Identity elements
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Name and location of repository
Level of description
Title
Tacoma Weekly
Date(s)
- Fall 1990- (Creation)
Extent
19 boxes
(9.5 cubic feet)
(Tacoma Monthly) Missing: 01/1991, 02/1991, 02/1993, 03/1993, 05/1993-08/1993.
(Tacoma Weekly) Missing: 03/08/1995, 04/20/1995, 07/13/1995, 07/20/1995, 10/09/1995, 02/08/1998, 07/10/1999, 12/25/2003, 03/07/2014, 01/27/2017, 04/01/2017, 08/18/2017, 01/19/2018, 02/23/2018, 03/09/2018, 03/23/2018, 03/30/2018, 06/15/2018, 07/06/2018, 12/30/2018, 01/13/2019, 02/10/2019, 02/17/2019, 11/03/2019, 12/29/2019, 01/26-02/16/2020, 03/15/2020, 03/29/2020, 04/26/2020, 05/10/2020, 05/17/2020, 07/05/2020, 07/19/2020, 07/26/2020, 08/26/2020, 09/09-12/31/2020.
Holdings: 03/31/2021, 04/07/2021.
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Scope and content
The Tacoma Weekly, published by the Pierce County Community Newspaper Group, originated as the Tacoma Monthly in 1987 and became the Tacoma Weekly in 1994. Sections include local city news, sports including high schools, business and features including visual artists, bands, movies and more.
The free newspaper has been distributed in broadsheet and smaller formats as well as online over the years. A special business section ran from circa 2005-2007 and the Weekly Weedly section that focuses on marijuana news began being published in the April 28, 2019 issue.
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