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Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from Jan. 16-23, 2026.

Lawrence’s Maddie Provost drives while pressured by Cony defender Kya Douin during Tuesday’s game in Fairfield. Provost scored 25 points in a 53-37 win. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)
Waylon Lariviere, 3, extends his arm as his dad, Preston Lariviere of Canaan, secures the boy’s mitten Tuesday while checking their ice fishing traps at Lake George Regional Park in Canaan. It was the boy’s first time ice fishing, his dad said. During their four hours of fishing, they caught a trout and viewed bald eagles and an osprey. They warmed themselves in their truck and watched their traps from the shore as temperatures dipped into the mid-teens.(Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)
People watch a documentary Monday showing news footage of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during the film “Eyes on the Prize: America’s Civil Rights Years” at The Playhouse at Waterville Station in Waterville. About 100 people attended the event, hosted by Indivisible Mid Maine. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)
Snowshoers Amy Bahr, left, and Eileen Walsh travel through a snow storm Jan. 17 at Quarry Road Trails Recreation Area in Waterville. The women, from Long Island, New York, said it was their first time on snow shoes.(Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)
Lincoln Academy cheering team exits the performances area Jan. 17 after its routine during the Central Maine Cheering Classic at Augusta Civic Center in Augusta. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)
Valley’s Fisher Tewksbury, left, and Hall-Dale’s Josias Brown battle for a loose ball Jan. 16 during their game in Farmingdale. At right is Hall-Dale’s Karter Eldridge. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer)
A person walks with two dogs beside the Kennebec River on the bright sunny Thursday afternoon in Mill Park in Augusta. (Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer)
People hold a funeral march-style protest Tuesday outside the Edmund S. Muskie Federal Building in Augusta, the first anniversary of President Donald J. Trump’s second inauguration. (Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer)
Oceanside’s Renee Ripley, left, gets past Gardiner’s Zoey Sullivan-Brennan with the help a pick set by teammate Olivia Breen during Tuesday’s basketball game at Oceanside High School in Rockland. (Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer)
Underneath the dome, people walk around Tuesday on the third floor before the start of legislative sessions at the Maine State House in Augusta. (Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer)

 

 

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Rich is a career photojournalist and writer who got his start in newspapers in 1987 at the Fort Morgan Times in Colorado. His appreciation for photography and stories began as a kid while watching slide...

Anna is a 2023 graduate of Thomas College in Waterville where she received her Master’s in Business Administration and her undergraduate degree in Interdisciplinary Studies with a focus in marketing...

Joe Phelan is an award winning journalist who makes photos and videos around the capital area for the the Kennebec Journal, Morning Sentinel and the other Masthead Maine publications. Joe’s first journalism...