Sun., Aug. 13, 2017
Department of Licensing data on the special plates shows more than just the popularity of the gray and crimson. It turns out you can tell a lot about a Washington county by which license plates are popular.
Fri., Aug. 11, 2017
Washington's Department of Licensing issues 45 types of special plates, with Washington State University leading the pack as the state's most popular choice. Most are to benefit nonprofit organizations and state agencies, although some denote military honors without raising extra funds.
Fri., June 30, 2017
Like the rest of the nation, Spokane was obsessed with “Fifty Shades of Grey” a few years ago. Spokane Public Library circulation records say the e-book was borrowed a total of 696 times in 2012 and the total number of checkouts for the trilogy was 1,677. No book has been borrowed more in a single year since.
Fri., June 30, 2017
Whether you've read them or not, you've probably heard of Gone Girl and Fifty Shades of Grey. But if you're looking for a new read this summer, here are a few other selections that have been popular in Spokane recently.
Tue., May 30, 2017
Calling this our data repository is a little bit of an overkill, but we wanted to provide our readers an easy way to download the various data that we used for our Know Spokane columns and until we figure out a better way to do...
Mon., May 15, 2017
Brewers and beer aficionados in town say Spokane’s beer scene is growing up, and branching out, a testament to the region’s growing craft beer scene. The pace of new breweries opening is accelerating, and people are more willing to try less common styles.
Mon., April 17, 2017
Some say that young people are moving back to the city, but is that actually true? The short answer: probably not. What does appear to be changing is that fewer young people are leaving Spokane.
Tue., March 28, 2017
When venturing outside in the aftermath of winter, notice the fresh crop of tire-eating potholes marring city streets. Griping about Spokane’s pavement is a topic that can unite newcomers, lifelong residents, millennials, boomers, Democrats and Republicans.
Fri., March 24, 2017
Block by block, workers rate each section of road for nine defects. Each defect is rated as low, medium or high.
Fri., March 24, 2017
This month, the Know Spokane team set out to rate Spokane's average street quality by neighborhood, and look at the quality of our most heavily-used arterials.
Fri., March 24, 2017
You must have JavaScript enabled to view this page. Data: 2016 Spokane Pavement Condition Index (PCI) Data provided by the City of Spokane. For information on how the scores are calculated and collected, the Federal Highway Administration has the PCI guide available online here PCI...
Mon., Feb. 27, 2017
Even the most optimistic foodie would have trouble calling Spokane a food destination. That’s not to say we don’t have great restaurants, but for someone accustomed to the dizzying array of Asian cuisines in Seattle or Yakima’s taco-truck-on-every-corner layout, Spokane’s food can feel a little homogenous if you’re looking outside American classic
Sun., Feb. 26, 2017
We like to give our readers something interesting or useful to play with - which is why we categorized the restaurants by cuisine and added a navigation feature to this map of ours.
Tue., Jan. 31, 2017
We got a lot of comments on our inaugural column last week about parking tickets in downtown Spokane. If you're curious what else we found in the data, look no further. Here are a few more tidbits.
Tue., Jan. 24, 2017
We made the parking violation data from 2014-2016 available for our readers.
Tue., Jan. 24, 2017
Parking illegally isn’t supposed to pay off. But thanks to Spokane’s relatively low-priced parking tickets, it can be a cheaper option than using a downtown garage. Getting a parking violation twice a week at a downtown meter would cost a driver $120 a month, less than the cost of a monthly space at either of two major parking garages downtown.
Fri., Jan. 20, 2017
This month, we're launching a new monthly column called Know Spokane. Once a month, our job will be to take a spreadsheet and make it sexy.
Welcome to The Spokesman-Review’s blog for data about Spokane, North Idaho and the surrounding communities. Some of our projects live on our Know Spokane data site.
We make some of the data we use available here for download.
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