A look back at 2018 through the eyes of the Inlander's staff photographer

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"MAN'S BEST PARTNER"- Spokane County Sheriff's Deputy Jason Hunt and his partner K9 Gunnar approach an unoccupied house during a training exercise.

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"PUMP UP THE VOLUME!" - Spokane's Nat Park and the Tunnels of Love perform at the Washington Cracker Co. Building during Volume, the Inlander's annual music festival.

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"NECK DEEP" - Spokane Firefighter Cliff York, left, holds onto and guides Doug Kelley while practicing a tethered rescue during training at the Spokane River.

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"HUB FOR HOCKEY" - Buddy Richardson, right, pulls a beer for some hockey-loving fans who love the Hub Tavern.

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"SPIKED!" - Eastern Washington's Taylor Larsen, center, during practice at Reese Court.

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"EDIBLE EDITS" - Celeste Shaw, owner of west Spokane restaurant and bakery Chaps Coffee Co., was guest editor-in-chief of Where Women Cook's first-ever holiday issue.

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"ON THE PICKET LINE" - Sheridan Elementary School sixth-grade teacher Joe Kahovec, right, leads a rally of public school employees calling for better pay raises outside Spokane Public Schools' administration building on Aug. 23.

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"HUNTING AND GATHERING" - Wandering Lemurian Herbs owner Aubrey Mundell harvests fireweed in Mount Spokane State Park.

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"THE FINISH LINE" - One excited runner crosses the finish line during the Lilac Bloomsday Run on May 6.

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"GETTING SNOWED" - Washington State running back James Williams runs over Washington defensive back Taylor Rapp during the first half of the Apple Cup in Pullman Nov. 23. UW won 28 to 15.

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"GETTING FRISKY" - Anya Spielberg pets her 1-year-old serval Boomer in his enclosure at Savannah Exotics in Oakesdale, Wash.

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"FIRE AND SMOKE" - The view from Mount Spokane State Park during a smoke-filled day in August.

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"BUGGING OUT" - A Smerinthus opthalmica (western one-eyed sphinx) moth stands on Carl Barrentine's hand after Barrentine released it at his house in Spokane. He captured the moth earlier in the morning. Barrentine, a retired biologist and professor, captures and identifies moths.

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"MISS SHIFTERS" - Jessica Boller sits in her 1967 Chevrolet Camaro before the first Powder Puff elimination round on July 14 at the Spokane County Raceway.

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"WE LIVE IN WATER" - Margo Hill, a Spokane Tribe judge, Eastern Washington University professor and contributor to Paul Lindholdt's book The Spokane River, poses for a photograph west of the Sandifur Bridge near the confluence of Latah Creek and the Spokane River.

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Young Kwak is a photographer at the Inlander. He has worked on stories ranging from silver mining and cattle ranching to car racing and backyard wrestling, learning a lot about the Inland Northwest in the process...