Westside Seattle

Last updated

Westside Seattle
Type Weekly newspaper
Owner(s)Robinson Communications Inc.
PublisherT. C. Robinson and Kenneth Robinson
Managing editorKenneth Robinson
General managerT. C. Robinson
Founded1891 (as The Ballard News)
LanguageEnglish
City Seattle, Washington
OCLC number 983209058
Website westsideseattle.com

Westside Seattle, formerly The Westside Weekly, is a weekly newspaper that serves the areas of West Seattle, Ballard, White Center, Burien, Des Moines, and SeaTac in Washington state. [1]

Contents

History

In 1952, Gerald “Jerry” Robinson, owner of Robinson Newspapers, purchased the White Center News (1923). [2] He founded the Federal Way News in 1954 and launched the Des Monies News in 1963. [3] He bought the West Seattle Herald (1923) in 1974 and acquired the Highline Times of Burien a few years later. [4]

In 1989, Robinson's five newspaper operation was sold to American Community Newspapers and he retired. [3] In 1991, The Seattle Times Company acquired three of those newspapers (Federal Way News, Highline Times and Des Monies News) in bankruptcy court. Robinson also bought back the West Seattle Herald and White Center News. [5] The Seattle Times later shuttered those three papers in 1997. This promoted Robinson to relaunch the newspapers and Sound Publishing to launch the Federal Way Mirror . [6]

In 1993, Robinson acquired the Ballard News-Tribune of Ballard [7] (founded in 1963 after The Ballard News and The Ballard Tribune merged) [8] and the Monroe Monitor and Valley News (1899). The Monitor was later sold to RIM Publications. [9] [10]

On August 21, 2013, Robinson Newspapers announced that it would combine the Ballard News-Tribune, the Highline Times, the West Seattle Herald, and White Center News into The Westside Weekly on September 6, 2013. [11] In 2014, Amanda Knox began writing for the paper. [12] Jerry Robinson died in 2014, [2] and ownership of the paper was passed down to his three sons. [13] The paper's name was changed from The Westside Weekly to Westside Seattle in June 2017. [14] The newspaper published its final print issue on April 30, 2021, but continued to maintain an online presence. [13]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Burien, Washington</span> City in Washington, United States

Burien is a suburban city in King County, Washington, United States, located south of Seattle on Puget Sound. As of the 2020 census, Burien's population was 52,066, which is a 56.3% increase since incorporation in 1993, making it the 25th most populous city in Washington. An annexation in 2010 increased the city's population significantly.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">White Center, Washington</span> Census-designated place in Washington, United States

White Center is a census-designated place (CDP) in King County, Washington, United States. It lies between West Seattle and Burien. The population was 16,631 at the 2020 census.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">West Seattle</span> Neighborhood between the Duwamish River and Puget Sound

West Seattle is a conglomeration of neighborhoods in Seattle, Washington, United States. It comprises two of the thirteen districts, Delridge and Southwest, and encompasses all of Seattle west of the Duwamish River. It was incorporated as an independent town in 1902 before being annexed by Seattle five years later. Among the area's attractions are its saltwater beach parks along Elliott Bay and Puget Sound, including Alki Beach Park and Lincoln Park. The area is also known for its views of the Olympic Mountains to the west and the Cascade Range to the east. One-third of Seattle's green space and urban forest is located in West Seattle, much of it in the West Duwamish Greenbelt.

The Ballard News-Tribune is a weekly newspaper serving the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. It was founded in 1891 and has a circulation of 9,500. It is one of the Robinson Newspapers, a group of newspapers in the Seattle-Tacoma area which includes the West Seattle Herald, White Center News, Highline Times, Des Moines News, SeaTac News, and Federal Way News. It offers local news coverage from Seattle to north Tacoma.

Media in Seattle includes long-established newspapers, television and radio stations, and an evolving panoply of smaller, local art, culture, neighborhood and political publications, filmmaking and, most recently, Internet media. The Seattle–Tacoma Designated Market Area, as defined by Nielsen Media Research, includes most of Western Washington and the Wenatchee metropolitan area. As of 2021, it is the 12th largest television market and 11th largest radio market in the United States by population.

<i>The Everett Herald</i> Main daily newspaper of Everett, Washington, U.S.

The Everett Herald is a daily newspaper based in Everett, Washington, United States. It is owned by Sound Publishing, Inc. The paper serves residents of Snohomish County in the Seattle metropolitan area.

<i>Portland Press Herald</i> Daily newspaper in Portland, Maine, U.S.

The Portland Press Herald is a daily newspaper based in South Portland, Maine, with a statewide readership. The Press Herald mainly serves southern Maine and is focused on the greater metropolitan area of Portland.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Highline Public Schools</span> School district in Washington, United States

Highline Public Schools (HPS) is a public school district in King County, headquartered in Burien, Washington. As of October 2007, it served 17,331 students and had 997 teachers, and served the cities of Burien, much of Des Moines, Normandy Park, and SeaTac as well as adjacent unincorporated census-designated places proximal to Burien in King County such as White Center and much of Boulevard Park. Portions of Kent and Tukwila and a very small portion of Seattle are in the district limits.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Highline High School</span> Public high school in Burien, Washington, United States

Highline High School is a public high school in Burien, Washington, United States, located about 3.5 miles from Seattle–Tacoma International Airport. Highline High School, the flagship high school of the Highline Public Schools district, opened in 1924 and served the cities of Burien, Des Moines, and an area south of Seattle now known as White Center. Today, those cities all have their own area high schools, but at the time Highline was the only high school in the area.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Evergreen High School (King County, Washington)</span> Public high school in Seattle, Washington

Evergreen High School is a public high school in the Highline School District and located in White Center, an unincorporated area of King County, Washington. The school is located just south of the heavily polluted Hicklin Lake. Evergreen High School's mascot is the wolverine.

The Highland Park and Lake Burien Railway was an interurban railway line in the southern suburbs of Seattle, Washington, United States. It connected West Seattle to Highland Park, modern-day White Center, and Burien along 9 miles (14 km) of track. It ran from Harbor Ave SW along W Marginal Way SW to approximately S Holly St where it entered private right of way. From there it climbed the heavily forested hill to 9th Ave SW until SW Henderson St where it turned West until 16th Ave SW where it turned South again. It ran until SW 107th St and then jogged East to 12th Ave SW. The line continued South all the way to SW 152nd St where it turned West and terminated around 21st Ave SW.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Georgette Valle</span> American politician from Washington (1924–2024)

Georgette W. Valle was an American politician in the state of Washington. Valle served in the Washington House of Representatives as a Democrat from the 31st District, as well as the 34th District.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sound Transit 3</span> Transit referendum in the Seattle metropolitan area

Sound Transit 3, abbreviated as ST3, was a ballot measure during the November 2016 elections in Seattle, Washington, proposing an expansion of the regional public transit system. The measure was proposed by Sound Transit, which was established by a similar initiative passed in 1996 and expanded by the Sound Transit 2 vote in 2008, who have operated regional transit systems in the Seattle metropolitan area since 1999. On November 8, 2016, Sound Transit 3 was approved by over 54 percent of voters in the Puget Sound region; voters in Pierce County rejected the measure, but the measure passed in King and Snohomish counties, and had an overall majority.

The West Seattle Herald is a newspaper serving West Seattle, Seattle, Washington. Since 2013, it has been a part of Westside Seattle.

Joseph-Thanh Nguyen is an American politician who is a member of the Washington State Senate from the 34th district. Nguyen, a second-generation Vietnamese American, was raised with his three siblings in White Center, Washington, by his mother. He was a candidate for King County Executive in 2021 but was defeated by Dow Constantine 56 percent to 44 percent.

<i>Monroe Monitor and Valley News</i>

The Monroe Monitor and Valley News was a weekly newspaper published in Monroe, Washington, United States. It had an estimated circulation of 4,000 in 2013. It was also one of the first within the state.

References

  1. ↑ "Westside Seattle (Seattle, Wa) 2017-2021". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Robinson Newspapers publisher Jerry Robinson dies at 94". West Seattle Blog . May 27, 2014. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
  3. 1 2 "History". Robinson News. Archived from the original on January 23, 2010. Retrieved September 13, 2024.
  4. ↑ Coffman, Larry (May 14, 2021). "The First—and the Last!". marketingnw.com. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
  5. ↑ Fysh, Graham (July 10, 1991). "Seattle Times to buy 4 weeklies". The News Tribune. p. 10.
  6. ↑ "Media". The Olympian. January 30, 1998. p. 20.
  7. ↑ Westneat, Danny (April 24, 2021). "Stopping the presses, again: The story ends for 2 more century-old Seattle newspapers". The Seattle Times. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
  8. ↑ "The Ballard News Tribune (Seattle, Wash.) 1963-1974". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
  9. ↑ Bagwell, Steve; Stapilus, Randy (2013). New Editions: The Northwest's newspapers as they were, are, and will be. Carlton, Oregon: Ridenbaugh Press. p. 232. ISBN   978-0-945648-10-9. OCLC   861618089.
  10. ↑ "Monroe Monitor/Valley News". Library of Congress.
  11. ↑ Robinson, Ken. "Introducing The Westside Weekly, your community newspaper". WestsideSeattle.com. Retrieved November 15, 2017.
  12. ↑ Lippo, Caralynn (September 30, 2016). "Where is Amanda Knox Now? The Seattle Native Returned Home". Romper.com. Retrieved July 12, 2017.
  13. 1 2 Moorer, Brit (April 30, 2021). "West Seattle Herald prints final issue after nearly 100 years". KING-TV. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
  14. ↑ Robinson, Ken (April 3, 2014). "A note about some changes- Westside Weekly becomes Westside Seattle". Westside Seattle. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.