Weekly Volcano

{{Short description|Weekly newspaper in Tacoma, Washington}}

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| type = Alternative weekly

| format = Tabloid

| foundation = 2001, 2023

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| owners = Independent

| publisher = Angela Jossy

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| headquarters = Tacoma, Washington, U.S.

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| website = {{URL|https://weekly-volcano.com/|weekly-volcano.com}}

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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.

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 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113758652/poster-artists-music-group-paper-win/ |via=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 |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/|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 |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}}