 front page of the Woodinville Weekly from September 17, 2007 | |
| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | Eastside Media Corp |
| Founder(s) | Carol Edwards |
| Publisher | Eric LaFontaine [1] |
| Editor | Bob Kirkpatrick [1] |
| Founded | 1976 |
| Circulation | 6,788(as of 2017) [2] |
| ISSN | 2691-3798 |
| OCLC number | 22425564 |
| Website | nwnews |
The Woodinville Weekly is a community newspaper in Woodinville, Washington, United States. [3] [4] Since 1992 it has been the legal newspaper of the City of Woodinville. [5]
The publication was founded by Carol Edwards in 1976. [6] [7] Edwards, originally from Seattle, had moved to Woodinville that year from Riverside, California and started the paper at her home with a printing press she had purchased at a garage sale. [7] [8]
According to the newspaper, it had a circulation of 30,000 in 2009. [9]
In July 2019, the Weekly, along with Northlake News and Valley, was sold by owner Julie Boselly to the Bellevue-based Eastside Media Corp. [10]
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