{{Short description|Weekly newspaper in Tacoma, Washington}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox newspaper | image = <!-- Deleted image removed: Image:Weekly Volcano front page.jpg --> | caption = | type = Alternative weekly | format = Tabloid | founded = 2001 | price = | owners = Independent | publisher = Angela Jossy | editor = | language = English | circulation = | relaunched = 2023 | headquarters = Tacoma, Washington, U.S. | ISSN = | website = {{URL|https://weekly-volcano.com/|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.<ref name="itsback"/>
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|date=November 2022}} It began publication on November 1, 2001,<ref>{{cite news |date=September 30, 2007 |title=Poster artists, music group, paper win city recognition |page=E4 |work=The News Tribune |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113758652/poster-artists-music-group-paper-win/ |via=Newspapers.com |accessdate=November 27, 2022}}</ref> and was founded by publisher Ron Swarner.<ref>{{cite news|title=Tacoma, WA. Weekly Volcano|url=http://print.awn.org/businesses/weekly_volcano/165|accessdate=December 23, 2016|work=Alternative Weekly Network}}</ref> Swarner's brother Ken later took over as publisher.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kidd |first=Sue |date=September 18, 2015 |title=Peaks and Pints to pour into Proctor |page=O21 |work=The News Tribune |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113758582/peaks-and-pints-to-pour-into-proctor/ |via=Newspapers.com |accessdate=November 27, 2022}}</ref> ''Weekly Volcano'' also published ''Northwest Military'', which serves military families.<ref>{{cite news|title=Weekly Volcano, Spew No More?|url=http://i.feedtacoma.com/kevinfreitas/weekly-volcano-spew-no-more/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130630051113/http://i.feedtacoma.com/KevinFreitas/weekly-volcano-spew-no-more/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=June 30, 2013|accessdate=December 23, 2016|work=Feed Tacoma|date=June 10, 2009}}</ref>
The newspaper organized the annual Tacoma Restaurant Week from 2008 onward.<ref>{{cite news |last=Sherred |first=Kristine |date=October 16, 2022 |title=$20 lunch, $40 dinner: Our picks for the best deals during Tacoma Restaurant Week |url=https://www.thenewstribune.com/entertainment/restaurants/tnt-diner/article267317542.html |work=The News Tribune |accessdate=November 27, 2022}}</ref>
The ''Weekly Volcano'' was merged into the ''Ranger'' and ''Northwest Airlifter'' as an entertainment supplement in April 2013.<ref>{{cite news |last=Nagle |first=Matt |date=April 30, 2013 |title=Changes come to Weekly Volcano |url=http://www.tacomaweekly.com/dailymashup/view/changes-come-to-weekly-volcano |work=Tacoma Weekly |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730034846/http://www.tacomaweekly.com/dailymashup/view/changes-come-to-weekly-volcano |archive-date=July 30, 2017 |accessdate=December 23, 2016}}</ref> 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.<ref name="itsback">{{Cite news |last=Bryan |first=Saint |date=September 12, 2023 |title=Dormant for years, Tacoma's Weekly Volcano newspaper is about to erupt again |url=https://www.king5.com/article/entertainment/television/programs/evening/tacomas-weekly-volcano-angela-jossy/281-191e2efa-1539-4a01-bf4d-64150ada326e |publisher=KING 5 News |accessdate=September 15, 2023}}</ref>
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