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These photos captured Chattanooga in 2019

Staff photo by Erin O. Smith / Cullen Neudigate, 10, with the U.S. Navy Sea Cadets, and Scott Neudigate with the U.S. Navy Reserves walks between graves looking at the names during the fourteenth annual Wreaths Across Chattanooga wreath laying program Saturday, December 14, 2019 at the Chattanooga National Cemetery in Chattanooga, Tennessee. — Staff photo by Erin O. Smith / Cullen Neudigate, 10, with the U.S. Navy Sea Cadets, and Scott Neudigate with the U.S. Navy Reserves walks between graves looking at the names during the fourteenth annual Wreaths Across Chattanooga wreath laying program Saturday, December 14, 2019 at the Chattanooga National Cemetery in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Staff photo by Erin O. Smith / Cullen Neudigate, 10, with the U.S. Navy Sea Cadets, and Scott Neudigate with the U.S. Navy Reserves walks between graves looking at the names during the fourteenth annual Wreaths Across Chattanooga wreath laying program Saturday, December 14, 2019 at the Chattanooga National Cemetery in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

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2019 Year End Photo Gallery

Emily Ferrall, right, and Pallavi Sirajuddin with Georgia DNR search for bats in Frick's Cave on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2019, in Chickamauga, Ga. The cave is home to rare gray bats and is opened to visitors by Southeastern Cave Conservancy, Inc., just one day each year. Researchers with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources use the opportunity to survey the cave's winter bat populations and take cultures from bats suffering from white-nose syndrome. / Staff photo by Doug Strickland

Staff photo by C.B. Schmelter / World War II Navy veteran Harlan Harvey poses at his home on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2019 in Chattanooga, Tenn.

Staff Photo by Robin Rudd/ Sylas Ewing interacts during the program. Best Beginnings Day Care, in Hixson, hosted the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Health Departments's Little Sprouts Honey Bees program to develop a positive relationship between children and vegetables. The event occurred on December 19, 2019.

Onlookers watch the team roping event during the St. Jude Children Hospital Rodeo at Yates Farm Friday, July 2, 2019 in Ringgold, Georgia. / Staff photo by Erin O. Smith

Workmen keep an eye on water crashing into the coffer dam below Chickamauga Dam Thursday as the Tennessee Valley Authority moves large quantities of lake water through the spillways.
With up to 6 inches of rain possible in parts o the Tennessee Valley over the next five days, TVA has opened up spillways on all nine of its mainstream dams to draw down reservoirs and avoid potential flooding.
More than 138,000 cubic feet per second of water was flowing through the Chickamauga Dam generators and spillways in Chattanooga on Thursday, well above the level recommended for safe boat travel on the Tennessee River through the river gorge west of Chattanooga. Last year was the wettest year in 129 years of records in the Tennessee Valley and 2019 is starting out with above-average precipitation. / Staff photo by Tim Barber

Staff Photo by Robin Rudd/ The sun rises behind the Walnut Street Bridge as spectators watch the swimming segment of the The Little Debbie Ironman. The Little Debbie Ironman Chattanooga took place under hot conditions on September 29, 2019.

Jeremiah Tarvin plays the saxophone with the Howard School jazz band before the Public Education Foundation 30th Anniversary luncheon at the Chattanooga Convention Center on Wednesday, April 10, 2019 in Chattanooga, Tenn. / Staff photo by C.B. Schmelter

A gibbous moon rises over a Great blue heron on the shoreline of Chickamauga Lake late Thursday, May 16, 2019. May 17, was called the Blue Flower Moon when it was full last week. / Staff photo by Tim Barber

Peyton Arellano, 2, plays with her mom, Nicole Arellano during the grand opening of a new, interactive Nature Play playground at the Chattanooga Zoo Monday, April 22, 2019 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Nicole said her daughter loves anything she can climb on and explore. / Staff photo by Erin O. Smith

Cecily Holland walks her dog, Zeke, across the Walnut Street Bridge Wednesday evening in a pouring rain. When ask why she was out walking in such foul weather,

Staff Photo by Robin Rudd/ The Trion Bulldogs visited the Gordon Lee Trojans in a GHSA rivalry game on September 20, 2019.

A Cub Scout carries a stack of American flags while walking through the graves during the Boy Scouts of America Annual Memorial Day Ceremony at the Chattanooga National Cemetery on Saturday, May 25, 2019 in Chattanooga, Tenn. More than 2,000 Scouts, Scout leaders and family members and volunteers from the greater Chattanooga area placed more than 50,000 flags on the graves. / Staff photo by C.B. Schmelter

Hamilton County Chief Deputy Austin Garrett bows his head during the annual Law Enforcement Memorial Ceremony on Market Street on Thursday, May 16, 2019, in Chattanooga, Tenn. The ceremony honors fallen first responders from the area's law enforcement agencies in conjunction with National Police Week. / Staff photo by Doug Strickland

Staff photo by C.B. Schmelter/ Carp swarm out of the Cumberland River as Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency Reservoir Biologist Michael Clark, left, Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources Fisheries Biologist Matthew Combs, center, and Kentucky DFWR Fisheries Biologist Joshua Tompkins work to remove them from the water during an electrofishing demonstration at the Barkley Dam on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019 in Grand Rivers, Ky. The electrofishing demonstration was held to show the large population of an invasive carp in the river.

The sun sets over Warehouse Row on Tuesday, June 25, 2019 in Chattanooga, Tenn. / Staff photo by C.B. Schmelter

Steve Russell with Service Employees International Union Local 205 calls out politicians for not supporting unions during a rally for working families, laborers and community leaders held by Chattanooga Area Labor Council Monday, May 20, 2019 at Miller Park in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The rally was held in support of the United Auto Workersefforts to organize Chattanooga Volkswagen. / Staff photo by Erin O. Smith

Library volunteer Claudia Inwood is drawn to Blade, the resident cat that walks the top of Mystery book shelves at the Kelcurt Foundation 's Soddy-Daisy Community Library on Old Dayton Pike. / Staff photo by Tim Barber

Staff Photo by Robin Rudd/ Dancers in traditional costume, from Dalton, Georgia preform a folk dance from Mexico. Chattanooga State Community College held their 5th Annual Latin Festival kicking off Hispanic Heritage Month on September 14, 2019..

Sara Baluch poses for a portrait with a picture of her fiance, Mohammad Sharifi, in her dorm room on the campus of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga on Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019, in Chattanooga, Tenn. Sharifi, a UTC student, was shot and killed two weeks before their wedding by a man to whom he was trying to sell an Xbox. / Staff photo by Doug Strickland

Staff photo by Erin O. Smith / Amiraqle Lee, 15, slides down the Winnie 500 ahead of her sister Gloria Nunez, 14, who is barely visible through a slash of water on the left, at Lake Winnepesaukah Amusement Park Sunday, September 1, 2019 in Rossville, Georgia. The last day of the season for SOAKYa Water Park is Monday, September 2.

Ace Electric employee Huey Woods lowers his bucket to retrieve parts he needs to repair this three-light pole Friday afternoon, Feb. 1, 2019, on the Dollar General Market lot in Fort Oglethorpe.

People stand by their vehicles to honor Officer Nicholas Galinger as his procession passes on East Brainerd Road. Chattanooga Police Department officers escort the body of Officer Nicholas Galinger, on the first leg of the journey, from Heritage Funeral Home on East Brainerd to where he will be buried in Cincinnati, Ohio. Other CPD officers were joined by police from other agencies as they lined the road to honor Galinger on February 27, 2019. / Staff photo by Robin Rudd

Paige Nealey, 19, left, from Burlin Heights, Ohio, and Loren Woods, 20, from Kayahoga Falls, Ohio, pose for a portrait at Amicalola Falls State Park before beginning their journey hiking the Appalachian Trail on Wednesday, March 20, 2019, near Dawsonville, Ga. / Staff photo by Doug Strickland

Hixson High School Air Force JROTC 1st Lt. Christian Lewis, left, prepares to present the American flag during a groundbreaking ceremony at the Charles H. Coolidge National Medal of Honor Heritage Center on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019 in Chattanooga, Tenn. The redesigned space is set to open in February of next year. / Staff photo by C.B. Schmelter

Staff photo by Erin O. Smith / Cullen Neudigate, 10, with the U.S. Navy Sea Cadets, and Scott Neudigate with the U.S. Navy Reserves walks between graves looking at the names during the fourteenth annual Wreaths Across Chattanooga wreath laying program Saturday, December 14, 2019 at the Chattanooga National Cemetery in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

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