Colin Mulvany's Favorite Photos 2025

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Mon., Dec. 29, 2025

With a few inches of fresh snow on the ground, Ellison Stottlemyer, 5, (in front) and her friend Ainsley Bouten, 5, have fun sledding down a hill in lower Manito Park, Wed., Feb. 5, 2025.

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Hunting small fish, Canon Hill Park’s resident great blue heron lifts off from a snag perch in the middle of the park’s pond, Monday, September 8, 2025.

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An icicle drips snowmelt from an eave of a South Hill home, Monday Feb. 17, 2025.

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In the 5 a.m. hour, about two-dozen community and business leaders walk past homeless camped under the Browne’s Street railroad viaduct during a daily morning walk through the streets of downtown Spokane, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025. The group wants spur city government action to clean up the streets of Spokane and address the chronic homeless problem.

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Since 1987, the Doomsday Hill Vulture has been the official welcoming party to runners and walkers summiting Bloomsday's big hill during the running the 49th Bloomsday, Sunday, May 4, 2025, in Spokane, Washington.

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The Royal Court from Oroville’s May Festival dance to the song Y.M.C.A. as they wait for the Lilac Festival’s Armed Forces Torchlight Parade to start, in downtown Spokane, Sat. May 17, 2025.

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A runner cools off at the Doomsday Hill water station during the running the 49th Bloomsday, Sunday, May 4, 2025, in Spokane, Washington.

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A runner heads for a large bubble floating on the course along Lindeke Street during the running the 49th Bloomsday, Sunday, May 4, 2025, in Spokane, Washington.

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Protesters in a vehicle show their support for the large crowd gathered along Spokane Boulevard during the No Kings rally and march, Sat. June 14, 2025. Thousands of protesters crowded Riverfront Park and lined Spokane Falls Boulevard Saturday afternoon to protest policies of President Donald Trump in downtown Spokane.

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Central Valley’s Beau Butner heads the ball away from University’s Ryker Kekahuna, during a GSL high school boys soccer game, Friday, May 2, 2025, at Central Valley High School.

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Brandon Nielsen is a 47-year-old construction worker who's fighting this Saturday at the BrickWest boxing event in the Master's Division competition.

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Nine-year-old Levy Scheidt, who works out at Spokane Boxing Gym, won a National Silver gloves boxing title on Feb. 1. Scheidt comes from an athletic family. Her parents— Conrad Scheidt and Karlene Hurrel—are former University of Idaho athletes.

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Department of Natural Resources wildland firefighters help extinguish a brush and timber fire that burned uphill from West Downriver Park Drive to West Riverview Drive, Monday, Sept. 8, 2025. Spokane Fire Department also assisted in preventing the flames from spreading. The fire is under investigation.

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Photos by COLIN MULVANY/The Spokesman-Review Joy Chance with 2nd Chance Ranch rides Cricket, a rescue horse, on Saturday during the 45th annual St. Patrick's Day Parade downtown. The parade was sponsored by the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick.

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With the sun shining, it was a good time for James Eckley to wash winter’s grit and grime from his Ford Taurus Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, at Car Wash Plaza 4th Avenue and Thor Street.

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Spokane Chiefs forward Andrew Cristal poses for a portrait in the Spokane Arena, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2024.

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A large western tiger swallowtail butterfly gathers nectar from a late-blooming lilac in a yard on Spokane’s South Hill, Thursday, June 5, 2025.

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Spokane Chiefs Shea Van Olm (20) celebrates scoring a goal against the Portland Winterhawks during the first period, Friday, April 25, 2025, in the Spokane Arena.

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Morning raindrops cling to crocus blooms in a South Hill front yard, Monday, March 31, 2025.

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Two dogs wait for their owner in the cab of a an old Ford pickup truck parked on the 3700 block of East Rich Avenue, Wed., Jan. 29, 2025.

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Dragonflies chase mates over Manito Park’s Mirror Pond, Monday, July 28, 2025.

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A crow harasses a bald eagle perched atop a pine tree on Spokane’s South Hill, Sunday, October. 5, 2025. Crows harass eagles mainly to defend their territory, nests, and young and to drive them away from potential hunting grounds.

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Maddox Wagner, 5, checks out his Spiderman face paint during the Fan Fest Block Party presented by Washington Trust Bank, Saturday, March, 29, 2025, in Riverfront Park. Cody and his family travelled from Cody, Wyoming to attend Saturday’s NCAA women’s basketball games in the Spokane Arena. The event celebrates the busy sports weekend in Spokane featuring the NCAA Basketball Tournament and the PNQ Volleyball Tournament.

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Trisha Thorman, a nurse and firefighter’s wife, shows her respects with about three-dozen other citizens, firefighters, and EMS who lined the Ray Street overpass as an emergency vehicle procession escorting bodies of Coeur d’Alene firefighters passed by on I-90 Sunday evening. The firefighters were shot and killed in an “ambush-style" attack at the popular Canfield Mountain recreation area Sunday afternoon. Their final stop was the Spokane County Medical Examiner's Office.

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A hearse carrying one of two firefighters is saluted by first responders as it leaves the Spokane County Medical Examiner’s Office Tuesday morning. Around 300 first responders from agencies across the region, their families and community members lined the streets around the Spokane County Medical Examiner’s Office Tuesday, just before the procession for two firefighters killed in the line of duty got underway.

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A firefighting helicopter drops a load of water on a brush and timber fire across the Spokane River from Down River Golf Course, Monday, August 11, 2025. The helicopter water drops helped contain the blaze to several acres.

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About 50 protesters gathered in the courtyard the Thomas S. Foley United States Courthouse to support immigrant Martin Diaz who was in federal court, Monday, June 23, 2025. Martin was denied a release of custody pending trial for assault on a federal officer.

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Gonzaga guard Mario Saint-Supery (17) passes the ball around Oklahoma forward Derrion Reid (35) to Gonzaga forward Braden Huff (34) during the first half of a NCAA college basketball game, Sat, Nov. 8, 2025, in the Spokane Arena.

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The Zags cheerleaders take the court before the game with Colorado State , Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025, in the McCarthey Athletic Center.

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Gonzaga center Ismaila Diagne (24) dunks the ball against Southern Utah during the second half of a NCAA college basketball game, Monday, Nov. 17, 2025, in the McCarthey Athletic Center.

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After participating in the Stand Up to Fascism protest on the Gonzaga University campus, Peri Abrahm, a Psychology/Communication major, uses chalk to write “Fight for Peace” in front of the College Hall building, Friday April 11, 2025. Student groups from Gonzaga University protested on Herak Quad and walking through campus on to call upon the Gonzaga University administration to stand up against hate, fascism, and attacks on higher education. This protest is organized by student groups “Do Better Gonzaga,” “Fossil Free Gonzaga,” “Gonzaga Mutual Aid,” and “Gonzaga Community for Justice in Palestine.” Organizers.

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Gonzaga forward Emmanuel Innocenti (5) and forward Graham Ike (15) react to Gonzaga guard Davis Fogle (4) scoring his first point of the night during the second half of a NCAA college basketball game, Monday, Nov. 3, 2025, in the McCarthey Athletic Center.

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During the Spokane Community Observance of the Holocaust, Spokane Jewish youth line up before the candle processional at Temple Beth Shalom Wednesday, April 23, 2025.

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During the Spokane Community Observance of the Holocaust at Temple Beth Shalom Wednesday night, Holocaust survivor Carla Peperzak lights the first of six candles in memory of the six million jews who were killed by Nazi Germany during World War II.

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Freeman High School cheerleaders celebrate their 54-46 overtime win over Northwest Christian during the State 2B boys quarterfinal game, Thursday, March 6, 2025, in the Spokane Arena.

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An ICE agent tussles with protesters at the back gate of an ICE facility in the old Broadview Dairy building at 411 W Cataldo Avenue, Wed. June 11, 2025. The agents were try to leave in three marked vehicles but were stopped as dozens of protesters locked arms preventing them from leaving. The event triggered a large police response a short time later.

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A woman ICE protester is arrested by Spokane police for not following their order to leave the area near the ICE facility at 411 W Cataldo Avenue. Tear gas was used on the growing crowd a few minutes later.

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Dale Simmons, on right, and his son Kade Simmons, 15, put the finishing touches on the inside dome of a large snow igloo they and other teen boys constructed over the past three days in the Simmons front yard on the East 600 block of 25th Avenue. The plan is to have a small camp fire and roast marshmallows before the coming rain melts the structure away.

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Garfield-Palouse girls basketball player Kaydence Kivi, who plays ball one-handed, will be in the Spokane Arena with her team for the State B Tourney in March.

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Jessie Morozov, age 16 is the youngest musician to join the Spokane Symphony, earning her seat through a blind audition she won at age 15. Now 16 years-old, her official debut will be this weekend at Masterworks 7 on Saturday, March 29.

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A small jumping spider makes its way across the hood of a red SUV, Tuesday, October. 21, 2025. The jumping spider is part of the largest family of spiders – comprising 13% of spider species.

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The Royal Court from Oroville’s May Festival dance to the song Y.M.C.A. as they wait for the Lilac Festival’s Armed Forces Torchlight Parade to start, in downtown Spokane, Sat. May 17, 2025.

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Mead cheerleaders enter the field before the Panther football team during the annual Battle of the Bell rivalry high school football game with Mt. Spokane at Union Stadium in Mead, Friday, Sept. 26, 2025.

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Homeless Jerry Martinez, with his dog Lilly, sits on a park bench in Mission Park, Tuesday, October 28, 2025. Martinez said he has been homeless for over a year and finds Mission Park to be safer than roaming downtown Spokane.

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Some protesters broke out of the crowd and marched through downtown Spokane during the No Kings rally and march. Thousands of protesters crowded Riverfront Park and lined Spokane Falls Boulevard Saturday afternoon to protest policies of President Donald Trump in downtown Spokane, Sat. June, 14, 2025.

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Spokane Chiefs and Indians broadcaster Mike Boyle calls Friday’s baseball game against Vancouver in Avista Stadium.

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Henry Kelm, 17, and his sister Rosemary, 1, from Medical lake take a break from cooling off in the Rotary Fountain in Riverfront Park, Monday, July 28, 2025. Sunny skies and with mid 90s temperatures are in store for most of the week.

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Gonzaga forward Braden Huff (34), forward Graham Ike (15)

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WSU quarterbacks left to right, Jaxson Potter (5) Zevi Eckhaus (4) Julian Duggar (2) and Ajani Sheppard (13)

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WSU Wide Receiver Jeremiah Noga

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Dakota Cummins, 7, snuggles with her calf Midnight, in the cow barn, Sept. 12, 2025, at the Spokane County Interstate Fair. Dakota’s parents owns Whitepine Flats Farms in Elk and brought their dairy cows to display at the fair.

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At Brick West Brewing, Mariners fan, Joey Campanella, 17, reacts to Toronto’s George Springer hitting a three-run homer in the seventh inning to take the lead 4-3 against the Mariners in game 7 of the ALCS.

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Freshly fallen Japanese maple leaves carpet the rocks and paths in the Nishinomiya Tsutakawa Japanese Garden in Manito Park, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025.

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Ridgeline soccer player Quinn Mueller portrait for fall sports preview section.

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Oliver Hokama, 8, views the original Washington State Constitution on display under glass at the Spokane Public Library, for just two hours, Monday Sept. 15, 2025. It is the first time the historic document has traveled to Eastern Washington. When not on display for special occasions, it is stored and protected in a climate-controlled vault in the Washington State Archives on the capitol campus in Olympia.

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During the grand opening of Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers on North Division Street, Hayden Newlander, who camped outside the business overnight with her friends, is greeted by Raising Cane’s employees as she heads to the counter to make her order, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025. Hundreds of customers lined up outside for the opportunity to try the national fast food chain’s famous chicken fingers.

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Mead soccer player Rocky Wells photographed at Union Stadium, Thursday, March 13, 2025, for spring sports preview.

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As Halloween approaches, these ghostly aberrations stand sentry in a front yard along South Lincoln Street at 20th Avenue, Monday, October. 6, 2025.

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West Valley boys basketball player Nathan Zettle for preps winter sports preview

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The Northwest Christian girls celebrate defeating Reardan 61-57 during a State girls 2B semifinal game, Friday, March 7, 2025, in the Spokane Arena.

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Medical Lake High School basketball player Owen Pitts, who has terminal brain cancer, listens to the crowd chant his name during a special basketball game and graduation ceremony in his honor Thursday night in Medical Lake. The doctors gave Pitts 3-6 months to live in September, so his school stepped up to fulfill a couple of his last wishes: to graduate and to play in a basketball game.

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The Cathedral of Our Lady of Lourdes in downtown Spokane reflects the angelic golden light of a setting autumn sun, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025.

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