The ''Seattle Star'' was a free, neighborhood newspaper in
Seattle, Washington
Seattle ( ) is a port, seaport city on the West Coast of the United States. It is the county seat, seat of King County, Washington, King County, Washington (state), Washington. With a 2020 population of 737,015, it is the largest city in bo ...
, United States, covering the south and central sections of the city. Founded in 2002 as the ''South Seattle Star'',
it changed its name to the ''Seattle Star'' in 2004. It was published
biweekly
A weekly newspaper is a general-news or current affairs publication that is issued once or twice a week in a wide variety broadsheet, magazine, and digital formats. Similarly, a biweekly newspaper is published once every two weeks. Weekly news ...
.
With the May 18–31, 2005, issue, the ''Star'' merged with the
''Seattle Sun'' to form the ''
Seattle Sun and Star''. It printed its last issue on July 1, 2005.
The ''Star'' was unusual for being a well-written neighborhood newspaper whose issues regularly featured investigative reporting.
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Newspapers published in Seattle
Defunct newspapers published in Washington (state)
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