When reading print editions of newspapers published in other states, I always look to see if Spokane is in the list of cities on the weather page.

Sometimes it is. Sometimes it isn't.

I'm always pleased by the former, mildly disappointed by the latter.

But one thing that annoys me is when the Lilac City is listed as "Spokane, WA" while many other cities of similar modest size and iffy prominence are not saddled with the state identifier.

I once exchanged emails about  that exact scenario with an editor at The Washington Post. (They didn't change their wrongheaded policy.)

Anyway, I invite you to note which papers do or don't include us when you're out on the road this summer. And please let me know what you find.

Sure, I could look online. But website high/low temperature lists can be way longer than those in the print paper.

It's in the print newspaper that you see how some editor answered his or her own question: "Spokane. Hmmmm. Do any of our readers care about Spokane?"

Or "Spokane, WA," as the case may be.  

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