Pacific County in pictures: A look back on 2024
Published 11:08 am Thursday, December 26, 2024
- Left to right: BM1 Derek Samuelson, left, was officially pinned as Surfman No. 611 by BOSN Jason McCommons, Surfman No. 420, Commanding Officer of Station Cape Disappointment, on right, during a ceremony on Wednesday, Dec. 11, at Station Cape Disappointment.
PACIFIC COUNTY — Distilled from thousands of photographs taken over the past year, Chinook Observer photographer Luke Whittaker hand-picked a few dozen photos that illustrate the life and times of Pacific County in 2024.
Whittaker, multi-time winner of the statewide Photographer of the Year award by the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association, covers a wide array of subjects, including sports, breaking news, business and features. He has worked at the Observer since May 2016, initially as a staffer for the now discontinued Coast River Business Journal.
“Everyone’s really friendly. You can tell it’s close-knit. People here are genuine, sincere, authentic. I think you find that in small towns,” Whittaker said of Pacific County.
