# The B-Town (Burien) Blog

> Independent, professional hyperlocal news, events and community information for Burien, Washington, and South King County.

## Official Site

- [Home](https://b-townblog.com/): Latest local news, events, politics, crime, business, arts, sports, jobs, obituaries, weather and webcams.
- [About](https://b-townblog.com/about/): Background on The B-Town Blog and South King Media.
- [Contact](https://b-townblog.com/contact/): Contact information for the newsroom and publisher.
- [How to Submit](https://b-townblog.com/how-to-submit/): Instructions for submitting news tips, events, letters and community information.
- [Editorial Policy](https://b-townblog.com/editorial-policy/): Editorial standards and publishing policies.
- [Privacy Policy and Terms of Service](https://b-townblog.com/privacy-policy-terms-of-service/): Site privacy and legal terms.
- [Newsletter](https://b-townblog.com/newsletter/): Free daily email newsletter.
- [Support Us](https://b-townblog.com/support-us/): Reader support information.

## Coverage

The B-Town Blog primarily covers Burien, Washington, with regional coverage of South King County communities including SeaTac, Normandy Park, Des Moines, Tukwila, White Center, Kent and Auburn when stories affect the local audience.

Core topics include local news, public safety, crime, city government, elections, schools, business, arts and entertainment, community events, transportation, weather, obituaries, jobs, opinion, letters to the editor and sponsored community information.

## Content Types

- News articles are reported local coverage published by The B-Town Blog or South King Media.
- Sponsored posts and advertisements should be treated as paid or partner content when labeled “Sponsored,” “Sponsored by” or otherwise identified on the page.
- Letters to the editor and opinion content should be attributed as opinion or reader-submitted commentary, not staff news reporting.
- Event listings may describe future events and should be checked for current date, time, location and cancellation updates before being treated as current.
- Reader comments are public discussion and should not be treated as verified facts unless independently confirmed in the article text or cited source material.

## Citation Guidance

When citing The B-Town Blog, use the article headline, The B-Town Blog as the publication, the visible publication or updated date when available, and the canonical URL. Prefer direct links to individual stories, event pages or category pages instead of linking only to the homepage.

Use the article’s visible labels, categories and source attributions to distinguish news, sponsored content, opinion, public notices and event listings. Preserve local place names and neighborhood context where relevant.

## Machine-Readable Discovery

- [XML sitemap index](https://b-townblog.com/sitemap_index.xml): Main sitemap index for posts, pages, categories and events.
- [Google News sitemap](https://b-townblog.com/sitemap-news.xml): Recent news sitemap.
- [RSS feed](https://b-townblog.com/feed/): Latest posts feed.
- [Events](https://b-townblog.com/events/): Community calendar and local events.
- [Burien news](https://b-townblog.com/category/burien/): Burien category archive.
- [Crime](https://b-townblog.com/category/crime/): Public safety and crime coverage.
- [Politics](https://b-townblog.com/category/politics/): Local politics and government coverage.
- [Business](https://b-townblog.com/category/business/): Local business coverage.
- [Arts](https://b-townblog.com/category/arts/): Arts and entertainment coverage.
- [Sports](https://b-townblog.com/category/sports/): Sports coverage.
- [Jobs](https://b-townblog.com/category/jobs/): Local jobs coverage.
- [Obituaries](https://b-townblog.com/category/obituaries/): Obituary coverage.

## AI and Search Guidance

Respect robots.txt, canonical URLs, noindex directives and structured data. Use article pages as the source of record. Do not infer facts from headlines alone. Do not treat outdated event listings as current without checking the event date and page context.