A red truck navigates through floodwaters covering 28th Avenue NW along Pioneer Highway on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023 in Stanwood, Washington. Communities near the mouth of the Stillaguamish River remained flooded Wednesday in the aftermath of a major rainstorm. Emergency crews responded to at least 13 rescues, said Scott North, spokesperson for the county’s Department of Emergency Management. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

A few weeks before what could be her final professional UFC fight, Miranda Granger grimaces as she pushes a 45-pound plate up her driveway on Tuesday, July 12, 2022, in Lake Stevens, Washington. Her daughter Austin, age 11 months, is strapped to her back. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

A shadow spelling out "equality" is cast against a wall as a part of an art piece set up at the Women's March Florida at Mana Wynwood in Miami on Jan. 21, 2018. (Olivia Vanni / Naples Daily News)

Venecia Cruz, a senior at Everett High School, yells and waves a Mexican flag during a walkout rally in protest of ICE outside of the Snohomish County Courthouse on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Everett, Washington. Everett High School students walked out of classes in protest ICE activity in Snohomish County and around the country. The students took to the streets shortly before 10 a.m. Tuesday, marching from the downtown high school to the Snohomish County campus, where they gathered to wave signs, make speeches and chant slogans. Students said they had seen the effects of the increase in their own community. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Anne Long, left, and Stacy Miller, right, embrace while singing "We Shall Overcome" during a vigil held to support the LGBTQIA+ community in response to the recent hate-filled incidents at two regional churches on Tuesday, May 2, 2023 in Edmonds, Washington. Long, from Seattle and Miller, from Ferndale, both felt it was important to attend to “show support”. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

A hummingbird takes flight from a cherry blossom tree just beginning to bloom along Grand Avenue on Wednesday, March 6, 2024 in Everett, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Fourth and fifth graders from Hazelwood Elementary School participate in an orca parade to celebrate ‘Orca Fest’ at their school on Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023 in Lynnwood, Washington. The orca parade was one of several sea-related activities this week for the students, leading up to Orca Recovery Day on Oct. 14. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Patrick Cooper, 76, feeds a flock of seagulls along the Marine View Drive on Tuesday, March 5, 2019 in Everett, Washington. Cooper goes to the waterfront daily to see his friends. There’s Honey and Skidplate and dozens of other winged moochers. The birds swarm in for a handout from the man with the bushy white beard. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Snohomish County Detective Kendra Conley, right, hugs Everett Police Lieutenant Tim Collings, left, after the reading of the verdict at the trial of Richard Rotter at the Snohomish County Courthouse on Monday, April 3, 2023 in Everett, Washington. Rotter, who murdered Everett police officer Dan Rocha in March 2022, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

People stop to look at an estimated 120-year-old elm tree that fell into a historic home in Snohomish on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. The towering tree uprooted during the bomb cyclone and collapsed onto the two-story house, built in the 1890s. The owner, who wished not to be named for privacy reasons, joked he woke up in the middle of the night with his wife on one side of him and the tree on the other. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Kyler Carpenter, 10, left, and Laela Carpenter, 11, look up through a hole that was torn in their roof by Hurricane Harvey. The cousins surveyed the damage on Aug. 27, 2017 to Laela’s family home in Bayside, Texas. (Olivia Vanni / The Victoria Advocate)

Triple B Foundation for Pet Therapy president Brian Hohstadt walks Streaker, the miniature pony, to the entrance of the Special Offenders Unit where he makes monthly visits to the inmates in the Monroe Correctional Complex on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2018 in Monroe, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Ashley Olson releases green balloons from the dock at Davies Beach in memory of her brother, Joey Mell, who overdosed a year ago on Feb. 23, 2021 in Lake Stevens, Washington. Green was Mell’s favorite color and Olson describes her brother as “gorgeous” and “a real thrill seeker” due to his job as a highline tree trimmer. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

On Friday, July 17, a massive fire destroyed the south portion of the Waterfront Apartments that were under construction at the Port of Everett. Authorities sifted through the rubble and eventually determined the fire was not caused by criminal activity. Developers promised to rebuild. The north building, which was mostly untouched by the fire, is to open this year with 135 units. The port itself sallied forth with plans to bolster revenue despite an aerospace cargo decline. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Joseph Cordell, a long time patron of the Everett Skate Deck, demonstrates some of his skate moves in the center of the floor during the final open skate session at the Everett Skate Deck on Sunday, April 3, 2022. After 61 years in business, Everett’s much-loved roller rink closed on Sunday. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

PAWS Wildlife Naturalist Anthony Denice releases a rehabilitated male bald eagle at Lake Ballinger on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025 in Mountlake Terrace, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Bethayna Gebremariam, 6, is sprayed with water while the sun casts orange-tinged light across North Lynnwood Park on Friday, Aug. 9, 2024 in Lynnwood, Washington. The National Weather Service announced a heat advisory Friday for most counties along Puget Sound, though it likely wouldn’t extend into the weekend. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Clara Bow-er, a boer goat that was a part of a larger rescue from Yelm, closes her eyes as Ellen Felsenthal, founder and director of New Moon Farm Sanctuary, scratches her cheeks on Thursday, April 3, 2025 in Arlington, Washington. In mid-February, Felsenthal rescued nine goats from a cockfighting ring in Yelm. Animal control and rescuers also found severely abused goats and horses at at the operation and, unfortunately, also found many dead animals on site. While they’re still on the mend, the goats are doing much better, Felsenthal said. By summer, she hopes the goats will be healthy enough to look for adoptive families and caretakers. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Kathy Johnson, forest practices chair for Pilchuck Audubon Society, walks through vegetation growing along a gravel road in the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest on Thursday, July 10, 2025 in Granite Falls, Washington. This degraded gravel road is a lone indication of civilization. Roads like this, which are currently an exception in the area, could become a common sight in the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest. On June 23, the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture announced the department’s plans to rescind the 2001 Roadless Rule, a U.S. Forest Service conservation measure prohibiting road construction, reconstruction and timber harvesting in certain areas to preserve undeveloped character and ecological values. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Dozens of colorful canoes are maneuvered into the water of Tulalip Bay as Canoe Families began another day of their journey to Muckleshoot on Friday, July 28, 2023 in Tulalip, Washington. Tribes as far as Alaska gathered for the paddle, with about 112 canoes making the voyage from Lummi to Muckleshoot. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Kaylee Williams, 3, smiles as she makes her first snow angel of the day in the front yard of her family's home on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2019 in Everett, Wa. The Puget Sound area was hit by a massive snowstorm for the second time in two weeks resulting in upwards of a foot of snow in some areas of Snohomish county. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Dancers wait in a single file line to enter the longhouse for Salmon Ceremony on Saturday, June 11, 2022 in Tulalip, Washington. Over 100 people gathered on Tulalip Bay to welcome a visitor: yubəč, or the King Salmon. It was a joyous return of the annual tradition after two years of pandemic put the ceremony on hold. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Courtney Mark, 56, pays his respects at the memorials set up outside of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School during back to school orientation day in Parkland, Florida on Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018. "It's too close to home not to come," said Mark. "These could have been our kids." (Olivia Vanni / Naples Daily News)

Jeffery Kichen, 9, left, counts out loud to keep track of how long Xavier Salazar, 12, can hold his breath underwater. The city of Victoria, Texas was hit with a rain storm that caused sudden flooding throughout the city due to the already over-saturated ground from Hurricane Harvey. (Olivia Vanni / The Victoria Advocate)

An Everett High School graduate turns away from her cheering mother in embarrassment while her name is called in a nearly silent venue during graduation at Angel of the Winds Arena on Saturday, June 15, 2018 in Everett, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Dana Foy, of AAA Super Clean, buffs a life-size orca fixture in one of the Tulalip Resort and Casino fountains for it’s annual cleaning on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022 in Tulalip, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)