 1950s and 1960s and they were made through 1991, then discontinued. The signature motif is that the hands of the clock appear to float on a rotating glass bezel.

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Artist Ric Gendron, longtime artist and member of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, stands in front of some of his work at the Marmot Art Space gallery in Kendall Yards (where he will release a new book about his work in the coming weeks) Sunday, April 30, 2023. He died in July of this year. His colorful work, featuring stylized portraits of artists, musicians and Native people, are seen around Spokane, including at the Ruby Hotel downtown.

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The Maple Street Bridge, in service since opening in 1958, carries thousands of cars over the Peaceful Valley neighborhood and across the Spokane River everyday. The city of Spokane is preparing to do a major renovation. Photographed Tuesday, April 4, 2023.

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Newly-chosen Lilac Festival Queen Josephine Ortega of Medical Lake High School is given the purpose robe by Kim Johnson before she steps to the microphone to thanks her parents on the stage at the Bing Crosby Theater in Spokane Saturday, Mar. 25, 2023 at the annual coronation event of the Lilac Festival. With the seven member of the royal court chosen, Ortega was chosen as queen and the other six become princesses.

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