A year in photos
Published 4:50 am Wednesday, December 31, 2025
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- Jan. 23: A ceremonial groundbreaking on Tuesday marked progress on a Clatsop Behavioral Healthcare facility planned on Marine Drive. The project, which has been underway for about four years, plans to offer 32 housing units for people living with mental illness. (Lukas Prinos / The Astorian)
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- Feb. 6: Snowflakes are piled along the length of a branch. (Lukas Prinos / The Astorian)
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- Feb. 15: Snow blankets Astoria on Friday morning, as seen from a staircase at 11th Street and Jerome Avenue. (Photo by Lissa Brewer)
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- Feb. 25: U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici answers a question from an attendee at Saturday’s town hall meeting at Clatsop Community College while U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley listens. (Lukas Prinos / The Astorian)
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- March 25: Adjudicator Elaine Hawksworth-Weitz handles a cat Sunday at the Cascadia Cat Club weekend cat show. The event was organized by Mark Baur and Jill Dougherty and drew competitors from all around the Northwest United States. (Lukas Prinos / The Astorian)
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- April 8: Former Astoria Mayor Willis Van Dusen cuts a ribbon in front of the Liberty Theatre during the venue’s 100th anniversary celebration on Friday. At the event, Mayor Sean Fitzpatrick also declared April 4 as Liberty Theatre Day. (Lukas Prinos / The Astorian)
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- April 18: Charles Haglund sprays colored powder on a fun-run participant at Color at Color the Coast 2025 on Saturday. (Lukas Prinos / The Astorian)
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- May 1: Johnny Postlewaite kisses Jeanie Petermann goodbye before boarding the bus to Portland on Sunday. (Lukas Prinos / The Astorian)
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- The Child Care for Construction Program (CCC) offers subsidies to keep child care costs below 7% of enrollees’ household incomes, contributing up to $2,500 per child each month. (Mathias Lehman-Winters / The Astorian)
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- Sept. 2: Astoria running back Jack Johnson, dives for extra yardage against an aggressive North Bend defense on Friday night at CMH field. (Rob Hilson for The Astorian)
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- Sept. 15: A group of people held a rally to honor Charlie Kirk on Saturday. (Jeanne Huff / The Astorian)
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- Oct. 21: The library is opening on Saturday after two years of remodeling. (Jay Corella / The Astorian)
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- Nov. 1: A cowboy is bucked around by his bronc during the Clatsop County Rodeo. (Jay Corella / The Astorian)
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- Nov. 13: One of Jeremy Linder’s Red Angus cows looks on through the fence at Tucker Creek Ranch. Cows, naturally curious, always try to see who is visiting them. (Jay Corella / The Astorian)
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- Nov. 18: HH-60W helicopters take up station at North Head Lighthouse in Ilwaco, Wash. The Air Force helicopters are performing vertical surface rescue training. (Jay Corella / The Astorian)
The Astorian looks back at 2025
Reporters tell their stories with words.
Photographers capture moments in time that often complement a story — or bring it to life in a way that words can’t compare.
And sometimes there just are no words for the beauty, heartache, humor and angst caught in the lens by a photographer’s eye at just the right moment.
Here, then, is the year that was, 2025, pictured over time, in all its glory, chaos, pathos — and love.
