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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Weekly_Volcano > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Weekly_Volcano.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weekly_Volcano > Source revision: 1324383518 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Weekly newspaper in Tacoma, Washington}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox newspaper | image = | caption = | type = [Alternative weekly](/source/Alternative_weekly) | format = [Tabloid](/source/Tabloid_(newspaper_format)) | founded = 2001 | price = | owners = Independent | publisher = Angela Jossy | editor = | language = English | circulation = | relaunched = 2023 | headquarters = [Tacoma, Washington](/source/Tacoma%2C_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](/source/Tacoma%2C_Washington), United States. It serves the southern [Puget Sound region](/source/Puget_Sound_region) and reports on [film](/source/film), [theater](/source/theater), [food](/source/food), [art](/source/art) and [music](/source/music). It ceased publishing after a 2013 merger but re-emerged under new ownership in 2023. 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,{{cite news |date=September 30, 2007 |title=Poster artists, music group, paper win city recognition |page=E4 |work=[The News Tribune](/source/The_News_Tribune) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113758652/poster-artists-music-group-paper-win/ |via=[Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com) |accessdate=November 27, 2022}} and was founded by publisher Ron Swarner.{{cite news|title=Tacoma, WA. Weekly Volcano|url=http://print.awn.org/businesses/weekly_volcano/165|accessdate=December 23, 2016|work=Alternative Weekly Network}} Swarner's brother Ken later took over as publisher.{{cite news |last=Kidd |first=Sue |date=September 18, 2015 |title=Peaks and Pints to pour into Proctor |page=O21 |work=[The News Tribune](/source/The_News_Tribune) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113758582/peaks-and-pints-to-pour-into-proctor/ |via=Newspapers.com |accessdate=November 27, 2022}} ''Weekly Volcano'' also published ''Northwest Military'', which serves military families.{{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}} The newspaper organized the annual Tacoma Restaurant Week from 2008 onward.{{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}} The ''Weekly Volcano'' was merged into the ''Ranger'' and ''Northwest Airlifter'' as an entertainment supplement in April 2013.{{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](/source/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}} 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.{{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}} ==References== {{Reflist}} Category:2001 establishments in Washington (state) Category:2013 disestablishments in Washington (state) Category:Alternative weekly newspapers published in the United States Category:Defunct newspapers published in Washington (state) Category:Defunct weekly newspapers Category:Mass media in Tacoma, Washington Category:Newspapers published in Washington (state) Category:Newspapers established in 2001 Category:Newspapers disestablished in 2013 Category:2013 mergers and acquisitions Category:2023 establishments in Washington (state) Category:Newspapers established in 2023 Category:Re-established companies {{Washington-newspaper-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Weekly Volcano](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weekly_Volcano) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weekly_Volcano?action=history)). 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