It took me a while to get it together, but here is the second part of my “Best of 2015” post. Check out the previous post for images of sports, presented here are more news related images from the past year. I would like to put together one more as a “Best of Personal Work” but I will need to get a scanner as I shot almost exclusively film when not at work…Find me in person and I will let you dig through my box of prints if that appeals to you. In the mean time, please enjoy a selection of my favorite images from the past year. As always the best way to view the images is to click on the first one and enter slideshow mode…
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- Tom Carter walks past a partially-full cattle tank near his Parks, Ariz. home Friday afternoon. Some residents use the pools of standing water to gauge the state of the shallow water-bearing zones underground that feed many of the domestic wells in the area. These groundwater zones respond quickly to climate events, drying out during periods of drought and recharging with snowmelt or major rainfall.
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- Susanne Severeid, who came all the way from Oregon to attend Saturday night’s candle vigil to honor Kayla Muller, lights a small candle inside the NAU Campus Ministry building.
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- Arizona State Governor Doug Ducey gives a talk during the Coconino County Republican Committee Lincoln Day Dinner at the DoubleTree Hilton in Flagstaff Tuesday evening.
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- Poet’s Pen organizer Molly Wood sits at the Wine Loft in downtown Flagstaff, which hosts her popular weekly event.
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- Zoe Rucker, 10, touches a static charged ball which causes her hair to stand on end during the second-annual Flagstaff Community STEM Celebration at the Skydome Wednesday evening.
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- Kayci Cook Collins, Superintendent of Flagstaff Area National Monuments, stands in the former living quarters of the Cliffs Ranger Station at Walnut Canyon National Monument. The monument is celebrating it’s 100 year anniversary in July.
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- Kaleb Lightfood, left, and Rowan Mitchell St-John, right, dig through the stacks of comic books at Cab Comics during Free Comic Book Day celebrations Saturday.
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- Beverly Thomas of Flagstaff uses a small broom to sweep off the head stones of military services members in preparation for Memorial Day ceremonies to be held at Citizens Cemetery in Flagstaff Monday.
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- Lynn Nemeth, Executive DIrector of the Arboretum at Flagstaff, stands in a green house with a Horsetail Milkweed plant, one of several varieties being planted in hopes of helping to restore declining Monarch butterfly populations. Monarchs lay their eggs on Milkweed and it is the only plant that their larvae eat making it extremely critical for the species.
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- Howard McAnly, a volunteer at the Flagstaff Family Food Center, waits for customers to arrive to collect their donated food boxes.
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- A firefighter with the Coconino National Forest stands in clouds of smoke monitoring burning grass at a managed fire near Mormon Lake Wednesday afternoon.
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- Father and son wait for the action to begin at the Flagstaff Pro Rodeo Thursday.
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- Vivian Descheny weaves a Navajo rug on a loom at the Museum of Northern Arizona during the 66th annual Navajo Festival of Arts and Culture Saturday. The two day event continues Sunday.
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- Inside the new Science and Health building looking north from the second-floor.
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- Climbers stop near the top of Snowbowl Road for a quick selfie during the annual Climb to Conquer Cancer Saturday morning.
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- Mark Richardson uses a pressure washer to clean the floor of the 4-H Club rabbit barn ahead of the Coconino County Fair.
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- Alma Angelina Aispuro spins a pot on a pottery wheel in her home studio during the 18th annual Flagstaff Open Studios Saturday afternoon. During the two day event, which continues Sunday, many area artists open their studios and homes to the public offering demonstrations and selling their art.
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- A kayak trip down the Verde River near Clarkdale requires two portages to get over Brewer’s Tunnel Diversion Dam, historically used by United Verde Copper Company to divert river water for industrial use.
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- Rows of food vendors at the Coconino County Fair. The fair continues at the Fort Tuthill County Fair Grounds through Monday.
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- Members of the Northern Arizona University Community Music and Dance Academy preform at Ardrey Auditorium ahead of the Flagstaff Festival of Science Shoemaker Keynote Presentation Friday evening.
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- Metal sculpture artist Tom Williams stands in the workshop of his Williams, Ariz. home.
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- A speaker addresses the gathered crowd at a candlelight vigil on the Northern Arizona University campus Friday night following a shooting that left one student dead and three others hospitalized earlier that day.
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- Nicholas Prato, center, one of the victims of last week’s shooting incident that took place at Northern Arizona University, stands with fellow fraternity members during a walk and gathering Tuesday afternoon to honor the victims of Friday’s deadly shooting on the NAU campus.
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- Michelle Deal and her son Tristin Deal, 11, embrace in their Flagstaff home after having a bag of toys delivered by Officer Ryan Forsman from the Northern Arizona Law Enforcement Toy Drive.
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- Karen Carswell with the US Forest Service cleans up piles of broken and discarded sleds inside the Fort Valley Experimental Forest which is closed to the public.
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- Flagstaff drummer Sam Neely
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- Local band Tow’rs sits at the counter of the Grand Canyon Cafe.
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- Sky Black (center) and the Mural Mice stand at the center of their new mural The Sound of Flight.
Taylor Mahoney Photography 