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.
[6] In October 2024, West Seattle Blog co-founder Patrick Sand died.