2024: The Press Year in Photos

Mary Reno with the Blazen Divaz smiles and waves during the St. Patrick's Day Parade in Coeur d'Alene.

Sam Hunter laughs as he joins the Perfection Nots in the Fourth of July parade in Coeur d'Alene.

Fireworks fill the sky as part of The Coeur d'Alene Resorts’ 37th annual lighting ceremony.

A crowd gathers around with steins to catch beer flowing from a keg on the opening day of Oktoberfest in Coeur d'Alene.

A boy looks at a butterfly before it flys away during the Third annual Community Butterfly Release at Share Hope Memorial Garden.

Investigators on Monday look over the remains of a Coeur d'Alene police building filled with vehicles and equipment that was destroyed in a fire.

Andrew Pappas smiles and Darren Fruhwirth raises his fist in triumph after they were the first riders to finish Eagle Hunt, the new water roller coaster at Silverwood Theme Park.

Coeur d'Alene firefighter Max McCormick rappels down McEuen Terrace during rescue training.

John and Tish Deus of Coeur d'Alene attend the Memorial Day ceremony at Coeur d'Alene Memorial Gardens.

Jessica Tiengo, center, reacts after finishing the Coeur d'Alene half marathon at McEuen Park. She is joined by friends Kelsey Erwin and Bonnie Brown.

Pastor Tim Remington looks up during the National Day of Prayer in Coeur d'Alene.

A hornet emerges from a nest in Coeur d'Alene this summer.

Joe and Carol Ferguson push daughter Catherine in the “Chamber Pot” entry in the Spirit Lake Winterfest Outhouse Races.

Cindy Hirsch prays during a rally in Coeur d'Alene in support of Israel.

Richard Jaggi looks inside one of The Doors at McEuen Park that are part of the Winter Lights celebration in downtown Coeur d'Alene.

Del Simchuk chats with customers at St. Vincent de Paul.

Men try to push a car free of snow on Lakeside Avenue in January.

Abbi Young gets a high five from Lady Liberty as the North Idaho Sparklers pass by on Seltice Way during the Post Falls parade.

A boy looks at a butterfly before it flys away during the Third annual Community Butterfly Release at Share Hope Memorial Garden.

A building currently under construction suffered a structural collapse Sept. 24 in Hayden.

A fire began around 7:23 a.m. July 10 at the intersection of Meadow Lane and Sundance Drive in Post Falls.

The great pumpkin of Post Falls was grown by the city's streets division and totaled 441 pounds.

Eric Posey, right, tearfully embraces a supporter after a jury awarded him more than $1.1 million in damages for defamation in May at the Kootenai County District Court in Coeur d’Alene.

In June, thousands gathered in City Park for the annual Pride in the Park celebration.

Former Idaho State Police trooper Dan Howard received a life sentence in May for the 2021 murder of his wife, Kendy Howard.

Lakes Middle School math teacher Marcus Ross smiles as he is celebrated by his colleagues Nov. 20 after receiving a Milken Educator Award and a $25,000 cash prize. The surprise announcement was made during a school assembly attended by district, municipal and state dignitaries.

Retired teacher Susan Sloyka and Patrick Record of Record Construction Services are seen in April near the nearly 100-year-old silo on Sloyka's property on South Greensferry Road. Sloyka hired Record to restore the cedar shakes on the silo, which was built by the family that originally homesteaded the land.

Laurin Scarcello looks out over the hay fields on his Rathdrum ranch as the sun begins to set July 25. His grandfather and great-uncles emigrated from Italy and established the ranch in 1910.

The Rev. Mark Townsend of St. John the Baptist Antiochian Orthodox Church in Post Falls tosses a cross into the Spokane River to bless the waters during a Theophany ceremony at a Post Falls home in January 2024.

Retired teacher Susan Sloyka and Patrick Record of Record Construction Services are seen in April near the nearly 100-year-old silo on Sloyka's property on South Greensferry Road. Sloyka hired Record to restore the cedar shakes on the silo, which was built by the family that originally homesteaded the land.

Timberlake High School student Fisher Timmins clears deadfall with his classmates at Farragut State Park in May during the annual Timberlake Community Appreciation Day.

Army veteran Dick Johnson, who served in the 82nd Airborne Division, goes for a walk in late May with therapy dog Flash at the Idaho State Veterans Home in Post Falls.

New Vision Alternative High School junior Eva Santiago-Rosenberg receives hugs from Post Falls Boys and Girls Club kids Toreana Best, left, and Serenity Murray after it was announced in January that Santiago-Rosenberg was the 2024 Kootenai County Boys and Girls Clubs Youth of the Year.

The youngest member of the family, Kinsley Sather, shares a special moment with the eldest of the family, great-grandmother Alice Flesher, at the Idaho State Veterans Home in Post Falls. Flesher was a nurse in World War II and was recognized with a Quilt of Honor on her 102nd birthday in February.

Mountain View seventh grader Evelynn Brekke selects a sandwich from the offerings in February while eighth grader Danny Desens, right, peruses snacks and eighth grader Khonner Peck, left, chats with Outreach Eats co-founder Garry Mickelson.