It serves the southern Puget Sound region and reports on film, theater, food, art and music.
[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.
[6] The Weekly Volcano was merged into the Ranger and Northwest Airlifter as an entertainment supplement in April 2013.
The Weekly Volcano was purchased and re-launched in February 2023 by a long time writer for the publication, Angela Jossy.