Cheddar Chad, football, Rachel Dolezal and blogs: Here’s what online readers were looking at in 2015
Here are the stories and photo galleries that attracted the greatest number of readers on spokesman.com this year:
Most read (by pageviews)
1. Credibility of local NAACP leader Rachel Dolezal questioned
Staff Reports - http://www.spokesman.com//stories/2015/jun/11/board-member-had-longstanding-doubts-about-truthfu/
2. Ranchers face loss of livestock, livelihoods in Washington fires
Erica Curless - http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2015/aug/30/ranchers-face-loss-of-livestock-livelihoods-in/
3. Spokane NAACP president Rachel Dolezal’s claims about background disputed (59,181)
Kip Hill and David Wasson - http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2015/jun/12/naacp-presidents-claims-about-background-disputed/
4. Sea kayakers connect with dying whale
Rich Landers - http://www.spokesman.com/outdoors/stories/2015/mar/08/sea-kayakers-connect-with-dying-whale/
5. Popular downtown hot dog vendor dies of flu
Nicholas Deshais - http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2015/jan/21/popular-downtown-hot-dog-vendor-dies-flu/
6. Spokane will vacate marijuana possession convictions
Jonathan Brunt - http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2015/nov/09/spokane-will-vacate-marijuana-possession-convictio/
7. Another windstorm to hit Spokane on Wednesday
Mike Prager - http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2015/dec/07/another-windstorm-to-hit-spokane-on-wednesday/
8. Entire cabin stolen off foundation, baffling owner
Rachel Alexander - http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2015/apr/08/entire-cabin-stolen-foundation-baffling-owner/
9. ‘My husband would have laughed’ about Seahawks dig in obituary
Addy Hatch - http://www.spokesman.com//stories/2015/feb/05/my-husband-would-have-laughed-about-seahawks-dig-o/
10. Rachel Dolezal told student that ex-husband forced her to live as a white woman
Eli Francovich - http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2015/jun/15/Rachel-dolezal-told-student-that-ex-husband/
Most-trafficked blogs (by pageviews with link to top read post of the year)
1. Huckleberries Online
D.F. Oliveria - http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/hbo/2015/oct/09/late-inventors-wife-dies-plane-crash/
2. Eye on Boise
Betsy Russell - http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/boise/2015/may/12/idaho-ranks-50th-status-women/
3. SportsLink
http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/sportslink/2015/oct/06/video-mike-leach-after-practice/
4. Outdoors
Rich Landers - http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/outdoors/2015/apr/01/huckleberry-picking-be-banned-idaho-panhandle-forests/
5. The Slice
Paul Turner - http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/slice/2015/aug/03/how-i-spent-my-summer-vacation/
6. Spin Control
7. Getting There
http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/transportation/2015/jun/26/why-im-done-wearing-helmet/
8. Sirens & Gavels
http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/sirens/2015/jan/31/teen-jailed-after-swearing-court/
9. Office Hours
10. Spokane Valley
Pia Hallenberg- http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/spokanevalley/2015/jul/24/car-destroys-spokane-valley-couples-front-yard-again/
Most-viewed galleries (by pageviews)
1. Gonzaga Prep beats Woodinville in 4A playoffs
Dan Pelle - http://www.spokesman.com/galleries/2015/nov/21/gonzaga-prep-beats-woodinville-in-4a-playoffs/
2. All-GSL first teams, Spring 2015
Colin Mulvany - http://www.spokesman.com/galleries/2015/jun/04/all-gsl-first-teams-spring-2015/
3. WSU defeats Arizona State 38-24
Tyler Tjomsland - http://www.spokesman.com/galleries/2015/nov/07/wsu-defeats-asu-38-24/
4. Sonny and Blane
Kathy Plonka - http://www.spokesman.com/galleries/2015/nov/06/sonny-and-blane/
5. 2015 Spokane Marathon
Colin Mulvany - http://www.spokesman.com/galleries/2015/oct/11/2015-spokane-marathon/
6. All-GSL First Teams, Winter 2014
Dan Pelle - http://www.spokesman.com/galleries/2015/mar/12/all-gsl-first-teams-winter-2014/
7. Pacific Northwest Marching Band Championships
Dan Pelle - http://www.spokesman.com/galleries/2015/oct/10/pacific-northwest-marching-band-championships/
8. Kaiser Aluminum Corp.
Dan Pelle - http://www.spokesman.com/galleries/2015/dec/06/kaiser-aluminum-corp/
9. Black bear captured in north Spokane
Dan Pelle - http://www.spokesman.com/galleries/2015/oct/16/black-bear-captured-in-north-spokane/
10. Survival expert builds a fire
Rich Landers - http://www.spokesman.com/outdoors/galleries/2014/dec/29/survival-expert-builds-fire/
Most-viewed picture stories (by pageviews)
1. Windstorm aftermath
Staff - http://www.spokesman.com/picture-stories/photos-wind-storm/
2. Sgt. Greg Moore remembered
Dan Pelle - http://www.spokesman.com/picture-stories/sgt-greg-moore-remembered/
3. Stevens County Complex fire
Tyler Tjomsland - http://www.spokesman.com/picture-stories/colville-complex-fire/
4. Mount St. Helens: Then and Now
Christopher Anderson - http://www.spokesman.com/picture-stories/mount-st-helens-then-now/
5. High winds hit Inland Northwest
Staff - http://www.spokesman.com/picture-stories/high-winds-hit-inland-northwest/
6. Eagles Soar
Dan Pelle - http://www.spokesman.com/picture-stories/eagles-soar/
7. Cape Horn Fire in Bayview
Kathy Plonka - http://www.spokesman.com/picture-stories/cape-horn-fire-bayview/
8. Fab 14
Dan Pelle - http://www.spokesman.com/picture-stories/fab-14/
9. 20 years ago: Ruby Ridge standoff
http://www.spokesman.com/picture-stories/20-years-ago-ruby-ridge-standoff/
10. Chinese Lantern Festival
Dan Pelle - http://www.spokesman.com/picture-stories/chinese-lantern-festival/