Moments

A girl dances down Main Street with the Nez Perce Tribal Veterans in the Veterans Day Parade on Main Street in Lewiston, Idaho, on Saturday, November 13, 2021.

A birthday crown sits on Martha Engledow's head for her 102nd birthday on Saturday, July 4, 2020, in Lewiston, Idaho. Because of COVID restrictions family drove past her in a parade to wish her a happy birthday.

Ryan Severson lets out a yell as he is hit in the back with a firework, at his own request to attempt to dodge them, fired by Skylar Mael behind Lincoln Middle School in Clarkston on the Fourth of July in Clarkston, Wa.
People evacuate their horse as the the River Fire moves through the wheat fields Thursday, July 25, 2024, as seen from the top of Culdesac, Idaho. The fire, ignited by lightning strikes the previous day, blew up in high winds leading to evacuation orders for multiple small communities as firefighters rushed to save homes.
Atticus Bowen, 9, tilts his head back letting his hair fly as he swings with siblings Charlotte Bowen, 3, counter clockwise from right, Tennyson Bowen, 12, Isleik Bowen, 5, as father Michael Bowen pushes them Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024, at Swallows Park in Clarkston, Wa.
Andrew Chiavaras, assistant fire chief is reflected in a windows as a fire roars up inside during a live fire training Wednesday, June 14, 2023, in Pullman, Wa.
Kids from Montessori Children’s home Eliza Johnson, top, Alyvia Brower, from left, Lena Stedman, and Ellie Bezzerides make snow angels at Pioneer Park on Tuesday, November 29, 2022 in Lewiston, Idaho.

Pam Kneisel reacts to an account, told by Vermont Congressman Peter Welch, of what children of gone through in the wake of the recent President Trump immigration initiative that separates parents from their children at a community forum at the Thetford Hill Congressional Church, in Thetford, Vt., on Wednesday, June 20, 2018.

Flag bearers ride around a dusty arena off to the side of the main arena at the 88th Lewiston Roundup ahead of the first night of competition, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022, as the sun sets in Lewiston, Idaho.
Lewiston Firefighter Tim McFarland helps a cat he pulled from a burning house get oxygen Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024, at the corner of 5th Avenue and 3rd Street in Lewiston, Idaho. McFarland said he went around to the front of the house to get a tool and saw movement in the window which he discovered to be the cat when he reached in the window.

Kaylee Brewster takes photos of the aurora borealis filling the night sky on May 10, 2024, on the Palouse.
Special Olympic Upper Valley Hawks athlete Rose Kerrigan, of White River Junction, Vt., swims through the water at CCBA's Witherell Recreation Center in Lebanon, N.H., on Friday, Aug. 31, 2018 for a portrait. When it comes to important moments, Kerrigan thinks back to the bronze medal she won in the 100 meters in swimming. The medal was important not because it was her first, she said, but because her family was there to watch.
Demetri Ewing stands in an elevator as the doors begin to close after being found guilty of first-degree murder Thursday, April 21, 2022, at the Nez Perce County courthouse in Lewiston, Idaho. The 17-year-old Ewing was charged with first-degree murder after the shooting death of Samuel Johns on Jan. 8, 2021. Ewing’s father, Clyde Ewing, also faces a first-degree murder charge. Ewing was charged as an adult even though he was 16 at the time of the murder and could face up to life in prison.
Tom Hayes is carried in horse drawn carriage to his final resting place in the Orofino Cemetery on Friday, Aug. 5, 2022. Tom, 41, died on July 21 in a helicopter crash while assisting firefighters in the Moose Fire, near Salmon, Idaho. His father, Tim Hayes, said he always had a smile on his face. His mother, Becky Hovey, will remember Tom for joking a lot to cheer people up in tough situations. “He’d start cracking jokes and made everything light-hearted,” she said. “He wanted to do it all, and he did,” Tim Hayes said. “He thought the World of his friends, and his friends thought the world of him and he will be greatly missed.”
Skye Mackintosh, 18, pulls her mask back up after taking a drink as she sits at her desk in the Asotin High School library which has been converted into a classroom due to its large size making social distancing easy on the first day of in-person classes for the school on Tuesday, March 11, 2021.

Dade Mitchell receives his last of six vaccinations from head of the North Eugene Medical Clinic Tricia Schroffner on exclusion day, the deadline for children to be vaccinated or risk being sent home from school, on Feb. 15, 2017, in Eugene, Ore.
Horseback riders move along a trail nearby Community Park Friday, April 26, 2024, in the Lewiston Orchards.
Paxley Jensen grins as leaves thrown in the air fall down around her Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024, outside Children's House Montessori School at Pioneer Park in Lewiston, Idaho.
Pancho Carrasco stands for a portrait on Friday, Dec. 6, 2019, in Gillette, Wyo. Carrasco used to have trouble reading and seeing without squinting, thanks to money that the Council of Community Services received from United Way, they were able to afford for him to have eye surgery and purchase glasses. "They helped me," Carrasco said. "If they didn't help me, how would I get the operation on my eyes? They set everything up with the operation. My life is so much better. I can see, I can read."
Keeley Nielson, 17, fits a mask over her steer Montague as she preps him for the 4-H Livestock Auction at the Nez Perce County Fairgrounds on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020 in Lewiston, Idaho. This year will be Nielson’s 12th and last year doing 4-H as she gets ready to head off to college. Nielson said it is kinda sad because 4-H is her favorite thing to do, but will be looking to become an FFA advisor in college to continue to be part of 4-H and FFA activities. Nielson began 4-H with goats before moving onto sheep and then beef with her first steer the previous year, named Cuddles.

Grae O'Toole walks down the steps of her former apartment with the second of three armfuls of items that survived a recent fire, on Thursday, July 19, 2018 in Woodstock, N.H. O'Toole was woken by the smoke alarms on Monday morning and dialed 911. Among the items she was able to retrieve were her birth certificate, passport, social security card and journal. "This is what 28 years comes too," Lea O'Toole said as they laid out the items on the ground, "a little pile in the parking lot."
The first full moon of 2023, called the wolf moon, shines through the lights at the Winter Spirit Holiday Light Display Friday night, Jan. 6, 2023, in Lewiston, Idaho.