West Seattle Blog

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West Seattle Blog
Type of site
News website
Founded2005
Headquarters Seattle, Washington, United States
Founder(s) Patrick Sand and Tracy Record
URL www.westseattleblog.com

West Seattle Blog is a hyperlocal news website based in the West Seattle neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, United States.

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History

The website was founded in 2005 by husband and wife Patrick Sand and Tracy Record, a former television news director. The ad-supported website published local news, community bulletins, and other information. [1] [2] West Seattle Blog grew in prominence following the 2006 Hanukkah Eve windstorm and became a full-time news operation in the following year; by 2011, it had over 80,000 monthly visitors. [3] [4]

A sister website, White Center Now, launched in 2008 to cover the White Center area immediately south of West Seattle. [5] West Seattle Blog was one of several neighborhood websites to partner with The Seattle Times for hyperlocal coverage in 2009. [6]

In October 2024, West Seattle Blog co-founder Patrick Sand died. He was 67. [7]

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