WSB technical trouble: Please forgive us

Thanks to everyone who has taken the time to message and call us to let us know you’ve had trouble getting to our website. Please forgive us – we’ve been working since last night to deal with major technical trouble that’s defied our tech team’s attempts to remedy it, ultimately requiring some major emergency work. Our commitment for 19 years has been to provide 24/7 service and we apologize for the interruption in that. We are hopeful things are somewhat stabilizing now (though periodic problems might yet arise), so we’re working to catch up; please note for possible future reference that if need be in an extended outage, we would publish West Seattle stories on our small side site, whitecenternow.com, which runs on a different setup. Thanks again for your understanding, and if you have any questions (or news tips!) we are always at 206-293-6302, text or voice, 24/7.

– Tracy Record (editor/publisher)

12 Replies to "WSB technical trouble: Please forgive us"

  • Just wondering September 30, 2026 (12:31 pm)

    You are back online!    🙂

  • GLH September 30, 2026 (1:06 pm)

    Man and here I thought I’d been banned for my politically dangerous commentary in the comment section. 

    • WSB September 30, 2026 (1:14 pm)

      I apologize for the firewall software’s personal-looking message (“You have been blocked”) during the outage. I had no way to write something custom and explanatory.

  • Ruckus September 30, 2026 (3:11 pm)

    A few hours offline is an annoyance. But imagine if the Blog couldn’t communicate for days – even weeks – in the event of a major earthquake! 

    • WSB September 30, 2026 (3:23 pm)

      We have backup plans; unfortunately not for the kind of thing that happened here. And if the internet was completely unusable – you’ll see us at the nearest Emergency Communication Hub doing our best to help with communication!

  • Lola September 30, 2026 (3:15 pm)

    I thought maybe my work had installed something that was banning me till I tried to log on with my phone then realized it was you guys that were just down.  Lol. 

    • Pearl September 30, 2026 (4:48 pm)

      Hahaha that was my same thought process!!! I need my updates, lol!

  • ws reader September 30, 2026 (4:32 pm)

    Just wanted to say thanks to Tracy and the blog team for your hard work keeping up with local news and events!

  • Beanie September 30, 2026 (5:07 pm)

    Thank you for being such an amazing and reliable resource for our community! It’s amazing that you provide 24/7 reporting, I don’t know how you do it! 

  • Relieved September 30, 2026 (8:48 pm)

    Oh my gosh! I thought it was my connection – I kept refreshing, I rely on the WSB so much! Good moment to realize how grateful we are for our WSB ❤️

  • Susan September 30, 2026 (9:33 pm)

    Glad you are okay! : )  That must have been quite stressful.

  • Samantha September 30, 2026 (9:40 pm)

    It goes to show how many of us read and love the WSB! I look forward to reading it every day. Thank you, Tracy and the WSB team. 

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