The B-Town (Burien) Blog is a truly local, award-winning, independent, family-run ‘hyperlocal’ news website covering Burien since 2007, and provided free to Readers thanks to much-appreciated advertising support from our great local business community.

However, the current COVID-19 coronavirus crisis has suddenly changed all of that. As businesses shutter due to the Governor’s “Stay Home, Stay Safe” order, sadly they have also laid off employees, shut doors and stopped generating income – deeply hurting our entire region, state, country and well…the entire world!

This has obviously trickled down to us, your leading local online news website, ranked by 71% of respondents as the #1 local news source for Burien in a 2018 city survey. You may have seen announcements from other news organizations in our area stating closure of their print operations and layoffs of employees. The good news is, we have always been 100% digital, keeping our operating costs low, while continually striving to provide the local news that you will not find elsewhere.

And we vow to keep doing so, no matter what happens.

If you value our local coverage, please consider supporting us at a level that makes sense for you. We have partnered with PressPatron to make it easy for you to contribute on a monthly basis, or a simple one time donation (just click the red “Become a supporter” button below). Whatever amount or frequency you choose (even a one-time, one-buck donation helps!), it’s all good, and it will help us keep our pixels updating with the most current and relevant hyperlocal coverage of Burien news, politics, arts, business, crime, events and more.

The B-Town Blog is managed by Scott and Theresa Schaefer, who’ve lived here since 1995, have raised two children, been involved in the community supporting local numerous non-profits, arts and community events and fundraisers to the tune of tens of thousands of dollars of in-kind sponsorships over our 12+ years in business.

“In an ever shrinking local news landscape, we take seriously our commitment to serve our community,” Scott said to himself while writing this. “And we will keep doing this, no matter what happens!”