''Westside Seattle'', formerly ''The Westside Weekly'', is a weekly

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that serves the areas of

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, Ballard, White Center,

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, and SeaTac in

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History

In 1952, Gerald “Jerry” Robinson, owner of Robinson Newspapers, purchased the ''White Center News'' (1923). He founded the ''Federal Way News'' in 1954 and launched the ''Des Monies News'' in 1963. He bought the ''West Seattle Herald'' (1923) in 1974 and acquired the ''Highline Times'' of

a few years later. In 1989, Robinson's five-newspaper operation was sold to American Community Newspapers and he retired. In 1991,

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acquired three of those newspapers (''Federal Way News'', ''Highline Times'' and ''Des Moines News'') in bankruptcy court. Robinson also bought back the ''West Seattle Herald'' and ''White Center News''. The Seattle Times later shuttered those three papers in 1997. This promoted Robinson to relaunch the newspapers and

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to launch the ''

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''. In 1993, Robinson acquired the ''Ballard News-Tribune'' of Ballard (founded in 1963 after ''The Ballard News'' and ''The Ballard Tribune'' merged) and the ''

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'' (1899). The ''Monitor'' was later sold to RIM Publications. On August 21, 2013, Robinson Newspapers announced that it would combine the ''Ballard News-Tribune'', the ''Highline Times'', the ''West Seattle Herald'', and ''White Center News'' into ''The Westside Weekly'' on September 6, 2013. In 2014,

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began writing for the paper. Jerry Robinson died in 2014, and ownership of the paper was passed down to his three sons. The paper's name was changed from ''The Westside Weekly'' to ''Westside Seattle'' in June 2017. The newspaper published its final print issue on April 30, 2021, but continued to maintain an online presence.

References

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External links

Official website

Robinson News
Newspapers published in Seattle Newspapers established in 1891 1891 establishments in Washington (state) Online newspapers with defunct print editions