Photos: Karen Minton, retiring Feb. 27 at WSB, through the years

Karen Minton through the years. That photo on the left is her first promo photo for WSB in 1986.

Karen Minton through the years. That photo on the left is her first promo photo for WSB in 1986.

Originally posted Tuesday, February 19, 2019 by RODNEY HO/rho@ajc.com on his AJC Radio & TV Talk blog

Karen Minton is retiring as a Channel 2 Action News meteorologist on February 27 after 33 years.

"My contract isn't up until October 2019 but I just felt ready," Minton said in an interview with me last October. It's time for me to go and have some fun. My kids are raised and on their own. It's time for me to do a few things and let the younger ones come in and have a go at mornings."

Here are shots of her through the years:

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Karen with her cousins at her farm in Lodia, Calif. in the 1960s

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ABOVE: Karen on the farm in Lodi, Calif. 1963

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ABOVE: Headshot, KOVR Channel 13, Sacramento, 1981

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ABOVE: The Weather Channel, July, 1984, Marie Michelini, Karen and Chris Edwards

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ABOVE: Karen at the Weather Channel in 1985

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Circa 1987

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ABOVE: WSB head shot 1991

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Karen with Brian Monahan at 2015 Braves Weather Day

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