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Recognition

1st

Best Overall Website

Pacific Northwest News Assocation — 2024

Yakima Herald-Republic

2nd

Multimedia Storytelling

Society of Professional Journalists, Region 10 — 2024

Walla Walla Union-Bulletin

1st

Best Writing

Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association — 2023

Columbia Gorge News

1st

Feature Photography

Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association — 2022

Columbia Gorge News

Selected Work

A Year Down the Road: Touchet, Lowden Communities Reflect on Impact of U.S. 12 Moving North

Walla Walla Union-Bulletin

A Year Down the Road: Touchet, Lowden Communities Reflect on Impact of U.S. 12 Moving North

Originally published June 29, 2024

Second Place, Multimedia Reporting — WNPA

Walla Walla Honors Passed Loved Ones With Día de los Muertos Parade

Walla Walla Union-Bulletin

Walla Walla Honors Passed Loved Ones With Día de los Muertos Parade

Originally published November 7, 2023

Perpetrator of 1998 Klickitat Murders Sees Sentence Reduction

Columbia Gorge News

Perpetrator of 1998 Klickitat Murders Sees Sentence Reduction

Originally published March 15, 2023

WAGAP Loses Fresh Foods Supplier

Columbia Gorge News

WAGAP Loses Fresh Foods Supplier

Originally published December 14, 2022

First Place, Best Writing — ONPA 2023

Goldendale pump storage project undergoing environmental review

Columbia Gorge News

Goldendale pump storage project undergoing environmental review

Originally published July 12, 2022

With Jeff Pilson from Foreigner on keys, singers from Walla Walla High School perform during the performance at the Walla Walla County Fairgrounds.

Luis Maldanado performs "Urgent" during the performance at Walla Walla County Fairgrounds.

Concert attendees Chanel Finnie and Beej Dynes chat during the Foreigner concert at the Walla Walla County Fairgrounds.

Foreigner guitarist Bruce Watson performs during the concert at the Walla Walla County Fairgrounds.

Foreigner singer Kelly Hansen performs Wednesday night at the Walla Walla County Fairgrounds.

Concert attendees await libation ahead of the performance at the Walla Walla County Fairgrounds.

Retired teacher John Mattson prepares bees for a student lesson in White Salmon, August 2019

Black Lives Matter rally in The Dalles, Ore., August 2020

Sixth graders prepare for Destination Imagination event, Pullman, Wash., March 2019

House show in Pullman, Wash., July 2019

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Walla Walla 4th of July

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Walla Walla 4th of July

DJ set in Pullman, Washington

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Chris Hulbert performs a trick on his bike at Daubenspeck Park in Bingen, Wash., July 2021

Columbia High School basketball game

Glenwood Rodeo

WSU baseball game

WSU golf practice

Gerardo Cruz sets his son Leon up for a picture with "Tha Beast," a 1982 Toyota Pickup on 47-inch tires on Saturday, Sept. 6, at Wheelin' Walla Walla.

Jason Pastor-O'Neel, president of the Washington State Lowriders Car Club, right, takes point during a cruise along Main Street with Daniel Brito Martinez, left, and Andrew Anderson, center, during Wheelin' Walla Walla. Brito Martinez, who is president of the Washington State Lowriders Bike Club, tricked out the bikes with gold and silver paint and other embellishments.

Willard Smith of Milton-Freewater reviews a classic Chevy truck.

Attendees inspect classic sedans — fuzzy dice hanging from several — during Wheelin' Walla Walla.

LA 1965 Chevy Corvette Stingray sits on display at Wheelin' Walla Walla on the corner of 2nd Ave. and Main Street.

Festival attendees browse model cars for sale at Land Title Plaza during Wheelin' Walla Walla.

Yakima Herald-Republic

2025 Yakima River Canyon Marathon: Runners Tackle Challenging Course

March 29, 2025

Yakima Herald-Republic

2025 Flooding near Naches

Dec. 11, 2025

Yakima Herald-Republic

Interview with Yakima native Cooper Kupp ahead of Super Bowl winning season with the Seattle Seahawks

Sept. 5, 2025

Yakima Herald-Republic

Exploring fentanyl use in Yakima County

Dec. 4, 2025

Walla Walla Union-Bulletin

Interview with a fentanyl user in Walla Walla County

March 1, 2025

Walla Walla Union-Bulletin

U.S. Rep Baumgartner discusses ICE, Greenland | Full Interview with Walla Walla Union-Bulletin

Jan. 30, 2026

Walla Walla Union-Bulletin

Walla Walla Union-Bulletin: 2024 Readers Choice Ceremony livestream, produced by Jake Bertram

Sept. 26, 2024

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