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Best Washington photos for February 2009 . . . |
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Don Seabrook of The Wenatchee World wins News Photo of the Month and $150 for this shot of Dan Robelia walking away from his wife's truck, submerged in the Columbia River just north of Orondo, Wash. on Tuesday, Feb. 17. Lori Robelia was able to escape through a broken passenger window and scramble up the bank to safety. |
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Sara Gettys of Yakima Herald-Republic earns Feature Photo of the Month and $150 for this shot of cattle moving down Burbank Creek Road on their way to Eaton Ranch in the Yakima River Canyon on Saturday, Jan. 31. |
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Troy Wayrynen of The Columbian is Contributor of the Month and earns $150 for the on-cycle contribution of this shot of suspect Darrin Sanford in arraignment court Tuesday, Feb. 24, in Vancouver. The 30-year-old Vancouver man is under investigation for first-degree murder in the fatal stabbing of a 13-year-old girl whose body was found in a field in Hazel Dell, Wash. |
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More great Washington shots for February 2009 . . . |
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Spectators watch the Lions Dance at the Bainbridge Island Chinese New Year Celebration on Sunday Feb. 8. |
AP Photo/Kitsap Sun, Larry Steagall |
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AP Photo/Ted S. Warren |
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Children play with a ball near a television set equipped with a traditional "rabbit ears" antenna that was set up to monitor a live broadcast Tuesday, Feb. 17, in Seattle. Tuesday would have been the day when analog TV signals were turned off, and viewers who lack cable or satellite would have to tune in to digital signals. But funding ran out for coupons to subsidize TV converter boxes, and Congress hurriedly passed a bill to delay the deadline to June 12. |
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"Dubs," the new mascot for the Washington Huskies, looks for a handout while being introduced to media members Tuesday, Feb. 10, in Seattle. The 3-month-old, like most of his predecessors, isn't actually a husky -- he's an Alaskan malamute. |
AP Photo/Elaine Thompson |
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AP Photo/Jackie Johnston |
Giovanni Walker looks out his solid cell door in a new prison unit that is part of the gang violence reduction measures at the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla on Tuesday, Feb. 3. The solid doors serve as better protection for prison workers than the more traditional ones with open bars. |
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AP Photo/ Ted S. Warren |
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Zaiqing Nie, of Microsoft's Asia Research office in Beijing, is reflected on a screen as he demonstrates a Microsoft research project that takes data gleaned from searching millions of web pages and presents it in graphical form, such as this chart of people connected socially or professionally to Microsoft founder Bill Gates Tuesday, Feb. 24, in Redmond. The technology was shown at TechFest 2009, Microsoft's annual showcase of research and future technology projects. |
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Amber Tegantvoort, left, and David Shirk, both of Seattle, wear body paint as they join protestors from the animal-rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals who were dressed as mermaids Tuesday, Feb. 17, in Seattle. The group was protesting against eating fish and the use of fish farms outside the Aquaculture America 2009 convention, which is meeting in Seattle through Wednesday. |
AP Photo/Ted S. Warren |
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AP Photo/The Herald, Kevin Nortz |
Muslim inmate Anthony Waller, 31, prays inside his cell at the Twin Rivers Correctional Center Tuesday, Dec. 9, in Monroe, Wash. A movement that began in the 1970s under Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan to evangelize inmates has evolved into one of the most effective religious rehabilitation agendas in the U.S. Imams under the Nation of Islam continue to draw converts, but most Muslims in prison today are Sunnis, said Lawrence Mamiya, a professor at Vassar College who has studied Muslim prison ministries. |
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The sun rises behind Mount Rainier as fog fills the Nisqually valley, Wednesday morning, Feb. 11, near Lacy, Wash. |
AP Photo/The News Tribune, Jeremy Harrison |
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AP Photo/The News Tribune, Drew Perine |
Snow dusts figures human and sculpted at Wright Park in Tacoma on Tuesday, Feb. 10. |
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AP Photo/Elaine Thompson |
| Washington's Mackenzie Argens, left, reaches for a rebound in front of Stanford's Kayla Pedersen Sunday, Feb. 8, in the first half of an NCAA basketball game in Seattle. Stanford won 76-54. |
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Please respect AP and individual photographer copyrights. Prepared Feb. 28, 2009 Refer comments to apseattle@ap.org |