Weekly Volcano

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Weekly Volcano
Type Alternative weekly
Format Tabloid
Owner(s)Independent
PublisherAngela Jossy
Founded2001
LanguageEnglish
Relaunched2023
Headquarters Tacoma, Washington, U.S.
Website weekly-volcano.com

Weekly Volcano is a weekly entertainment newspaper in based in Tacoma, Washington, United States. It serves the southern Puget Sound region and reports on film, theater, food, art and music. It ceased publishing after a 2013 merger but re-emerged under new ownership in 2023. [1]

At its peak in its previous incarnation, the Weekly Volcano had 670 distribution points from Federal Way to Tumwater, reaching more than 92,000 readers every Thursday.[ citation needed ] It began publication on November 1, 2001, [2] and was founded by publisher Ron Swarner. [3] Swarner's brother Ken later took over as publisher. [4] Weekly Volcano also published Northwest Military, which serves military families. [5]

The newspaper organized the annual Tacoma Restaurant Week from 2008 onward. [6]

The Weekly Volcano was merged into the Ranger and Northwest Airlifter as an entertainment supplement in April 2013. [7] Its last article through the merger was published in 2021.

The Weekly Volcano was purchased and re-launched in February 2023 by a long time writer for the publication, Angela Jossy. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Bryan, Saint (September 12, 2023). "Dormant for years, Tacoma's Weekly Volcano newspaper is about to erupt again". KING 5 News. Retrieved September 15, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Poster artists, music group, paper win city recognition". The News Tribune . September 30, 2007. p. E4. Retrieved November 27, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Tacoma, WA. Weekly Volcano". Alternative Weekly Network. Retrieved December 23, 2016.
  4. ↑ Kidd, Sue (September 18, 2015). "Peaks and Pints to pour into Proctor". The News Tribune . p. O21. Retrieved November 27, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Weekly Volcano, Spew No More?". Feed Tacoma. June 10, 2009. Retrieved December 23, 2016.
  6. ↑ Sherred, Kristine (October 16, 2022). "$20 lunch, $40 dinner: Our picks for the best deals during Tacoma Restaurant Week". The News Tribune. Retrieved November 27, 2022.
  7. ↑ Nagle, Matt (April 30, 2013). "Changes come to Weekly Volcano". Tacoma Weekly . Archived from the original on July 30, 2017. Retrieved December 23, 2016.


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